Michael Moorcock, Grand Master

"The Board of Directors of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. is pleased to announce that writer and editor Michael Moorcock has been named Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master for 2008." Unfortunately, SFWA does not seem to have the full text of their announcement up on their site yet. Moorcock has worked as both author and editor, covering all angles from spin-offs of other author's works, to retellings of tales and legends, to literary works of his own, and he has also permitted other authors to work in his universes. Most of his oeuvre is solidly rooted in genre fiction. He has strong opinions on the work of other writers—liking Peake and disliking Tolkien—as well a political agenda. Moorcock is an anarchist, and this is reflected many or even most of his works; he is quick to point out other agendas in other authors' works.