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The Moorcock Cup 2010 - Round 2
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Match 56: The Final Programme vs A Cure for Cancer
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| A Cure for Cancer |
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By Groakes at Jan 14 2010 - 15:09
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Ladies and Gentlemen...
It's that time again! The Moorcock Cup (Challis/Grail) for 2010.
Last year's winner Gloriana will be defending her crown in another tough competition. This year also sees the addition of The LSD Dossier to the draw.
Basically, it's a knockout tournament (a-la the FA Cup, or an ATP Grandslam) between "all" Mike's novels - well 64 of them cos that works more easily. I will put up a seperate poll for each match in each round. People will vote for their favourite book over a period of week. At the end of the week the winners will be announced, which will then go on to determine the matchs for the following week. "Losers" will be eliminated.
All in all there will be 63 matches over 6 weeks. The draw is worked out by assigning random numbers to each title and then sorting in order. The table is then split in half, and then pairs are matched. Each title will be assigned a new random number at the beginning of each round.
The match draw is random using a fixture generator off the web. Short story collections and graphic novels have generally been not included, though I have included Weird of the White Wolf, Bane of the Black Sword, and The Vanishing Tower. I know that there are some oddities and perhaps some exclusions here but .... tough.
Cast your votes for Round 3 here.
Unregistered guests are welcome to vote this year!
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By Michael Moorcock at Jan 5 2010 - 08:53
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Welcome to Moorcock's Miscellany, so-called (1) because I reprint from time to time articles which interest me and (2) because it contains discussion and information about my work. In the Q&A forum, I discuss my own work and pretty much every other subject with readers. I'm sorry that it's impossible for me to carry on long email correspondence with readers, but I can be contacted via the Q&A forum if you are trying to contact me for a specific reason. Many answers to general questions can be found in the FAQ. Pictures of books, magazines which I have edited, foreign editions and so on can also be found in the Image Hive. If you have rare material to share for this, it will be welcome! You can get additional information about my work in the Wikiverse.
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1st April 2009
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By Reinart der Fuchs at Jan 1 2010 - 09:13
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By Michael Moorcock at Feb 5 2010 - 14:52
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Sojan has been revised and added to and will appear from Planet Stories next year, I think.
Forum discussion thread
The Sojan stories are among Michael Moorcock's earliest published fiction, dating from the early '60s where they originally appeared in Tarzan Adventures, a weekly comic for boys which Mooorcock briefly edited and were first published in book form in the collection Sojan from Savoy Books in 1977.
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By Michael Moorcock at Jan 14 2010 - 16:38
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TODAY, 14 JANUARY, I've been officially pronounced healed and don't have to go back to the clinic for a month for a checkup.
Forum discussion thread
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By The Cosmic Balance at Dec 19 2009 - 05:49
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Tor Books are republishing Michael Moorcock's legendary Hawkmoon novels in 2010, beginning with the classic The Jewel in the Skull.
Dorian Hawkmoon, the last Duke of Koln, swore to destroy the Dark Empire of Granbretan, but after his defeat and capture at the hands of the vast forces of the Empire Hawkmoon is unwillingly co-opted by his arch nemesis the ruthless Baron Meliadus to infiltrate the last stronghold of rebellion against Granbretan, the small but powerful city of Kamarg. Implanted with the black jewel, through whose power the Dark Empire can control his every decision, Hawkmoon is pulled into a war that will eventually pit him against the armies of the Dark Empire set amidst the antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines of Europe in the far future.
Tor are pleased to reintroduce the Hawkmoon books for the new century, a program that will lead up to a brand-new series by the man who almost single-handedly changed contemporary fantasy storytelling as we know it.
The Jewel in the Skull will be published by Tor Books on 5 January 2010 priced $13.99. The second book in the series, The Mad God's Amulet is due in April 2010.
ISBN: 978-0-7653-2473-3, ISBN10: 0-7653-2473-3
5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches, 224 pages
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