Jerry Cornelius is a fictional secret agent and adventurer created by science fiction / fantasy author Michael Moorcock. He is a kind of hip secret agent of ambiguous and occasionally polymorphous sexuality; the same characters featured in each of several Cornelius books, though the individual books had little connection with one another, having a more metafictional than causal relationship to one another. The first Jerry Cornelius book, The Final Programme was made into a feature film starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre. Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939, in London, England) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ... Secret Agent is a 1936 British film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel by W. Somerset Maugham. ... This article is about human sexual perceptions. ... Look up metafiction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... the final programme ... Jon Finch (born March 2, 1941 in Caterham, Surrey) is an English actor noted for many Shakespearean roles. ... Jenny Runacre was born on August 18, 1946 in Capetown, South Africa, one of four girls in the family. ...

The series draws plot elements from Moorcock's Elric series, as well as the Commedia dell'arte. Moorcock hints in many places that Cornelius may be an aspect of the Eternal Champion. Characters from the Cornelius novels show up in much of Moorcock's other fiction: for example, Moorcock's Dancers at the End of Time series has a character called Jherek Carnelian; Una Persson appears in the Dancers series, the Oswald Bastable books, and possibly as Oona in the latest Elric books; and Colonel Pyat has his own non-SF series of books by Moorcock, beginning with Byzantium Endures. The name Jerry Cornelius and its variants appear at least four time (Jerry Cornell, Jherek Carnelian and the anagrammatic Corum Jhaelen Irsei). The location of Notting Hill in London also features prominently.Note: In the Runestaff series,the young boy who manifests as the "spirit" of the Runestaff, is called once by a name,(spelling unknown), that is clearly another cognate, and thereby perhaps suggests Jerry's final fate. Stormbringer (Lancer, 1967) Elric of Melniboné is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. ... Karel Dujardins set his closely-observed scene of a traveling troupes makeshift stage against idealized ruins in the Roman Campagna: dated 1657 (Louvre Museum) Commedia dellarte (Italian: play of professional artists also interpreted as comedy of humors), also known as Extemporal Comedy, was a popular form of improvisational... The Eternal Champion is a fictional creation of the author Michael Moorcock and is a recurrent feature in many of his novels. ... Bold textThe three books which form Dancers at the end of time are, An alien heat,The hollow lands and The end of all songs. ... The Dancers at the End of Time is a series of science fiction novels and short stories written by Michael Moorcock, the setting of which is the End of Time, an era where entropy is king and the universe has begun collapsing upon itself.[1] The inhabitants of this era... Oswald Bastable is a fictional character in: The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods, by E. Nesbit The Warlord of the Air and other stories by Michael Moorcock Category: ... Stormbringer (Lancer, 1967) Elric of Melniboné is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock. ... The Chinese Agent (1970) is a comic novel by Michael Moorcock. ... The Dancers at the End of Time is a series of science fiction novels and short stories written by Michael Moorcock, the setting of which is the End of Time, an era where entropy is king and the universe has begun collapsing upon itself.[1] The inhabitants of this era... This article is about the fantasy hero. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Notable characters

• Jerry Cornelius, secret agent, superhero, adventurer, all things to all men (and women). A figure of almost complete anarchy. Typically destroys repressive authority. Later exposed as a false Harlequin, a tragic Pierrot at heart, or simply an adolescent fantasy.
• Miss Brunner, Jerry's opposite. Representing stifling authority. Also follows a more mystical path than Jerry's fatalistic realism.
• Bishop Beesley, endlessly corrupt gluttonous villain. Thirsts for power, money, pleasure.
• Una Persson, a female version of Jerry, even to the extent of being Catherine's lover. In The Condition of Muzak she is revealed to be a true Harlequin.
• Catherine Cornelius, Jerry's sister and incestuous lover. Usually dies tragically. Often pregnant by Jerry. In some stories, a masochistic figure.
• Major Nye, a retired British Army officer, participant in secret missions, and Una Persson's sometime lover.
• Colonel Pyat, a Russian emigre officer, also a sometime lover of Una Persson.
• Professor Hira, occasionally another of Jerry's lover. Counterpart to Jerry's character, always calm and in control. Maybe it is what Jerry aspires to?
• Frank Cornelius', Jerry's scheming brother, Cain to Jerry's Abel. Usually killed by Jerry, but always returns.
• Mrs. Cornelius, fat, libidinous, foul-mouthed mother to Frank, Jerry and Catherine. The quintessential urban survivor, a modern Mother Courage.
• 'Shaky' Mo Collier, a companion on many adventures, and also supplier of many and varied drugs to almost everyone. He almost acts as Jerry's right hand man always there when needed, although somewhat unreliable in execution of tasks. (Created by M. John Harrison, rather than Moorcock.)

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Bibliography

Novels

• The Final Programme
• A Cure for Cancer
• The English Assassin
• The Condition of Muzak

Collections

• The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius

Associated Novels

• The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the Twentieth Century

Novellas

• The Entropy Tango
• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (a.k.a. Gold Diggers of '77). Ties the Sex Pistols in with the Cornelius mythos.
• The Alchemist's Question
• Firing the Cathedral

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Shorter fiction

• "The Peking Junction"
• "The Delhi Division"
• "The Tank Trapeze"
• "The Nature of the Catastrophe"
• "The Swastika Set-up"
• "The Sunset Perspective"
• "Sea Wolves"
• "Voortrekker"
• "Dead Singers" (not to be confused with the non-Jerry Cornelius story of the same title)
• "The Longford Cup"
• "The Entropy Circuit"
• "The Entropy Tango"
• "The Murderer's Song"
• "The Gangrene Collection"
• "The Roumanian Question"
• "The Dodgem Decision" (vt "The Dodgem Division", "The Dodgem Arrangement")
• "All the Way Round Again" (vt "The Enigma Windows")
• "The Spencer Inheritance" [1]
• "The Camus Connection"
• "Cheering for the Rockets" [2]

Comics

• "The Adventures of Jerry Cornelius" (or "The English Assassin"), co-written with M. John Harrison and illustrated by Mal Dean

Film Adaptations

• The Final Programme was a 1973 movie adaptation of The Final Programme, directed by Robert Fuest

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Musical Adaptations

• "Needle Gun" by Hawkwind (The Chronicle Of The Black Sword, 1985)
• "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" by Blue Öyster Cult (Heavy Metal: Music From The Motion Picture, 1981)
• "Kings of Speed" by Hawkwind (Warrior on the Edge of Time, 1975)

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Work inspired by Jerry Cornelius

Moorcock encouraged other authors and artists to create works about Jerry Cornelius, in a sort of early open source attempt at open brand sharing. One example is Norman Spinrad's The Last Hurrah of the Golden Horde; another is Mœbius's The Airtight Garage. The Nature of the Catastrophe, a collection of Jerry Cornelius stories and comic strips which had appeared in the International Times (with art by Mal Dean) by various hands, was published in 1971. It includes works by Moorcock himself, James Sallis, Brian Aldiss, Langdon Jones, M. John Harrison, Richard Glyn Jones, Alex Krislov and Maxim Jakubowski. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... Norman Richard Spinrad (born September 15, 1940) is an American science fiction author. ... Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. ... The Airtight Garage Original Title Le Garage Hermétique de Jerry Cornelius Series Title Major Fatal Writer(s) Moebius Artist(s) Moebius Publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés Humanoids Publishing First published 1976 Pages 128 ISBN 2 7316 14145 The Airtight Garage Of Jerry Cornelius (Le Garage Hermétique de... The International Times (IT) was an underground paper started in 1966 in the UK, based in central London. ... James Sallis (born 21 December 1944 in Helena, Arkansas) is an author, musician, and respiratory therapist best known for his series of crime novels featuring the character Lew Griffin and set in New Orleans, LA. ... Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and science fiction. ... Michael John Harrison (July 26, 1945, Warwickshire ), is a UK science fiction author, fantasy author and literary fiction author, who writes as M. John Harrison. // Biography and writing career Harrisons first story was published in 1966. ...

Bad Voltage, an 80s cyberpunk novel by Jonathan Littell that also dealt with themes of bisexuality and violence, features guest appearances by a decidedly has-been Jerry Cornelius and a substance-abusing 'Shaky' Mo Collier. Jonathan Littell (born 10 October 1967 in New York) is an award-winning French-American writer who writes mainly in French and now lives both in France and Spain. ...

In comics various writers have used elements of the character, most notably Bryan Talbot's character Luther Arkwright. Currently, Image publishes Matt Fraction's Casanova series which also pays homage to Cornelius. Tony Lee's Midnight Kiss actually features Cornelius. Grant Morrison created an Oscar Wilde-inspired steampunk version of Jerry Cornelius in Sebastian O, the original Vertigo mini-series. Another Morrison character, Gideon Stargrave, is one of the few interpretations of the character that Moorcock has issues with, as he considers the character little more than a straight lift of Cornelius. [3] Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... Bryan Talbot (born February 24, 1952) is a British comic book artist and writer. ... The Adventures of Luther Arkwright is a graphic novel written and drawn by Bryan Talbot. ... Image Comics is an American comic book publisher. ... Matt Fraction at Heroes Con 2006. ... Casanova is a creator-owned comic book by writer Matt Fraction and artist Gabriel Ba. ... Tony Lee (1970-) is a British writer. ... Grant Morrison (born January 31, 1960) is a Scottish comic book writer and artist. ... Oscar Fingal OFlahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and author of short stories. ... For the comic book, see Steampunk (comics). ... . ... Gideon Stargrave as featured on the cover of The Invisibles volume 1, #17 Gideon Stargrave is a comic book character created by Grant Morrison in 1978 for the anthology title Near Myths. ...

See also

• Bisexuality
• Sex in science fiction

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External links

• Moorcock's Miscellany (formerly Tanelorn, Multiverse.org & Moorcock's Weekly Miscellany)
• http://www.novymir.com.au/terminalcafe/jerry.html
• Link to pictures of original cover art and blurbs
• In Lighter Vein: A note on the Jerry Cornelius Tetralogy - in which Michael Moorcock explains his intentions behind the style of seeming randomness of the books.