Sailing to Utopia Series by Michael Moorcock, Philip James

Ice odyssey. The world lay frozen under a thousand feet of ice - and only in the Eight Cities of the Matto Grosso did men still live, hunting the wary ice whales for meat and oil, following the creed of the Ice Mother which foretold the end of all life in ultimate cold.But legend told of a city far to the north - fabled New York - whose towers rose above the ice, whose crypts held the forgotten lore that might bring warmth to Earth once again... moreIce odyssey. The world lay frozen under a thousand feet of ice - and only in the Eight Cities of the Matto Grosso did men still live, hunting the wary ice whales for meat and oil, following the creed of the Ice Mother which foretold the end of all life in ultimate cold.But legend told of a city far to the north - fabled New York - whose towers rose above the ice, whose crypts held the forgotten lore that might bring warmth to Earth once again.And, in the best ice ship in the Eight Cities, Konrad Arflane embarked on the impossible voyage to New York - an odyssey of incredible peril and adventure...with a shattering discovery at journey's end! less

The Black Corridor is a science fiction novel by Michael Moorcock, published in 1969, first by Ace Books in the USA, as part of their Ace Science Fiction Specials series, and later by Mayflower Books in the UK. It is essentially a novel about the decay of society and the deep personal and social isolation this has caused, and tells of a man fleeing through interstellar space from Earth, where civilisation is collapsing into anarchy and wars... moreThe Black Corridor is a science fiction novel by Michael Moorcock, published in 1969, first by Ace Books in the USA, as part of their Ace Science Fiction Specials series, and later by Mayflower Books in the UK. It is essentially a novel about the decay of society and the deep personal and social isolation this has caused, and tells of a man fleeing through interstellar space from Earth, where civilisation is collapsing into anarchy and wars. The author uses techniques ranging from straight narrative to entries in the spaceship's log, dream sequences and sixties-style computer printouts. less

A Cornelius novel by Michael Moorcock, co-written with Philp James and illustrated by James Cawthorn, originally serialized, in eighteen instalments, in the Bombay-based The Illustrated Weekly of India between June and November 1969 before being re-published for the English market by Unicorn Books in 1975."Philip James" is a pseudonym for James Cawthorn, who took over the writing of the serial when Moorcock fell ill.

Four quests for a very different kind of utopia:Journey into our future, where today's most horrific ecological predictions are reality, Yet it is a world in which hardy men and women still live out their wildest dreams.Steering their great vessel over frozen oceans, surviving only by hunting monstrous land whales and seal packs, Arflane and Ulrica live a tale of heroic love and doomed obsession as The Ice Schooner sails for the frozen wastes of fabled New York.Down The Black Corridor... moreFour quests for a very different kind of utopia:Journey into our future, where today's most horrific ecological predictions are reality, Yet it is a world in which hardy men and women still live out their wildest dreams.Steering their great vessel over frozen oceans, surviving only by hunting monstrous land whales and seal packs, Arflane and Ulrica live a tale of heroic love and doomed obsession as The Ice Schooner sails for the frozen wastes of fabled New York.Down The Black Corridor. which is at once deep space and a man's psyche, Ryan is trapped aboard a spaceship fleeing from a ruined Earth to the terrifying depths of an interstellar abyss -- and his own most profound fears and fantasies.Max von Bek plunges into the Flux of the timestreams, seeking salvation yet discovering a nightmare.Meanwhile, Jerry Cornelius and his gallant crew set off to unravel the mystery of The Distant Suns."In Moorcock's work there is an absolute morality -- a sanctity of individual lives and minds". -- GQ"Like Tolkien...Moorcock has the ability to create a wholly imaginative world landscaped with vivid and sometimes frightening reality". -- The Times"He changed the field single-handedly. He is a giant". -- Tad Williams less