‘Pride Of Empire’

(a.k.a. ‘Chronology’ and ‘Appendix I’ [to The Condition Of Muzak])

Jerry Cornelius — the ambiguous, amoral, androgynous English Assassin —

‘Pride Of Empire’ first appeared in 1971. Later that year it reappeared as ‘Chronology’ in the Cornelius anthology, The Nature Of The Catastrophe, and later still it was retitled again as the first appendix to the novel The Condition Of Muzak (1977).

First appearance: Corridor No. 1
Manchester: January/February 1971 magazine;
edited by Michael Butterworth;
price: 3s;
20 pages;
I.S.S.N.: none;
cover artist: Rick Barman.

**‘Pride Of Empire: An Historical Novel’** **(illustrated by Arthur Moyse)**: pp. 2–10, 19 & 20.

First anthologised appearance: The Nature Of The Catastrophe
London: Hutchinson, 1971 (July 5th) hardcover (q.v.);
edited by Michael Moorcock & Langdon Jones;
original price: £2·00;
viii + 213 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-09-107260-3;
cover artist: Mal Dean;
introduction by James Colvin (a.k.a. Moorcock).

**pp. 198–213**: as ‘**Chronology**‘ **by “The Compliers”** (not credited as such on contents page), **topped & tailed by paragraphs of additional notation.**

First collected appearance: The Condition Of Muzak
London: Allison & Busby, 1977 (March) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
sub-titled “A Jerry Cornelius Novel”;
original prices: £4·50 (h/c), £1·95 (p/b);
313 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 0-85031-044-X (h/c), 0-85031-214-0 (p/b);
cover artist: Richard Glyn Jones (also interior);
title-page drawing by Jill Riches.

**pp. 291–310**: as ‘**Appendix I**‘ **by “The Compliers”** (not credited as such on contents page)**; opens with “The following is reprinted from *The Nature of the Catastrophe*, London, 1971”.**

Other appearances:-

*The Condition Of Muzak* (see above)
in *The Cornelius Chronicles*;
New York: Avon, 1977 (August) mass-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
original price: $2·95;
*xviii* + 974 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-380-00878-5;
cover artist: **Stanislaw Fernandes**;
**introduction by John Clute;**
**interior artists: **Malcolm Dean, Richard Glyn Jones and Jill Riches**;**
**‘Appendix I**‘**: pp. 953–972.**

*The Condition Of Muzak*
in *The Cornelius Chronicles Book Two*;
Glasgow: Fontana, 1988 (October 27th) trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
original price: £4·95;
572 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-00-617689-5;
cover artist: **unknown**;
**‘Appendix I**‘: pp. 549–570.

*The Condition Of Muzak*
in *The Cornelius Quartet*;
London: Phoenix House, 1993 (November 25th) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
original prices: £18·99 (h/c), £14·99 (p/b);
855 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 1-897580-55-X (h/c), 1-897580-50-9 (p/b);
cover artist: Robin Cracknell;
interior artists: **Malcolm Dean and Jill Riches**;
**‘Appendix I**‘: pp. 837–853.

Foreign (i.e. non-English language) editions:-

The Nature Of The Catastrophe as La Naturaleza De La Catástrofe, Spain (1978).

The Condition Of Muzak as Das Lachen Des Harlekin[s], Germany, (1982); Conditie Van Muzak, Netherlands (1982); Vous Aimez La Muzak ?, France (1992).

The Cornelius Chronicles/Quartet as [Les Aventures De] Jerry Cornelius, France (2000).

The Cornelius Chronicles Book Two as Las Crónicas De Cornelius 2, Spain (2003).

Also in Le Livre D’Or De La Science-Fiction: Michael Moorcock, France (1981) a.k.a. Le Cavalier Chaos, France (1990).