Michael Moorcock Multiverse
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The Michael Moorcock Multiverse was a shared continuity encompassing the oeuvre of Michael Moorcock, with nearly every story written by Moorcock taking place within the setting termed "Renark's multiverse" by the novel The Coming of the Terraphiles [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"]. Numerous more specific connections existed between the various threads of Moorcock's continuity. The term "multiverse" was allegedly originated in its science fiction context by Moorcock in his early novel The Sundered World, with the concept becoming central to his continuity.
The Moorcock Multiverse is relevant to Tardis Wiki due to its crossovers with the Doctor Who universe. Primarily, the novel The Coming of the Terraphiles was a Doctor Who novel written by Moorcock which took place in the Moorcock Multiverse continuity. Additionally, the Moorcock character Seaton Begg crossed over with several Doctor Who universe characters in the Obverse Sextet.
Stories by Moorcock in the Multiverse
| Title | Type | Series | Notes | Original release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daughter of a Warrior King | Short story | Sojan the Swordsman | Introduces Sojan, later established as an Eternal Champion in [which?] | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 22 31 August 1957 |
| Mission to Asno | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 25 21 September 1957 | |||
| Revolt in Hatnor | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 34 23 November 1957 | |||
| The Hordes Attack | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 38 21 December 1957 | |||
| The Purple Galley | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 47 22 February 1958 | |||
| The Sea Wolves | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 48 01 March 1958 | |||
| Sojan at Sea | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 49 08 March 1958 | |||
| The Sea of Demons | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 50 15 March 1958 | |||
| Prisoners in Stone | Tarzan Adventures Vol 7 51 22 March 1958 | |||
| Sojan and the Plain of Mystery | Tarzan Adventures Vol 8 9 31 May 1958 | |||
| Sojan and the Sons of The Snake God | Tarzan Adventures Vol 8 12 21 June 1958 | |||
| Sojan and the Hunters of Norj | Tarzan Adventures Vol 8 15 12 July 1958 | |||
| The Dreaming City | Novelette | Elric of Melniboné | Introduces Elric, established as an Eternal Champion in The Eternal Champion. | Science Fantasy 47 June 1961 |
| While the Gods Laugh | Science Fantasy 49 October 1961 | |||
| The Stealer of Souls | Science Fantasy 51 February 1962 | |||
| The Eternal Champion | N/A | Introduces the concept of the Eternal Champion, here explained as a function of eternal return. Introduces the recurring Champions John Daker and Erekose; other mentioned Champions include Ulysses, Roland, and "Alric". Introduces the Ghost Worlds. | Science Fantasy 53 June 1962 | |
| Caribbean Crisis | Novel | Sexton Blake | Precursor to the Seaton Begg stories. Moorcock references The Sexton Blake Library in The Coming of the Terraphiles. | The Sexton Blake Library 501 18 June 1962 |
| Kings in Darkness | Novelette | Elric of Melniboné | Science Fantasy 54 August 1962 | |
| The Flame Bringers | Science Fantasy 55 October 1962 | |||
| The Sundered Worlds | N/A | Introduces Jon Renark, later established as an Eternal Champion in [which?]. First usage of term "multiverse" and the first appearance of Renark's multiverse, the Rim, Guide Sensors, Limbo, and the Galactic Union. Features the Ghost Worlds, first named here the "Shifter system". The Ghost Worlds are close to the planet "Migaa", which the star Miggea in The Coming of the Terraphiles [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"] is named in reference to. In this story, Renark discovers that the Ghost Worlds were created in a war between two alien races, with the planets being impacted by a weapon which forever propelled them sideways through the multiverse. Renark discovers a dying race called the Originators who use each plane of the multiverse like a womb to create species (such as humanity) to become their successors. Renark ascends his consciousness to become one with the multiverse, touching the minds of every human in his universe and initiating an exodus into a new universe so that they may escape the imminent death of their universe and perhaps succeed the Originators. The Coming of the Terraphiles [+]Loading...["The Coming of the Terraphiles (novel)"] indicates that similar events occur in the Doctor's universe. |
Science Fiction Adventures 29 November 1962 | |
| To Rescue Tanelorn | Elric of Melniboné | Science Fantasy 56 December 1962 | ||
| The Blood-Red Game | N/A | Sequel to The Sundered Worlds. Features the multiverse. | Science Fiction Adventures 32 May 1963 | |
| Dead God's Homecoming | Novella | Elric of Melniboné | Science Fantasy 59 June 1963 | |
| Flux | Short story | N/A | A time travel story, in which a time traveller discovers that Nietzche’s eternal return is false and time is a chaotic flux. Limbo appears. | New Worlds 132 July 1963 |
| Not by Mind Alone | A multiverse story establishing that relativity means that among the infinite dimensions occupying the space of Earth, each person experiences private dimensions rationalized as dreams and hallucinations. | New Worlds 134 September 1963 | ||
| Black Sword's Brothers | Novella | Elric of Melniboné | Science Fantasy 61 October 1963 | |
| The Time Dweller | Short story | The Time Dweller | Introduces the Scar-Faced Brooder, established as an Eternal Champion in [which?]. Depicts the final years of Earth, in which it is ruled by “Lords of Time” known as the “Chronarchy” who use the Great Regulator to control Time the same way one controls matter. The Chronarchy’s descendants will become “time-dwellers”, travellers in time. | New Worlds 139 February 1964 |
| Sad Giant's Shield | Novella | Elric of Melniboné | Science Fantasy 63 February 1964 | |
| Doomed Lord's Passing | Science Fantasy 64 April 1964 | |||
| The Dream of Earl Aubec | Short Story | Fantastic Stories of Imagination May 1964 | ||
| Stormbringer | Novel | Fixup novel assembled from Dead God's Homecoming, Black Sword's Brothers, Sad Giant's Shield, and Doomed Lord's Passing | 1965 | |
| The Sundered Worlds | Multiverse Trilogy | Fixup novel assembled from The Sundered Worlds and The Blood-Red Game. | 1965 | |
| The Fireclown | 1965 | |||
| Warriors of Mars | Kane of Old Mars | Introduces Michael Kane, established as an Eternal Champion in [which?]. | 1965 | |
| Blades of Mars | 1965 | |||
| Barbarians of Mars | 1965 | |||
| Escape from Evening | Short story | The Time Dweller | A native of the Moon, named a “Moonite”, journeys the House of Time where the Chronachy rules. Introduces the Megaflow, a dimension similar to Time Vortex in which time travellers travel. | New Worlds 148 March 1965 |
| Preliminary Data | Jerry Cornelius | Introduces Jerry Cornelius, later revealed to be an Eternal Champion in [which?]. Shows one possible fate of Cornelius, merging with his rival Miss Brunner to become a hermaphroditic harbinger of the end of mankind. | New Worlds 153 August 1965 | |
| The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius | N/A | Introduces Minos Aquilinas, metatemporal detective. | New Worlds 154 September 1965 | |
| The Golden Barge | N/A | Introduces Jephraim Tallow. | New Worlds 155 October 1965 | |
| The Wrecks of Time | Novella | N/A | Introduces John Faustaff, later revealed as an Eternal Champion in the 1996 revision of the story. The plot concerns a multiversal crisis affecting a series of alternate Earth with numerical designations from "Earth-1" to "Earth-15". | New Worlds 156-157 November-December 1965 |
Stories by other writers
Alan Moore's graphic novel The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which has several references to Doctor Who, includes a licensed appearance by Jerry Cornelius.
