The character study of a killer paranoid everyone is out to kill him. From the moment when they first met, in the commission of the same, audacious theft, Fafhrd, the giant barbarian warrior from the Cold Waste, and the Gray Mouser, master thief, novice wizard and expert swordsman, felt no ordinary affinity.
Forged over the gleam of sharpened steel as, back to back, they faced their foes, theirs was a friendship that would take them from adventure to misadventure across all of Nehwon, from the caves of the inner earth to the waves of the outer sea. But it was in the dark alleys and noisome back streets of the great fog-shrouded city of Lankhmar that they became legends. The First Book of Lankhmar includes the first four volumes of the hugely enjoyable Swords series.
This volume assembled six of Leiber's classic works: "Dr. In fact, the story probably reads better now than it did in , back when the choice came down to white or whole wheat. Leiber slyly imagines a near-future when giant machines not only harvest the wheat field, but grind flour and bake bread on the spot -- the ultimate in big farming.
In this toasted tomorrow, the highly-mechanized Puffy Products is bent on producing the supremely lightest loaf. The story is what happens if bread isn't just airy, but pumped full of lighter-than-air helium. Leiber Ships to the Stars didn't often bake up such a souffle of spoof, but he's a master in the kitchen. And "Bread Overhead" has just enough to say about human nature to be filling, besides.
Briefly recounts the American writer's life, examines Leiber's science fiction and fantasy novels, and discusses his major themes. Through fragments, drafts and practice writings, we can clearly see the evolution from Leiber, the amateur, to Leiber, the professional. A horror author is drawn into a mysterious curse in this World Fantasy Award—winning novel from the author of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series.
Fritz Leiber may be best known as a fantasy writer, but he published widely and successfully in the horror and science fiction fields. While studying his beloved city through binoculars from his apartment window, he is astonished to see a mysterious figure waving at him from a hilltop two miles away. Wysten Turner is a Brit visiting America after it's great war with Russia. He meets a woman with a tale of woe in the streets of New York. Her boyfriend is a professional wrestler who beats her.
She begs Turner to help her escape him, but is the situation as straight forward as it seems? Nominated for a Retro Hugo Award. Skip to content. The Book of Fritz Leiber. The Best of Fritz Leiber. The Big Time. The Big Time Book Review:. The Wanderer. The Wanderer Book Review:. Fritz Leiber. Fritz Leiber Book Review:. Fritz Leiber and H P Lovecraft. A Pail of Air. A Pail of Air Book Review:. What s He Doing in There. The Green Millennium. The Green Millennium Book Review:.
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