The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

MOORCOCK, MICHAEL (John) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * _Legends from the End of Time (Ace 0-441-13663-X, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 182pp, pb) [Dancers at the End of Time] Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) collection of three stories set at the end of time, “Dancers at the End of Time” #4.
• * _Legends from the End of Time (Millennium 1-85798-044-1, Oct ’93, £10.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Mark Reeve) [Dancers at the End of Time] Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) fantasy collection. This edition adds “Elric at the End of Time” and a short extract from The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming (W.H. Allen 1977) confusingly entitled “Constant Fire” (the novella upon which the book was based). A hardcover edition (-043-3, £14.99) is also available. Volume 11 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Legends from the End of Time (Orion 0-75280-649-1, Jun ’97, £6.99, ii+404pp, pb, cover by Mark Reeve) [Dancers at the End of Time] Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) fantasy collection, significantly revised from its 1993 Millennium edition. Includes the complete novel Constant Fire (a revised retitle of The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming W.H. Allen 1977), and the full text of the story “Elric at the End of Time”. The 1993 edition mistakenly omitted all of the novel except a revised chapter, and missed the last six lines of the “Elric” story. (Contents)
• * *Letters from Hollywood (Harrap 0-245-54379-1, Sep ’86, £10.95, 232pp, hc) Collection of letters from Moorcock to Ballard during his stays in Los Angeles. Several have previously appeared in Ambit and Savoy Dreams. Illustrated throughout by Michael Foreman.
• * _The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (Harrap 0-245-54374-0, Feb ’87, £7.95, 185pp, hc) [Jerry Cornelius] Reprint (Allison & Busby 1976) sf collection. This ‘revised edition’ contains a new introduction and epilogue (reprinted from a fanzine) but is otherwise unchanged.
• * _The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (Grafton 0-586-06356-0, Feb ’87, £2.50, 185pp, pb) [Jerry Cornelius] Paperback edition of the above.
• * *Lunching with the Anti-Christ (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-46-5, Feb ’95, $25.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Phil Hale) Collection of seven interconnected stories, subtitled “A Family History: 1925-2015”, dealing with various families from other Moorcock books. Also available in signed, slipcased limited edition (-47-3, $60.00). Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
• * _The Mad God’s Amulet (Grafton 0-583-11385-0, 1985, £1.95, 142pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reprint (Lancer 1968 as Sorcerer’s Amulet) fantasy novel, #2 in the “Runestaff” series.
• * _The Mad God’s Amulet (DAW 0-88677-044-0, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.75, 160pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, “Runestaff” #2. Revised from Sorcerer’s Amulet (Lancer 1968). 5th DAW printing.
• * _The Mad God’s Amulet (Ace 0-441-51388-3, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 160pp, pb, cover by Jill Bauman) [Runestaff] Reprint (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, second book of the “Runestaff” series. Revised from Sorcerer’s Amulet (Lancer 1968).
• * _A Messiah at the End of Time (Ace 0-441-13664-8, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 192pp, pb) [Dancers at the End of Time] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1977) fantasy novel, originally published as The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming. Volume Five in the “Dancers at the End of Time” series.
• * *Mother London (Secker & Warburg 0-436-28461-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], £9.95, 496pp, hc) [Dennis Dover; Rosie Beck] Episodic novel that traces the development and, in Moorcock’s eyes, decline, of London over the last 45 years, through the eyes of three friends who are intermittent telepaths and out-patients at the same mental home. Beautifully constructed - Moorcock’s best book for many years! (PSP)
• * +Mother London (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57183-8, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $19.95, 496pp, hc) [Dennis Dover; Rosie Beck] Mainstream novel about London over the last four decades, with some fantasy elements. Recommended. (FCM) First American edition (Secker & Warburg 1988).
• * _Mother London (Penguin 0-14-011299-5, Jun ’89, £4.99, 496pp, tp, cover by Liz Pyle) [Dennis Dover; Rosie Beck] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1988) episodic novel tracing the development and decline of London over the last 45 years. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Mother London (QPBC no ISBN, Sep ’89, $10.95, 496pp, tp) [Dennis Dover; Rosie Beck] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1988) mainstream novel with fantasy elements. This edition is the same as the Random House hardcover except there is no ISBN and the jacket is printed as the paper cover.
• * _Mother London (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-097309-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $8.95, 496pp, tp, cover by Greg Ragland) [Dennis Dover; Rosie Beck] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1988) mainstream novel with fantasy elements.
• * _A Nomad of the Time Streams (Millennium 1-85798-034-4, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £10.99, 457pp, tp, cover by Mark Reeve) [Oswald Bastable] Reprint (SFBC 1982 as The Nomad of Time) sf omnibus. All three books are revised for this volume, the third (The Steel Tsar) extensively. A hardcover edition (-033-6, £14.99) is also available. Volume six in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents)
• * _A Nomad of the Time Streams (White Wolf 1-56504-179-8, Sep ’95, $19.99, 424pp, hc, cover by Chris Moeller) [Oswald Bastable] Reprint (SFBC 1982 as The Nomad of Time) SF omnibus of the “Captain Bastable” adventures: The Warlord of the Air, The Land Leviathan, and The Steel Tsar; “The Eternal Champion Vol. 4”. This is similar to the revised and expanded 1993 Millennium edition (volume six in their “Eternal Champion” series) with a very slightly revised introduction by Moorcock, and some textual corrections.
• * _A Nomad of the Time Streams (Millennium 1-85798-448-X, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £6.99, 549pp, pb, cover by Mark Reeve) [Oswald Bastable] Reprint (SFBC 1982 as The Nomad of Time) SF omnibus of the 3 Oswald Bastable adventures, The Warlord of the Air (NEL, 1971), The Land Leviathan (Quartet, 1974), and The Steel Tsar (Granada, 1981). All three books were revised, the last very extensively, for their appearance in the 1993 Millennium edition, and are further corrected for this paperback. Volume 6 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.
• * _A Nomad of the Time Streams (White Wolf 1-56504-194-1, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $14.99, 424pp, tp, cover by Chris Moeller) [Oswald Bastable] Reprint (SFBC 1982 as The Nomad of Time) SF omnibus of the “Captain Bastable” adventures: The Warlord of the Air, The Land Leviathan, and The Steel Tsar; “The Eternal Champion Vol. 4”. This is similar to the revised and expanded 1993 Millennium edition (volume six in their “Eternal Champion” series) with a very slightly revised introduction by Moorcock, and some textual corrections.
• * _The Oak and the Ram (Berkley 0-425-09052-3, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 157pp, pb) [Corum] Reissue (Allison & Busby 1973) fantasy novel, “Corum” #5.
• * _The Oak and the Ram (Grafton 0-586-20719-8, Apr ’89 [Oct ’89], £2.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Paul Damon) [Corum] Reissue (Allison & Busby 1973) fantasy novel. Volume Five in the “Corum” series.
• * *The Opium General and Other Stories (Harrap 0-245-54202-7, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], £7.95, 207pp, hc) Collection of four short stories, a novella of Jerry Cornelius, and three essays. (Contents)
• * _The Opium General and Other Stories (Grafton 0-586-06626-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 304pp, pb) Reprint (Harrap 1984) collection of 5 stories and 3 essays.
• * _The Prince with the Silver Hand (Millennium 1-85798-042-5, Aug ’93, £10.99, 361pp, tp, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Corum] Reprint (Berkley 1978 as The Chronicles of Corum) omnibus of The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram and The Sword and the Stallion. A hardcover edition (-041-7, £14.99) was announced but not seen. Volume 10 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.
• * _The Prince with the Silver Hand (Orion 0-75280-877-X, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, ii+440pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Corum] Reprint (Grafton 1987 as The Chronicles of Corum) fantasy omnibus of the second Corum trilogy — The Bull and the Spear, The Oak and the Ram and The Sword and the Stallion. Volume 10 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. The text was revised for the 1993 Millennium edition and is further corrected for this paperback.
• * _The Queen of the Swords (Berkley 0-425-08737-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 159pp, pb) [Corum] Reissue (Berkley 1971) fantasy novel, the second book of the “Corum” sexology and the “Swords” trilogy.
• * _The Queen of the Swords (Grafton 0-586-20715-5, Feb ’89, £2.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Paul Damon) [Corum] Reissue (Berkley 1971) fantasy novel. Volume Two in the “Corum” series.
• * _The Quest for Tanelorn (Berkley 0-425-07707-1, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.75, 155pp, pb) [Count Brass] Reprint (Mayflower 1975) fantasy novel, “Chronicles of Castle Brass” III; also part of the “Dorian Hawkmoon” and “Erekose” groups.
• * _The Quest for Tanelorn (Grafton 0-586-20533-0, Nov ’88, £2.50, 144pp, pb) [Count Brass] Reissue (Mayflower 1975) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Chronicles of Count Brass” series.
• * +The Revenge of the Rose (Ace 0-441-71844-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $17.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Fantasy novel, ninth book in the “Elric” series. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
• * _The Revenge of the Rose (SFBC #17281, Dec ’91, $6.98, 244pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel, ninth book in the “Elric” series. Similar to the 1991 Ace edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _The Revenge of the Rose (Grafton 0-586-21120-9, Aug ’92, £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel. Ninth in the “Elric” series.
• * _The Revenge of the Rose (Ace 0-441-00106-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel, ninth book in the “Elric” series.
• * *The Revenge of the Rose: A Tale of the Albino in the Years of His Wandering (Grafton 0-246-13734-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £13.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Fantasy novel. Ninth in the “Elric” series.
• * _The Revenge of the Rose: A Tale of the Albino in the Years of His Wandering (Grafton 0-586-21501-8, Nov ’91, £7.99, 233pp, tp, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel. Ninth in the “Elric” series.
• * _The Rituals of Infinity (NEL 0-450-39532-4, Sep ’86, £2.50, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1967 as The Wrecks of Time) sf novel.
• * *The Roads Between the Worlds: The Eternal Champion Vol. 6 (White Wolf 1-56504-821-0, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $21.99, 391pp, hc, cover by Brom) [Von Bek] Omnibus of three SF novels, The Wrecks of Time (Ace 1967), The Winds of Limbo (Compact 1965 as The Fireclown), and The Shores of Death (Compact 1966 as The Twilight Man). The introduction by Moorcock explains how he came to write three such pulpish novels; framing passages tie the novels into the “Eternal Champion” theme through Renark Von Bek. The ISBN on the jacket (-181-X) does not match that on the copyright page. (Contents)
• * _The Runestaff (DAW 0-88677-046-7, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.75, 158pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, “Runestaff” #4 (conclusion of the series). Revised from The Secret of the Runestaff (Lancer 1969). 6th DAW printing.
• * _The Runestaff (Grafton 0-583-11499-7, Aug ’86, £1.95, 143pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (Lancer 1969 as The Secret of the Runestaff) fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Runestaff” series.
• * _The Runestaff (Ace 0-441-31848-7, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 176pp, pb, cover by Jill Bauman) [Runestaff] Reprint (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Runestaff” series. This is revised from The Secret of the Runestaff (Lancer 1969).
• * _The Russian Intelligence (NEL 0-450-06032-2, 1983 [Mar ’84], £7.95, 153pp, hc) Reprint (Savoy 1980) spy story whose hero is a thinly disguised Jerry Cornelius (Moorcock’s sf cult figure). This edition appeared in 1983, but we did not see it until 1984.
• * *Sailing to Utopia (Millennium 1-85798-032-8, Feb ’93, £10.99, 463pp, tp, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Eternal Champion] Omnibus of The Ice Schooner (Berkley 1969), The Black Corridor (Mayflower 1969), The Distant Suns (Unicorn Books 1975) and “Flux”. Each of the novels is slightly revised, and The Distant Suns omits the illustrations by Jim Cawthorn; the short story is revised to fit into the “Von Bek” series. A hardcover edition (-031-X, £14.99) is also available. Volume five in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents)
• * _Sailing to Utopia (Millennium 1-85798-306-8, Apr ’96, £6.99, iv+547pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Eternal Champion] Reprint (Millennium 1993) omnibus of The Ice Schooner (Berkley 1969), The Black Corridor (Mayflower 1969), The Distant Suns (Unicorn Books 1975) and “Flux”. All have been further revised for this paperback edition. Volume 5 in ‘The Tale of the Eternal Champion’. (Contents)
• * +Sailing to Utopia (White Wolf 1-56504-183-6, Jul ’97, $21.99, 535pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Eternal Champion] Omnibus of three novels and a story, The Ice Schooner (Berkley 1969), The Black Corridor (Mayflower 1969), The Distant Suns (Unicorn Books 1975), and “Flux”. The text is similar to the Millennium 1993 edition, for which the contents were slightly revised; this has further corrections, and adds illustrations by Rick Berry.
• * _The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (Ace 0-441-74863-5, Apr ’92, $4.50, 160pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reissue (Quartet 1976) fantasy novel, second book of the “Elric” series; 12th printing.
• * _The Shores of Death (Roc UK 0-14-017352-8, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £4.50, 156pp, pb, cover by Mark Reeve) Reprint (Compact 1966 as The Twilight Man) sf novel.
• * _The Silver Warriors (Berkley 0-425-08078-1, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [John Daker] Reprint (Mayflower 1970 as Phoenix in Obsidian) fantasy novel of The Eternal Champion.
• * _The Steel Tsar (Grafton 0-586-20998-0, Jan ’90 [Mar ’90], £2.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Paul Damon) [Oswald Bastable] Reissue (Granada 1981) sf novel. The Third Volume in the “Oswald Bastable” trilogy.
• * _Stormbringer (Berkley 0-425-06559-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.50, 221pp, pb) [Elric] Reprint (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, “Elric” #6, expanded from the 1965 Jenkins edition. Last in the series.
• * _Stormbringer (Ace 0-441-78754-1, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.50, 220pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, sixth book of the “Elric” series; fourth printing. This is an expansion of Moorcock’s first novel (Herbert Jenkins 1965).
• * *Stormbringer (Millennium 1-85798-046-8, Oct ’93, £10.99, 659pp, tp, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Fantasy omnibus of The Sleeping Sorceress, The Revenge of the Rose, Stormbringer and three other Elric stories. A hardcover edition (-045-X, £14.99) is also available. Volume 12 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents)
• * _Stormbringer (Orion 0-75280-906-7, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 816pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Millennium 1993) fantasy omnibus of The Sleeping Sorceress, The Revenge of the Rose, Stormbringer and three other Elric stories. Revised for this paperback edition. Volume 12 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.
• * _The Sundered Worlds (Roc UK 0-14-017351-X, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 220pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) [Multiverse; Asquiol] Reprint (Compact 1965) sf novel. This edition is revised and contains a new introduction by the author. “The First Book of the Multiverse”.
• * _The Sword and the Stallion (Berkley 0-425-09391-3, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Corum] Reissue (Berkley Medallion 1974) fantasy novel, “Corum” #6.
• * _The Sword and the Stallion (Grafton 0-586-20720-1, Apr ’89 [May ’89], £2.99, 156pp, pb, cover by Paul Damon) [Corum] Reissue (Berkley 1974) fantasy novel. Volume Six in the “Corum” series.
• * _The Sword of the Dawn (DAW 0-88677-045-9, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.75, 173pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, “Runestaff” #3. Revised from the 1968 Lancer edition. 6th DAW printing.
• * _The Sword of the Dawn (Grafton 0-583-11434-2, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 144pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (Lancer 1968) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Runestaff” series.
• * _The Sword of the Dawn (Ace 0-441-31846-0, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 173pp, pb, cover by Jill Bauman) [Runestaff] Reprint (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, third book of the “Runestaff” series. This is revised from the 1968 Lancer edition.
• * _The Swords of Corum (Grafton 0-586-06746-9, Jun ’87, £3.95, 509pp, pb) [Corum] Reprint (Berkley 1977 as The Swords Trilogy) omnibus of the first three books in the “Corum” series.
• * _The Swords of Corum Omnibus (Grafton 0-246-12969-7, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 512pp, hc) [Corum] Reprint (Berkley 1977 as The Swords Trilogy) omnibus of The Knight of Swords (Mayflower 1971), The Queen of Swords (Berkley 1971), and The King of Swords (Berkley 1971). (Contents)
• * *Tales from the End of Time (SFBC #15128, Aug ’89 [Oct ’89], $6.98, 311pp, hc) [Dancers at the End of Time] Omnibus of Legends from the End of Time (Harper & Row 1976) and A Messiah at the End of Time (W.H. Allen 1977 as The Transformation of Miss Mavis Ming). (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Texas Woods (Mojo Press 1-885418-17-5, Sep ’97, $20.95, 158pp, hc, cover by John Picacio) Collection of 12 Moorcock essays and stories, four original to this volume. This edition was published in honor of Moorcock’s appearance as a Guest of Honor at the 1997 World Science Fiction Convention in San Antonio. Order from Mojo Press, PO Box 140005, Austin TX 78714; fax 512-858-7282; [mojo@eden.com]. (Contents)
• * _The Time Dweller (Grafton 0-586-20550-0, Dec ’88, £2.99, 236pp, pb) Reissue (Rupert Hart-Davis 1969) sf collection.
• * _The Vanishing Tower (Ace 0-441-86039-7, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reissue (NEL 1971 as The Sleeping Sorceress) fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Elric Saga”; fourth printing.
• * *Von Bek (Millennium 1-85798-024-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £10.99, 504pp, hc, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Von Bek] Omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain (Timescape 1981), The City in the Autumn Stars (Grafton 1986) and “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”. The short story is slightly revised to make it fit into the canon. A hardcover edition (-023-9, £14.99) is also available. Volume one in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”. (Contents)
• * _Von Bek (Millennium 1-85798-023-9, Mar ’95, £17.99, 504pp, hc, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Von Bek] Reissue (Millennium 1992) omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars and the revised “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”. Volume 1 in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.
• * _Von Bek (Millennium 1-85798-436-6, Jun ’95, £5.99, 646pp, pb) [Von Bek] Reprint (Millennium 1992) omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars and the revised “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”. Volume 1 in ‘The Tale of the Eternal Champion’. This edition has been slightly revised again from the Millennium original. (Contents)
• * +Von Bek: The Eternal Champion Vol. 2 (White Wolf 1-56504-177-1, Jan ’95, $19.99, 704pp, hc, cover by Janet Aulisio) [Von Bek] Omnibus of the “Von Bek” novels: The War Hound and the World’s Pain (Timescape 1981), The City in the Autumn Stars (Grafton 1986), The Dragon in the Sword (Ace 1986), and ’The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius’. Similar to the 1992 Millennium omnibus, which lacks the new introduction by Moorcock and The Dragon in the Sword. (Contents)
• * _Von Bek: The Eternal Champion Vol. 2 (White Wolf 1-56504-192-5, May ’96, $14.99, 705pp, tp, cover by Janet Aulisio Dannheiser) [Von Bek] Reprint (White Wolf 1995) omnibus of the “Von Bek” novels.
• * *The War Amongst the Angels (Millennium 1-85798-411-0, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £9.99 , 247pp, tp, cover by Gustav Moreau) [Von Bek] Literary SF novel. Last in “The Second Ether” trilogy, a Von Bek Family series. A hardcover edition (-410-2, £15.99) is also available.