The New Nature of the Catastrophe

A collection of Cornelius short stories edited by Michael Moorcock and Langdon Jones published July 1993. Volume nine in “The Tale of the Eternal Champion”.

Publishing History

Hardcover/Trade Paperback

• Publisher: Millennium - ISBN: 1-85798-039-5 (hc) 1-85798-040-9 (tp)
• Format: xii+436 pp
• Price: £14.99 (hc) £10.99 (tp)
• Cover: Mark Reeve

Mass Market Paperback

• Publisher: Gollancz - ISBN: 0-7528-0600-9
• Format: 544 pp
• Price: £6.99
• Cover: Mark Reeve
• Publication Date: 3 Mar 1997

Stories

• Introduction (The New Nature of the Catastrophe)
• Introduction (The Nature of the Catastrophe)
• The Peking Junction
• The Delhi Division
• The Tank Trapeze
• The Ash Circus by M John Harrison
• The Firmament Theorem by Brian W Aldiss
• The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius; The English Assassin by Michard Moorcock and M John Harrison - graphic story
• The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde by Norman Spinrad
• The Dodgem Decision
• The Nash Circuit by M John Harrison
• Lines of White on a Sullen Sea by Maxim Jakubowski
• The Anxiety in the Eyes of the Cricket by James Sallis
• The End of the Cycle by Langdon Jones
• The Nature of the Catastrophe
• The Sunset Perspective
• Sea Wolves
• Voortrekker
• The Flesh Circle by M John Harrison
• A Prayer to Men by Alex Krislov
• Dead Singers
• The Swastika Set-Up
• The Longford Cup
• The Entropy Circuit
• Interlude: Miss Brunner and Jerry by Giles Gordon
• The Repossession of Jerry Cornelius (article) by John Clute
• Niki Hoeky by Charles Partington
• Everything Blowing Up: An Adventure of Una Persson by Hilary Bailey
• The Entropy Tango (fragment) (song) by Michael Moorcock and Pete Pavli
• The Murderer's Song
• The Gangrene Collection
• The Roumanian Question
• Bruised Time by Simon Ings
• Epilogue: Jerry and Miss Brunner at the Beginning by Langdon Jones
• Jerry Cornelius: A Reader’s Guide by John Davey

The paperback edition dropped the graphic story and added All the Way Round Again