The nature of the catastrophe /
"Moorcock's eclecticism is a facet of his work that the reader cannot escape; echoes of other writers abound, even if the final result and total effect are Moorcock's own. And the very conception of Jerry Cornelius as a fluid, metaphoric being erodes the old convention of the "re...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Hutchinson,
1971.
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| Edition: | [First edition] |
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| Summary: | "Moorcock's eclecticism is a facet of his work that the reader cannot escape; echoes of other writers abound, even if the final result and total effect are Moorcock's own. And the very conception of Jerry Cornelius as a fluid, metaphoric being erodes the old convention of the "retrospective" novel (as J.G. Ballard calls it), in which characters were the property of their creator. Tales about Jerry Cornelius by writers other than Moorcock appeared in New Worlds, the magazine edited by Moorcock and Ballard, and were collected, along with some by Moorcock, in The Nature of the Catastrophe, edited by Moorcock and Langdon Jones. This collection is dedicated to Borges, and in the introductory discussion of the "real identity" of Jerry Cornelius, several references are made to the Argentine writer, and specifically to The Immortal. The Cornelius chronology at the end of the book (1900-1968, but with mention of a reference in Vergil!) could well derive from a similar chronology (1066-1921) in The Immortal."--Ralph Willett. Moorcock's Achievement and Promise in the Jerry Cornelius Books in: Science Fiction Studies no. 8, vol. 3, part 1, March 1976. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Science Fiction copy is inscribed "to Willie" and signed by the author and editor MIchael Moorcock |
| Physical Description: | viii, 213 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 0091072603 9780091072605 |