You don't get the feeling the civilization died or was destroyed, more that it just grew bored with absolute power and simply wandered away. If you like some romance and humor with your fantasy, quirky aliens, and a civilization of decadent and self-indulgent immortals, you will enjoy this wonderful and unusual story. In her childhood, she travelled with her father, a missionary, into exotic locations: these experiences planted the seeds of tolerance. The title of the series is itself taken from a poem by a fictitious 19th-century poet, Ernest Wheldrake, which Mrs.

When Lord Jagged offers to send both her and Jherek into the future, out of the time loop and after the end of the world to start a new civilisation, they accept. Elric is no stranger to chaos and is completely convinced that he has in fact been transported to a realm of chaos. The landscapes at the End of Time are almost entirely artificial or illusory, created by the inhabitants and constantly being altered.Their polar difference plays a mayor role in their relationship which is often very funny as well as incredibly cute. Her name is Mrs Amelia Underwood and when Jherek casually refers to sexual activity, she delivers a hefty smack on his cheek. To his surprise, the judge appears to be none other than his friend, Lord Jagged, but claims to be one Jagger. The book is included in Interzone editor David Pringle's Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (1985).

While his friends are devastated, he shows unwavering optimism and surprises everyone by creating a new sun with his energy ring. Upon realising this, Jagged understood that time is circular, not linear as was previously assumed, and devised a new plan. Mrs Underwood, at first repulsed by the debauchery of the End of Time, finally comes to believe that Jherek is sincere in his affections and starts teaching him about moral values. As the quote says, Jherek Carnelian, one of the decadent denizens of the end of time, falls in love with stuffy Victorian age time traveller Mrs.

Jherek Carnelian is one of the glittering, amoral denizens who inhabit the world At The End of Time.