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As an aid to my Michael Moorcock biography, I'm currently working on a 'definitive' bibliography detailing all known appearances of Mike's work during the 1950s and '60s. Now, I've found the following comment in the Fictionmags Index - http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/fictionmag/t429.htm regarding the Golden Nugget magazine, which originally published the 'The Girl Who Killed Sultry Caine' short story:
Can Mike confirm whether 'John Michael' was a pseudonym he ever used? If so, does that mean that he's the author of:
And if that is so, what are the chances that it's the same 'John Michael' who wrote the article 'Buy Our Cars' which appeared in Ace magazine May 1966? Since this appears to be an American 'soft porn' magazine (price 50c) I suspect the chances are very slim. It's not entirely impossible that its a coincidence, or that John Michael was simply not MJM.
What's the likelihood that you would have submitting articles about cars to US 'mens' magazines in 1966, Mike?
Golden Nugget was the first attempt by the Gold family at producing a men's magazine and of defininte fictionmaggish interest thanks to the involvement of New Worlds veterans Mike Moorcock, J. G. Ballard and Langdon Jones. Jones was working for the Golds as a photographer and editor (and as Assistant Editor on New Worlds) and was probably the editor and art editor here. Moorcock (as Bill Barclay) was Features Editor and, as you would expect, the magazine included articles by and about J. G. Ballard and William Burroughs in these two issues. "John Michael" was probably a Moorcock - full name Michael John Moorcock - pen-name; he was certainly behind the Hank Janson story in issue 9 (subsequently revised for inclusion in Fabulous Harbours). The other Janson stories were written by James Moffatt.
In the Sweet Buy and Dry - John Michael - (short story)
which appeared in GN #6? (August 1966)?And if that is so, what are the chances that it's the same 'John Michael' who wrote the article 'Buy Our Cars' which appeared in Ace magazine May 1966? Since this appears to be an American 'soft porn' magazine (price 50c) I suspect the chances are very slim. It's not entirely impossible that its a coincidence, or that John Michael was simply not MJM.
What's the likelihood that you would have submitting articles about cars to US 'mens' magazines in 1966, Mike?
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