Jerry Cornelius: His Lives and His Times
by Michael Moorcock
The Michael Moorcock Collection presents for the first time definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author.
Paperback
English
Brand New
Publisher Description
Jerry Cornelius is an English assassin, physicist, rock star, and messiah to the Age of Science. Mainstay of the infamous and influential magazine NEW WORLDS and star of some of Moorcock's most celebrated novels, here are the short stories which made his name. Set in a shifting, fluid version of the counter-culture 1960s, the adventures of Jerry Cornelius were among the most prominent 'New Wave' SF books. Jerry Cornelius is one of the most remarkable and distinctive characters in Moorcock's work, and his time-travelling, trippy and bizarre adventures are a wide selection of Jerry Cornelius short stories, including THE NATURE OF THE CATASTROPHE, THE ENTROPY CIRCUIT, THE DELHI DIVISION and many more.
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Definitive edition of Michael Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author. Here are the short stories about English assassin, physicist, rock star and messiah to the Age of Science, Jerry Cornelius, which made his name. 'A supreme example of the fantasy genre and more' Time Out.
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The greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasyA supreme example of the fantasy genre and more - TIME OUTScenes of beauty and power, and serious ruminations on humankind's capacity for great dreams and profound horrors - LOCUS
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The Michael Moorcock Collection presents for the first time definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author.
Long Description
Jerry Cornelius is an English assassin, physicist, rock star, and messiah to the Age of Science. Mainstay of the infamous and influential magazine NEW WORLDS and star of some of Moorcock's most celebrated novels, here are the short stories which made his name. Set in a shifting, fluid version of the counter-culture 1960s, the adventures of Jerry Cornelius were among the most prominent 'New Wave' SF books. Jerry Cornelius is one of the most remarkable and distinctive characters in Moorcock's work, and his time-travelling, trippy and bizarre adventures are a wide selection of Jerry Cornelius short stories, including THE NATURE OF THE CATASTROPHE, THE ENTROPY CIRCUIT, THE DELHI DIVISION and many more.
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The greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasyA supreme example of the fantasy genre and more - TIME OUTScenes of beauty and power, and serious ruminations on humankind's capacity for great dreams and profound horrors - LOCUS
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The Michael Moorcock Collection presents for the first time definitive editions of Moorcock's most influential work, fully revised and updated by the author.
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Moorcock's Multiverse presents the SF & fantasy of Michael Moorcock in newly updated, definitive editions.
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