It is an interesting, grand beginning for jerry cornelius. Written in 1965 as the underground culture was beginning to. Along with his savvy and ruthless partnerinchaos, miss brunner, cornelius is on a mission to control a revolutionary code for creating the ultimate human being, a modern messiahthe final programme. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. By purchasing this title, you may be eligible to receive an ebook credit toward select titles. Prominent nebula and world fantasy awardwinning author, michael moorcock.
Fairly short, fastpaced, the final programme is a good little actionadventure story, with some decent twists. At the end of the final programme he seems to have transcended it but the jerry cornelius of the other novels in the series reverts back to type. Elric of melnibone by michael moorcock book one of the elric saga contents book one 1 a melancholy king. The final programme is a novel by british science fiction and fantasy writer michael moorcock. Despite being written in 1965 the final programme still reads like an ultramodern challenge to the more staid and rulebound tropes of science fiction. Editions of the final programme by michael moorcock. Michael moorcocks jerry cornelius stories are always a good read. The final programme is heavily ensconced in the developing counterculture of london in the sixties.
Programme from the year 2016, but thats part of the charm. After years of sciene fiction fandom, hari kunzru meets his hero and master of the genre michael moorcock at home in texas, where they discussed his 15,000 word a day habit, taking acid with his. Along with his savvy and ruthless partnerinchaos, miss brunner, cornelius is on a mission to control a revolutionary code for creating the ultimate human being, a modern messiah the final programme. I say probably rather than definitely because the book wasnt actually bad. The best of michael moorcock by michael moorcocka longoverdue retrospective of a literary giant, says keith brooke. Download audiobooks written by michael moorcock to your device. The first jerry cornelius book, the final programme 1968, was made into a feature film in 1973. Discover book depositorys huge selection of michael moorcock books online. Midway through the same book, you will think that moorcock is working. The cornelius quartet 1 the eternal champion paperback february 2, 2016. The final programme was my introduction to michael moorcock and i will probably not be reading the other three books in this quartet. Buy final programme first edition by moorcock, michael isbn.
Michael john moorcock born 18 december 1939 is an english writer and musician, primarily. While its nice to have the ebook on kindle, lately moorcock cant seem to resist tampering with his own. Born in london in 1939, michael moorcock now lives in texas. Id like to read this book on kindle dont have a kindle.
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