An extract from the novel An Alien Heat, this is (or rather went on to become) Chapter Two — ‘A Soirée At The Duke Of Queens’’ — of the book itself which was published in October 1972.
First appearance: Frendz No. 27
London: Echidna Epics Ltd., 1972 (May 12th) newspaper;
edited by John May;
price: 15p;
24 pages;
I.S.S.N.: none;
cover artist: Pennie Smith & George Snow.
An Alien Heat is the first volume of what is probably Moorcock’s best-loved trilogy, ‘The Dancers At The End Of Time’, a lyrical, romantic comedy of errors in which the decadent, immortal inhabitants of Earth in its very last days meet the reluctant Victorian time-traveller, Mrs. Amelia Underwood.
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