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“Is the prisoner a prisoner because he lives in a cage or because he knows that he lives in a cage?”

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Michael Moorcock is a renowned British science fiction writer, born on December 18, 1939. His works are known for their unique style and significant influence on the science fiction genre. more

“It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of bad social [literary] fiction which continues to be treated by literary editors as if it were somehow superior, or at least worthier of our attention. The careerist literary imperialism of the Bloomsbury years did a lot to produce fiction's present unseemly polarities.”

Ifs Should Years Social Attention Fiction Mystery Produce Remains Treated Superiors Editors Judged Inferiors Imperialism Pulp Polarity

Author:Michael Moorcock

“Doomed Lord's Passing. For the mind of man alone is free to explore the lofty vastness of the cosmic infinite, to transcend ordinary consciousness, to roam the secret corridors of the brain where past and future melt into one...And universe and individual are linked, the one mirrored in the other, and each contains the other.”

Men Mind Past Universe Individual Secret Brain Consciousness Lord Ordinary Infinite Passing Passings Cosmic Doomed Linked Lofty Vastness Corridors

Book:Elric The Stealer of Souls

Source: Elric The Stealer of Souls

“It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.”

Opinion Impossible Theory Relativity Theories Of Relativity Snobbish

Author:Michael Moorcock

“Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.”

Way Needs Home Bears Bullshit Back Home Koalas

Book:The Best of Michael Moorcock

Source: The Best of Michael Moorcock

“What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual profits privatizing it. There was a principle at stake. They had to ensure their friends and not outsiders got the benefit.”

Names Principles Land Politician Benefits Claims Profit Locals Stakes Usual Outsiders

Author:Michael Moorcock

“The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty”

Lord Enemy Logic Chaos Jugglers

Author:Michael Moorcock

“The mind is the reality. You are what you think.”

Thinking Mind Reality

Book:The Demolished Man

Source: The Demolished Man

“This was a Golden Age, a time of high adventure, rich living and hard dying... but nobody thought so. This was a future of fortune and theft, pillage and rapine, culture and vice... but nobody admitted it. This was an age of extremes, a fascinating century of freaks... but nobody loved it.”

Hard Age Culture Rich Century Dying Adventure Fortune Vices Extremes Golden Fascinating Freak Theft Golden Age

Book:Tiger! Tiger!

Source: Tiger! Tiger!

“You may obey a leader who has power and authority, but you will not strive to serve her or the cause of the organization unless you respect and care for her in addition to the ones with whom you serve.”

May Care Causes Leader Authority Organization Strive

Author:Dan B. Allender

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