From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!houxi!houca!lime!we13!otuxa!nwuxc!inuxc!burton Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Title: Re: Books by Michael Moorcock Article-I.D.: inuxc.189 Posted: Wed Jun 30 16:34:13 1982 Received: Thu Jul 1 06:27:44 1982 References: watmath.2872 Regarding the non-linearity of the multiverse: This is particularly true when you consider that Elric of Melnibone is a hero of one of the Dancers at the end of Time, that Jherek and Amelia meet up with Oswald Bastable and Una Persson at the beginning of time, and that Corum meets Elric on the Ship that sails the planes at a point which for him is after meeting Elric during the adventure with the Vanishing Tower, but which for Elric is before the Vanishing Tower. For Jim Gardner: if you liked the Dancers at the End of Time, you should try the following books by Arthur Byron Cover (if you can find them): Autumn Angels, The Platypus of Doom and other Nihilists, and An East Wind Cometh (I think thats the title of the latest). Other strange 'nonlinearities': How does the 'End of Time' compare with the time of The Silver Warriors? Also, the Conjunction of Million Spheres takes place at the End of Time, at the 'same time' (for want of a better phrase) as it does in the Elric books, the Corum books, and the Hawkmoon books; yet it is implied that Elric and Corum represent the past, and Hawkmoon the future, of the same plane (sort of). Are the planes just different points along the time line of the same reality? Its very confusing. Doug Burton