‘Lunching With The Antichrist’

(a.k.a. ‘The Clapham Antichrist’)

‘Lunching With The Antichrist’ features Edwin Begg, the Clapham Antichrist, thus cross-linking the story with those of various other members and generations of the Family von Bek and their curious relationships with both Lucifer and the Holy Grail. It also features a mention of Jerry Cornelius’s scurrilous brother Frank.

First appearance: Smoke Signals
sub-titled “Stories Of London” on title page;
London: Serpent’s Tail, 1993 trade-sized paperback;
edited by The London Arts Board;
original price: £7·99;
248 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 1-85242-362-5;
cover artist: Tommy Yamaha.

**‘Lunching With The Antichrist’** **(as ‘Lunching With The Anti-Christ’): pp. 204–245.**

First collected appearance: Lunching With The Anitchrist
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1995 (February) simultaneous standard & limited-edition hardcovers (q.v.);
sub-titled “A Family History: 1925-2015” on title pages;
original prices: $25·00 (std.), $60·00 (“limited to 300 [plain black] slip-cased, signed and numbered copies”);
216 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 0-929480-46-5 (std.) & 0-929480-47-3 (ltd.);
cover artist: Phil Hale.

**‘Lunching With The Antichrist’: pp. 63–103.**

Other appearances:-

*Fabulous Harbours*
London: Millennium, 1995 (August 21st) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
sub-titled “A Sequel To *Blood*” on title page;
original prices: £15·99 (h/c), £8·99 (p/b);
x + 192 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 1-85798-408-0 (h/c) & 1-85798-409-9 (p/b);
cover artist: Gustave Moreau (*Dead Poet Borne By Centaur*);
**‘Lunching With The Antichrist’: pp. 67–97.**

*London Bone*
London: Scribner, 2001 (May 8th) trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
**original price: £10·00;**
**247 pages;**
**I.S.B.N.: 0-684-86142-9;**
**cover artist: blacksheep;**
**pp. 57–104: as ‘The Clapham Antichrist’.**

*The Best Of Michael Moorcock*
San Francisco: Tachyon, 2009 (May 15th) trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
edited by John Davey with Ann & Jeff VanderMeer;
original price: $14·95;
403 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-892391-86-5;
cover artist: Ann Monn;
interior design: John Coulthart;
introduction (+ notes) by John Davey;
afterword by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer;
‘Lunching With The Antichrist’: pp. 45–76; see also *The Very Best Of Michael Moorcock*.

*Fabulous Harbours* (see above)
in *The War Amongst The Angels* (omnibus);
**London: Gollancz trade-sized paperback** (*q.v.*), **2014 (September 11th);**
edited by John Davey;
original price: £10·99;
xx + 798 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-575-09273-0;
cover artist: Gustave Moreau (*St. George And The Dragon*);
‘Lunching With The Antichrist’: **pp. 359–3**96.

*London Bone* *And Other Stories*
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2016 (June 30th) trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
**edited by John Davey;**
**original price: £9·99;**
**344 pages;**
**I.S.B.N.: 978-1-473-21329-6;**
**cover artist: Paul Catherall;**
**illustrated by Michael Moorcock;**
**pp. 115–153: as ‘The Clapham Antichrist’.**

Foreign (i.e. non-English language) editions:-

Lunching With The Antichrist as Déjeuners D’Affaires Avec L’Antéchrist, France (2003).

Also in Второй Эфир [The War Amongst The Angels (omnibus)], Russia (2023).