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Fritz Leiber

Born

in Chicago, Illinois, The United States

December 24, 1910

Died

September 05, 1992

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Influences

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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 at various points in his career, using it sometimes for farce and sometimes for gloomy mood pieces--The Swords of Lankhmar is perhaps the best single volume of their adventures. Leiber's science fiction includes the planet-smashing The Wanderer in which a large cast mostly survive flood, fire, and the sexual attentions of feline aliens, and the satirical A S ...more

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Average rating: 3.89 · 100,090 ratings · 7,693 reviews · 1,120 distinct works • Similar authors

	Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 12,824 ratings — published 1970 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords Against Death (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 7,214 ratings — published 1970 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #3) 4.05 avg rating — 4,844 ratings — published 1968 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords Against Wizardry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #4) 4.10 avg rating — 4,394 ratings — published 1968 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Swords of Lankhmar (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #5) by Fritz Leiber, Jeff Jones (Illustrator) 4.09 avg rating — 3,484 ratings — published 1968 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Big Time 3.23 avg rating — 4,136 ratings — published 1958 — 126 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ill Met in Lankhmar (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #1-2) 4.16 avg rating — 2,894 ratings — published 1970 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Swords and Ice Magic (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, #6) by Fritz Leiber, Peter Elson (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 2,949 ratings — published 1977 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wanderer 3.39 avg rating — 3,081 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conjure Wife 3.80 avg rating — 2,535 ratings — published 1943 — 69 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (7 books)
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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (comics) (5 books)
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December 2023: Short Books
This month there are three identical polls. Each member has one vote in each, three votes total. Use them to select your 1st, 2nd & 3rd choices. Don't vote for the same book in each poll! Votes will be tallied & the top three will be the winners.

Tower of Glass by Robert Silverberg

11 votes, 22.9%

Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

7 votes, 14.6%

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov

7 votes, 14.6%

This Immortal by Roger Zelazny

6 votes, 12.5%

The Devil is Dead by R.A. Lafferty

5 votes, 10.4%

The High Crusade by Poul Anderson

4 votes, 8.3%

Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer

3 votes, 6.3%

The Falling Woman by Pat Murphy

2 votes, 4.2%

The Big Time by Fritz Leiber

2 votes, 4.2%

The Weapon Makers by A.E. van Vogt

1 vote, 2.1%

Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith

0 votes, 0.0%

They'd Rather Be Right by Mark Clifton

0 votes, 0.0%

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