Time Out Reader Poll

[Anonymous]

Dear Mike,

In last week's issue Time Out had a poll of their reader's top ten books about London. Mother London came in at number three but the accompanying article failed to mention you. How do you feel about the portrayal, or lack of it, of your work in the UK press?

Also, are there any plans for some (well designed) new editions of the Pyat novels when the final one is published?

Andy

[Michael Moorcock]

I haven't done badly with the press at all. Sometimes you're mentioned, sometimes you're not. Pyat, as well as Mother London, King of the City and even London Bone (a short story collection -- and short stories are notoriously underreviewed) all had pretty much complete coverage in the British press, with solus reviews in most cases. That isn't exactly being ignored! I'm very pleased to have done so well in a readers' poll in Time Out -- coming immediately after Dickens can't be bad! Also fashion is like a merry-go-round -- when you get to my age you know that you go in and out of fashion (with journalists, not necessarily with readers) all the time. Pyat will be out this autumn and they are planning to reissue the other three books in Vintage editions. With Ian McEwan's
Saturday in the running, I suspect that will get all the prizes this year, though!

[Zax]

You a fan of McEwan's work, MM?

[Pietro_Mercurios]

You a fan of McEwan's work, MM?

I get the impression, from the reviews I've heard on BBC Radio4, that McEwan's gone over to the Dark Side with Saturday. The comfort of modern electronic gadgets and comfy, eazykleen clothing, set against the howling tempest of radicalism, threatening to engulf Civilization as we know it.

Or, maybe I was to busy feeding the kids and cleaning the dishes to listen properly. :?:

[Michael Moorcock]

I haven't been able to get into his work, much as I've tried. I keep trying, though! The ecstatic reviews for Saturday are impressive.