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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series |
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The sequence, and the range Leiber's stories mostly appeared first in magazines, beginning in John W. Campbell's Unknown in 1939. Over the years, they have been collected and re-collected in books bylined Leiber, as well as anthologized. One, The Swords of Lankhmar, is itself the length of a novel and usually appears as a separate book. Here we provide an overall sequence as the stories ideally should be read, and as they appear in the common seven-book set. Additionally we list most inclusions in Leiber's other story collections: it's not too critical that you read them in order. The first readers of most of these stories just enjoyed them as they came — and then re-read them in the complete set. We mention omnibus editions, but do not attempt to provide anthology appearances. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser taken as a whole is one of the greatest works of modern fantasy. Should you, however, happen upon a story or two and not care for them, do try a couple of others. Fritz Leiber gives us a stunning range and depth of fantastic realism here; and if the style is not so various as that of Faust, nor the landscape as great a witch's flight as from "Auerbach's Tavern in Leipzig" to the "Classical Walpurgis Night", still Fafhrd and the Mouser can show you a merry ride. |
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More edition information: A very fine omnibus set from White Wolf, with additional introductions by other authors, containing the 37 stories of 7 volumes (as listed above) recombined in 4 volumes:
A partial omnibus set from the Science Fiction Book Club (SFBC), containing the first 33 stories of 6 volumes (as listed above) recombined in 2 volumes:
The above omnibus editions include Leiber's own introductory material from the seven individual volumes. The Book of Fritz Leiber and The Second Book of Fritz Leiber are also combined in the omnibus volume The Book of Fritz Leiber, Volumes I & II. Writers of the Dark is co-bylined H.P. Lovecraft because the book includes essays by Lovecraft. As with other authors, sometimes paperback editions are not as complete as hardcover editions with the same title.
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[Walpurgis Night. The Harz Mountains; the Country Around Schierke and Elend]
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© 2009 Robert Wilfred Franson |
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