‘The Delhi Division’

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

‘The Delhi Divsion’ was the second Jerry Cornelius short story to be written, but the first to be published (earlier shorts being pre-publication extracts from the first Cornelius novel, The Final Programme).

First appearance: New Worlds Vol. 52  No. 185
London:  Stonehart Publications/Michael Moorcock, 1968 (December) magazine,
edited by Michael Moorcock & James Sallis;
price:  5 shillings;
64 pages;
cover artist: Gabi Nasemann.

‘The Delhi Division’ (illustrator unknown): pp. 23–28.

First anthologised appearances: Best S.F. Stories From New Worlds 6
London:  Panther Books, 1970 mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
as Best SF Stories From New Worlds 6 on cover & spine;
edited and introduced (+ notes) by Michael Moorcock;
original price:  5/-;
157 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  586-03283-5;
cover artist:  Enzo Ragazzini (photograph).

‘The Delhi Division’ (no illustrations): pp. 168–176.



as [The] Best SF Stories From New Worlds 6 (with differing content)
New York: Berkley, 1971 (July) mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
original price:  75¢;
176 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  425-02075-4;
cover artist:  Paul Lehr.

‘The Delhi Division’: pp. 167–176.



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).

‘The Delhi Division’: pp. 138–145.

First collected appearance: The Lives And Times Of Jerry Cornelius
London:  Allison & Busby, 1976 (January) hardcover (q.v.);
original price:  £3·50;
176 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  0-85031-141-1;
cover artist:  Richard Glyn Jones;
illustrated by Mal Dean, Jones & Harry Douthwaite.

‘The Delhi Division’ (illustrated by Mal Dean): pp. 20–29.

Other (collected) appearances:-

The Lives And Times Of Jerry Cornelius, expanded edition;
London: Harrap, 1987 (February 26th) hardcover an simultaneous mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
original prices:  £7·95 (h/c), £2·50 (p/b);
185 pages;
I.S.B.N.s:  0-245-54374-0 (h/c), 0-52626356-0 (p/b);
cover artist:  Tim White;
illustrated by Mal Dean, Richard Glyn Jones & Harry Douthwaite;
‘The Delhi Division’ (illustrated by Dean): pp. 20–29.
The New Nature Of The Catastrophe;
London:  Millennium, 1993 (June 10th) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
edited by Langdon Jones, Michael Moorcock & (uncredited) John Davey;
original prices:  £14·99 (h/c), £10·99 (p/b);
xii + 436 pages;
I.S.B.N.s:  1-85798-039-5 (h/c [-039-0 on copyright page]) & 1-85798-040-9 (p/b);
cover artist:  Mark Reeve;
illustrated by Harry Douthwaite, Mal Dean, R. Glyn Jones & David Britton;
‘The Delhi Division’ (illustrated by Dean): pp. 11–19.
The Lives And Times Of Jerry Cornelius: Stories Of The Comic Apocalypse;
New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003 (September) trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
original price:  $15·00;
viii + 273 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  1-56858-273-0;
cover artist:  Richard Ross;
‘The Delhi Division’ (no illustration): pp. 13–22.
Jerry Cornelius: His Lives And His Times;
London: Gollancz, 2014 (May 29th) trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
edited by John Davey;
original price:  £9·99;
xxii + 389 pages;
I.S.B.N.:  978-1-473-20072-2;
cover artist:  unknown;
illustrated by Harry Douthwaite, Mal Dean & David Britton;
“Original artwork, by Richard Glyn Jones, withdrawn by artist”;
‘The Delhi Division’ (illustrated by Dean): pp. 19–30.

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

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

Also in En Smagfuld Verden: En Jerry Cornelius Antologi, Denmark (1971); Le Livre D’Or De La Science-Fiction: Michael Moorcock, Romania (1993); S‑Fマガジン 2000/2 No. 525, Japan (2000).