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on the way. The realisation comes that Jerry is seeking sanctuary in different universes of Time in separate private mythologies. As indeed, is the implication, are we all".
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have similarly developed) a writer who has managed to supersede conventional science fantasy and yet make of traditional fiction something wholly new".
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has devolved further into a surreal Europe of splintered city states. Jerry Cornelius, increasingly morphing into his role as
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called it "one of the most ambitious, illuminating and enjoyable works of fiction published in English since the war".
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and is, for me, a most moving summation.... Here we move through Mr Moorcock's obsessions, the serials of
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was "struck by the singular fact that out of science fantasy or science fiction has emerged (
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The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century
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series. It was first published in its revised form in 1979.
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Index

Muzak

Michael Moorcock
Jerry Cornelius
Literary fiction
Allison & Busby
1977
hardback
ISBN
0-85031-044-X
OCLC
3098365
Dewey Decimal
LC Class
The English Assassin
Muzak
science fiction
Michael Moorcock
Allison & Busby
Jerry Cornelius
Guardian Fiction Prize
Walter Pater
A Cure for Cancer
The English Assassin
Pierrot
The Times
harlequinade
FantĂ´mas
the Beatles
Bob Dylan

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