Fritz Leiber
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.07 | 109 Users | 8 Reviews
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| ISBN: | 1565048741 (ISBN13: 9781565048744) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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"Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser faced each other across the two thieves sprawled senseless". So begins the fateful first (well, second...) meeting of two of the most famous heroes of sword-and-sorcery fiction: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. The two go on to pursue grand dreams and harrowing adventures, and it all begins in the grand city of Lankhmar, the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smoke.Contents:
The Snow Women
The Unholy Grail
Ill Met in Lankhmar
The Circle Curse
Jewels in the Forest
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| Title | : | Lankhmar: Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Vol. 1) |
| Author | : | Fritz Leiber |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | August 1st 2000 by White Wolf Publishing |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Heroic Fantasy. Sword and Sorcery |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 109 Users | 8 ReviewsAppraise About Books Lankhmar: Tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Vol. 1)
I pulled this from my shelf to reread because I'd forgotten it. That's partly because Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories have been so influential in creating the contemporary fantasy genre that they now seem fairly generic. Although the characters and setting now seem almost cliche, and the plot (such as it is) unfolds rather slowly, the prose remains top notch.This book was good. Supposedly It's a collection of stories, but they're so well connected it's more like the beginning of a long novel. Sometimes I got lost in the language a bit, but once I got past that the descriptions were excellent, and the adventures full of interesting elements that you would not expect in your average fantasy books. I can see why a number of people have suggested this as further reading for people interested in dnd. The adventures are like a good dnd campaign that keeps
Leiber wrote one full novel and several shorter ones about the titular thieves of Lankhmar and the first few are rendered to an image and captured here in this series. Each tale is quick, dirty, and full of the expected mirth and skills of the fabled duo as they travel Nehwon fighting demons, wizards, and old gods alike. Add in the incredible art of Mike Mignola and you have something for everyone who loves Martin, Gygax, and the other lords and ladies of sword and sorcery.
I've reviewed these separately at FanLit: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/fant...
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was one of the more interesting of the young writers who came into HP Lovecraft's orbit, and some of his best early short fiction is horror rather than sf or fantasy. He found his mature voice early in the first of the sword-and-sorcery adventures featuring the large sensitive barbarian Fafhrd and the small street-smart-ish Gray Mouser; he returned to this series atLeiber wrote one full novel and several shorter ones about the titular thieves of Lankhmar and the first few are rendered to an image and captured here in this series. Each tale is quick, dirty, and full of the expected mirth and skills of the fabled duo as they travel Nehwon fighting demons, wizards, and old gods alike. Add in the incredible art of Mike Mignola and you have something for everyone who loves Martin, Gygax, and the other lords and ladies of sword and sorcery.
This is one of the authors that inspired Gary Gygax and his dungeons and dragons role playing game. Certainly the exploits of these two characters and the city of Lankhmar present an enticing setting for would be adventures.
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