The Cornelius Chronicles (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Moorcock
- First Published: 1968
- Type of Work: Collected works
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alternate history
- Time of Work: 1960-1975, with time travel to other periods
- Setting: Earth
- Genres: Short fiction, Science fiction, Alternate history
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, Antiheroes, Time travel, Anarchism or anarchists, Harlequin or Commedia dell’arte
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
The Final Programme, first published in New Worlds magazine in 1965-1966, centers on the adventures in time of soldier of fortune Jerry Cornelius, his collaborator Miss Brunner, his shifty brother Frank, and his beloved sister Catherine. The novel is easy to read, linearly plotted, and full of traditional science-fiction elements. It tells the story of the clash between Jerry and Miss Brunner, a computer technician of enormous powers. Eventually the two get their computers and super- science formulas together in a womblike cave, where they merge...
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