The History of the Runestaff: The Jewel in the Skull, The Mad God's Amulet, The Sword of the Dawn, The Runestaff (Fantasy Masterworks)
Michael Moorcock (1939-) Michael Moorcock is one of the most  important figures in British SF and Fantasy literature. The author of  many literary novels and stories in practically every genre, his novels  have won and been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Hugo,  Nebula, World Fantasy, Whitbread and Guardian Fiction Prize. In 1999, he  was given the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award; in 2001, he was  inducted into the SF Hall of Fame; and in 2007, he was named a SFWA  Grandmaster. Michael Moorcock is also a musician who has performed since  the seventies with his own band, the Deep Fix; and, as a member of the  prog rock band, Hawkwind, won a gold disc. His tenure as editor of New Worlds  magazine in the sixties and seventies is seen as the high watermark of  SF editorship in the UK, and was crucial in the development of the SF  New Wave. Michael Moorcock's literary creations include Hawkmoon, Corum,  Von Bek, Jerry Cornelius and, of course, his most famous character,  Elric. He has been compared to, among others, Balzac, Dumas, Dickens, James Joyce, Ian Fleming, J.R.R. Tolkien and Robert E. Howard. Although born in  London, he now splits his time between homes in Texas and Paris.