Fritz Leiber's Lean Times in Lankhmar

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Summary: Adept's Gambit an underappreciated center piece
Review: The story Adept's Gambit is one of the most moody pieces intheFafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. It contains a Lovecraftianhorror/mystery, a comical opening (in true F&GM style) and a thrilling climax. It is the element of luck that plays such a refreshing part in Leiber's stories concerning the two heroes. He can give them heroic qualities galore but he keeps them grounded in semi-reality by never giving them ridiculous Conan-like abilities. Lean Times in Lankhmar is, for my money, the funniest thing Leiber ever wrote and possibly his best piece of narrative in the whole series. I'm think it's quite a feat to write a story that both mocks and celebrates religion and throws in some adventuring fun to boot.

Rating:
Summary: Adept's Gambit an underappreciated center piece
Review: The story Adept's Gambit is one of the most moody pieces intheFafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. It contains a Lovecraftianhorror/mystery, a comical opening (in true F&GM style) and a thrilling climax. It is the element of luck that plays such a refreshing part in Leiber's stories concerning the two heroes. He can give them heroic qualities galore but he keeps them grounded in semi-reality by never giving them ridiculous Conan-like abilities. Lean Times in Lankhmar is, for my money, the funniest thing Leiber ever wrote and possibly his best piece of narrative in the whole series. I'm think it's quite a feat to write a story that both mocks and celebrates religion and throws in some adventuring fun to boot.

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Summary: Great stories and a short novel
Review: This book includes two of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser books. Swords in the Mist and Swords against Devilry. In the former is a short novel called Adept's Gambit. Which happens of F&GM's world of Nehwon and on ours during Hellenistic times. Like most of F&GM's stories it combines swashbuckling action with comedy and horror