Mother London

Book by Michael Moorcock

Mother London

Dust-jacket from the first edition

Author| Michael Moorcock
Cover artist| Peter Dyer
Language| English
Genre| Literary fiction
Publisher| Secker & Warburg

Publication date

| 1988
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print (hardback)
Pages| 496 pp
ISBN| 0-436-28461-8
OCLC| 17917718
Followed by| King of the City

Mother London is a novel by Michael Moorcock. Published in 1988, it was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize.[1] Although the city of London itself is perhaps the central character, it follows three outpatients from a mental hospital—a music hall artist (Josef Kiss), a reclusive writer (David Mummery) and a woman just awoken from a long coma (Mary Gasalee)—who experience the history of the city from the Blitz to the late eighties through chaotic experience and sensory delusions.[2] The novel is a non-chronological compilation of episodes, snippets and sidelines, rather than a single cohesive narrative. A piece in The Guardian called it 'a great, humane document'.[3]

Michael Moorcock was the editor of New Worlds and gained numerous critical acclaim and media attention.[4]

## References

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* "Internet Speculative Fiction Database". Retrieved 18 December 2007.
* "Moorcock's Miscellany". Archived from the original on 23 November 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
* Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984–1998)". Retrieved 16 December 2007.

## Footnotes

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1. ^ Flood, Alison (18 February 2015). "New Michael Moorcock novel to combine autobiography and fantasy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
2. ^ Phillips, Lawrence. London Narratives: Post-War Fiction and the City, London: Continuum, 2006, p 154.
3. ^ "Crowning glory: Michael Moorcock's London". The Guardian. London.
4. ^ Winter, Jerome (20 January 2013). "Radiant Time: An Interview with Michael Moorcock". LA Review of Books.

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Bibliography of Michael Moorcock

Novels|

* The Dreaming City (1961)
* The Fireclown (1965)
* The Jewel in the Skull (1967)
* The Final Programme (1968)
* The Mad God's Amulet (1968)
* The Sword of the Dawn (1968)
* The Runestaff (1969)
* The Black Corridor (1969)
* Behold the Man (1969)
* The Chinese Agent (1970)
* The Eternal Champion (1970)
* Phoenix in Obsidian (1970)
* The Warlord of the Air (1971)
* A Cure for Cancer (1971)
* The English Assassin: A Romance of Entropy (1972)
* Elric of Melniboné (1972)
* Breakfast in the Ruins (1972)
* The Land Leviathan (1974)
* The Adventures of Una Persson and Catherine Cornelius in the 20th Century (1976)
* The Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976)
* The Condition of Muzak (1977)
* Gloriana (1978)
* Byzantium Endures (1981)
* The War Hound and the World's Pain (1981)
* The Steel Tsar (1981)
* The Brothel in Rosenstrasse (1982)
* The Laughter of Carthage (1984)
* The City in the Autumn Stars (1986)
* The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
* Mother London (1988)
* Jerusalem Commands (1992)
* King of the City (2000)
* Firing the Cathedral (2002)
* The Vengeance of Rome (2006)
* The Coming of the Terraphiles (2010)
* The Whispering Swarm (2015)

Collections|

* The Time Dweller (1969)
* The Lives and Times of Jerry Cornelius (1976)
* The History of the Runestaff (1979)
* The Dancers at the End of Time (1981)
* A Nomad of the Time Streams (1982)
* The Opium General and other stories (1984)
* Elric: Song of the Black Sword (1995)
* The Metatemporal Detective (2007)

Comic books|

* Conan the Barbarian
* Michael Moorcock's Multiverse
* Tom Strong

Anthologies edited|

* England Invaded
* Before Armageddon

Characters and concepts|

* Corum Jhaelen Irsei
* Dorian Hawkmoon
* Elric of Melniboné
* Erekosë
* Eternal Champion
* Jerry Cornelius
* Melniboné
* Multiverse
* Oswald Bastable
* Stormbringer
* Symbol of Chaos
* Ulrich von Bek
* Una Persson

Music contributions|

* New Worlds Fair
* Warrior on the Edge of Time
* Lucky Leif and the Longships
* Mirrors
* Cultösaurus Erectus
* Hype
* Sonic Attack
* Zones
* Live Chronicles

Other work|

* "Epic Pooh"
* "Kings in Darkness"
* The Land That Time Forgot
* New Worlds

Adaptations|

* Airtight Garage
* The Chronicle of the Black Sword
* The Final Programme
* Elric: Battle at the End of Time
* Stormbringer RPG
* Hawkmoon RPG

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