A couple of quickies for Mike...

[GreatOldOne]

...if he's got a minute.

I noticed that the character of "Monsiuer Zenith" mutated after the first publication of "Sir-Milk-and-Blood" into "Monsiuer Zodiac", and he has appeared as this several times since. Was this a deliberate attempt to create your own version of the character, or did you have any copyright problems because of the reprint of the Anthony Skene novel?

Also, you've mentioned in another thread that you're retiring from fantasy writing this year. With "Vengeance of Rome" already at the publishers, does this mean "White Wolf's Son" will be your swansong or do you have another one or two planned before hanging up your quill?

Thanks for your time...

[Michael Moorcock]

Yes, White Wolf's Son will be the last fantasy novel. I'll continue to do Seaton Begg stories. I changed Zenith to Zodiac when I did the version for DC because I didn't want DC to get into potential copyright problems.
After that, I continued to call him Zodiac, though the Zenith connection is obvious and yes, it's my way of continuing, in homage to Skene, the career of the character!

[GreatOldOne]

Thanks again.