The best Cornelius book?

[Anonymous]

As a Moorcock reader of thirty years standing, and a fan of the Cornelius books in general.....well perhaps "fan" isn't really a strong enough word....."utterly obsessed" is probably nearer the mark....where was I? Oh yes, as a long standing reader who has had to go through life apparently alone with my obsession, it was with some exitement that I came across this forum.

A whole forum dedicated to chatting about MM!!! At last i've found some soul-mates. :lol: And as you can imagine, i've got about a million questions....but i'm going to try not to babble and just start off with one.

What is your favourite Jerry Cornelius book? And why?

[zakt]

Gotta be the Condition of Muzak, for bringing all the themes and the previous 3 books together. I usually read all 4 together, starting at the Condition of Muzak, then breaking off to goto Final Programme, back into CoM, etc (almost as obsessed (and old ) as you, Shaky Mo).

[DeeCrowSeer]

Hi Shaky!

I'd have to say Gold Diggers, if only because I was born on the Silver Jubilee so I've always had a slightly narcissistic interest in the celebrations that occurred on my b-day, and the punks' reactions to it. I think a lot of the discussions in the book are still very relevant today (perhaps more so) since we seem to have a lot of faux-punks running around, and a lot of people who like to draw anarchy symbols but can't be bothered looking the word up in an encyclopaedia! It also contains all of the conspiracy and counter-conspiracy we've come to expect from the Cornelius books... ooh, and as an added bonus, Mitzi actually gets a few decent lines here and there, rather than just being left to hold the dildo. Good girl.

Also, you could argue your namesake was the "star" of the book! :)

D...

[zakt]

DeeCrowSeer wrote:

I'd have to say Gold Diggers, if only because I was born on the Silver Jubilee so I've always had a slightly narcissistic interest in the celebrations that occurred on my b-day, and the punks' reactions to it.

Aaawww! Now that makes me feel old, especially since I bought the Virgin paperbacks "Great Rock'n'Roll Swindle" (as it was then) when fresh off the press :oops: .

More interesting, DCS, was the wedding of the millennium which took place when you probably had white socks and shorts on - given all the hagiography that's gone on since 1997, it's instructive to think back to reactions to the wedding of big ears and the walking tapeworm :D .

This does not get you any further, though, Shakey Mo. Read the lot (in order of publication), that's the answer!

[Marca]

I feel old too, I have the newspaper edition of Great Rock and Roll Swindle... I bought it from Virgin Records in Birmingham in the early 80s. They had a whole stack of them, should have bought em all.

My favourite Cornelius depends on my mood - Final Programme is like straight(ish) sf adventure, Cure For Cancer is quite weird and I like it a lot, English Assassin I sometimes take a while to get into. Overall I'd say probably Condition of Muzak for the reasons mentioned by zakt.