Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. emerged as a distinctive voice among the younger writers associated with H.P. Lovecraft, initially making a significant mark with his horror fiction before exploring other genres. He established his signature style in his sword-and-sorcery tales, featuring the memorable duo of the large, sensitive barbarian Fafhrd and the agile, street-smart Gray Mouser, which he revisited throughout his career for both comedic and atmospheric effect. His science fiction often played with grand concepts, such as planetary destruction and societal upheaval led by unlikely heroes. Leiber's later works, including his notable horror novel, delved into profound personal struggles like depression and alcoholism, examining the emotional resonance within fantastic literature and demonstrating a remarkable capacity for reinvention that kept him at the forefront of his generation.
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Fritz Leiber ranks among the giants of fantasy and science fiction visionaries, capturing multiple Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and influencing a generation of writers. And his most renowned creations are the swashbuckling Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. Collected here are adaptations of some of the finest of these tales—including the Hugo and Nebula Award winning “Ill Met in Lankhmar”—by comics legends Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Dennis O’Neil, Al Williamson, and more. Join the hulking barbarian and the diminutive rogue as they battle swordsmen, necromancers, and flagons of strong drink! Collects Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: The Cloud of Hate and Other Stories.
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Deliberate exploitation of human hatred towards Martians drives Scatterday to take a stand. Faced with the threat of enslavement, he realizes that aiding the Martians is the only path to resistance, despite the dangers of mob justice looming over him. This story explores themes of prejudice, courage, and the complexities of allyship in a tense interspecies conflict.
Exploring the nuances of memory, this book delves into the complexities of how we perceive and recall our past. It raises questions about the reliability of our memories and the factors that can alter them from day to day. Through insightful analysis, it invites readers to reflect on their own experiences and the nature of recollection, ultimately challenging the notion of a fixed, unchanging past.
Exploring the metaphor of modern life as a pyramid, this work delves into the constraints and structures that shape contemporary existence. The author draws parallels between the ancient Egyptian practice of burial and the ways in which society confines individuals within rigid frameworks. Through thought-provoking insights, the book encourages readers to reflect on their own lives and the societal constructs that may limit their potential and freedom.
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Professor Norman Saylor considered magic nothing more than superstition. Then he learned that his own wife was a practicing sorceress. But he still refuses to accept the truth...that in the secret occult warfare that governs our lives, magic is a matter of life and death. Filmed twice, as Weird Woman (1944) and Burn Witch Burn (1961), this tale of secret witchcraft on a modern college campus is as readable today as the day it was written. Fritz Leiber's classic story of terror CONJURE WIFE made into the American-International movie Norman Taylor thought it was absurd for his beautiful wife, Tansy, to believe in black magic. He made her throw her potions, charms and amulets into the fire. After all, he was a college professor, a rational man who didn't believe in superstition. Then, his troubles began ... phone calls in the dead of night, a student who threatened him with a gun, and a hideous gargoyle-like creature who stalked him about the campus, one whom he alone could see. Slowly, an atmosphere of palpable evil encircled him until the truth could no longer be denied. There were witches all around him, conniving for his soul, lusting for his body ... and he was powerless to defend himself. "Easily the most convincing and the most frightening of all modern horror stories" --Damon Knight