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Here's a little something I've been working on for the past couple of weeks - a bibliographical 'checklist' of Mike's books. It's in Excel spreadsheet format, but in order to upload it I've had to put it into a ZIP archive, so you'll need WinZip (or equivalent) and Excel (or viewer) to open it.
As far as possible the checklist lists every novel, book or omnibus that Mike has written, but not anthologies he edited (ie Best SF Stories from New Worlds) or has featured in (ie A Spell of Seven), nor does it include magazines such as Science Fantasy or New Worlds. (That way surely madness lies.
) Neither have I included boxsets such as Multi-Dimensional Moorcock.
Where possible I've indicated when a book has appeared under more than one title (ie Phoenix in Obsidian & The Silver Warriors) with separate entries for each, as well as the books an omnibus contains.
I've included graphic novels such as The Swords of Heaven..., Multiverse and Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer but not comics such as 'Conan the Barbarian' or 'Tom Strong'.
Additional information you'll see is: Year of first publication, 1st UK hardcover publisher (where applicable), 1st & 2nd UK paperback publisher (where applicable), 1st US hardcover publisher (where applicable) and 1st US paperback publisher (again, where applicable).
Note: Books are not listed in precise published chronological order - I simply don't have the information. However, all books published in say, 1983, are listed together although the order is somewhat arbitary. As a basic rule of thumb though, original works appear before reprints and secondary appearences in omnibuses. (Hopefully it'll all make sense when you see the list.)
Lastly, I've included a numbering system for 'unique' books. For instance, Warriors of Mars (Compact 1965) gets a unique number, whereas City of the Beast (NEL 1971) doesn't because it's the same book under a different title. Again, Phoenix in Obsidian has a number because it's the first publication while The Silver Warriors (the US edition) doesn't.
Where a book has been substantially revised - ie Gloriana or The Steel Tsar - then each appearance has a unique number, but where the textual revisions are (afaik) 'less' significant (ie The Final Programme 1979 revised edition) they don't.
Really lastly - I know I've probably missed or omitted some book or omnibus from the the list. If so, let me know what it is and I'll update the spreadsheet. Also any comments or suggestions as well.
(One future 'update' might be to include ISBNs for reference purposes. If I can find the time.)
Last Updated: 29 Sept 2007 - Added The Metatemporal Detective (Oct 2007) to checklists. Also added New Worlds: An Anthology (original & revised editions). 'Compact' titles listed chronologically. List renumbered to accommodate additions and amendments.
A note on the different versions below:
MBC v1 is the originally formatted version with minor amendments to the original checklist.
MBC v2 has the same minor amendments, but has been re-formatted so that the 'Book Notes' appear on the far right side of the list rather than with the titles. I think this makes the checklist easier to read, but feedback is appreciated.
As far as possible the checklist lists every novel, book or omnibus that Mike has written, but not anthologies he edited (ie Best SF Stories from New Worlds) or has featured in (ie A Spell of Seven), nor does it include magazines such as Science Fantasy or New Worlds. (That way surely madness lies.
) Neither have I included boxsets such as Multi-Dimensional Moorcock.Where possible I've indicated when a book has appeared under more than one title (ie Phoenix in Obsidian & The Silver Warriors) with separate entries for each, as well as the books an omnibus contains.
I've included graphic novels such as The Swords of Heaven..., Multiverse and Elric: The Making of a Sorcerer but not comics such as 'Conan the Barbarian' or 'Tom Strong'.
Additional information you'll see is: Year of first publication, 1st UK hardcover publisher (where applicable), 1st & 2nd UK paperback publisher (where applicable), 1st US hardcover publisher (where applicable) and 1st US paperback publisher (again, where applicable).
Note: Books are not listed in precise published chronological order - I simply don't have the information. However, all books published in say, 1983, are listed together although the order is somewhat arbitary. As a basic rule of thumb though, original works appear before reprints and secondary appearences in omnibuses. (Hopefully it'll all make sense when you see the list.)
Lastly, I've included a numbering system for 'unique' books. For instance, Warriors of Mars (Compact 1965) gets a unique number, whereas City of the Beast (NEL 1971) doesn't because it's the same book under a different title. Again, Phoenix in Obsidian has a number because it's the first publication while The Silver Warriors (the US edition) doesn't.
Where a book has been substantially revised - ie Gloriana or The Steel Tsar - then each appearance has a unique number, but where the textual revisions are (afaik) 'less' significant (ie The Final Programme 1979 revised edition) they don't.
Really lastly - I know I've probably missed or omitted some book or omnibus from the the list. If so, let me know what it is and I'll update the spreadsheet. Also any comments or suggestions as well.
(One future 'update' might be to include ISBNs for reference purposes. If I can find the time.)
Last Updated: 29 Sept 2007 - Added The Metatemporal Detective (Oct 2007) to checklists. Also added New Worlds: An Anthology (original & revised editions). 'Compact' titles listed chronologically. List renumbered to accommodate additions and amendments.
A note on the different versions below:
MBC v1 is the originally formatted version with minor amendments to the original checklist.
MBC v2 has the same minor amendments, but has been re-formatted so that the 'Book Notes' appear on the far right side of the list rather than with the titles. I think this makes the checklist easier to read, but feedback is appreciated.
Oops, just spotted a handful of errors in the original checklist, so I've uploaded an amended version. (Sorry)
David, you rock!
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