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Summary: These two beat batman n robin
Review: Fritz coined the term "Sword and Sorcery" He is one of the great grand masters of heroic fiction and his stories deliver with brass and style. He has creative genius combined with an appreciation fo pacing and the exotic. If onyl hollwood in 2004 could learn from him..... alas. This author is not a copycat like Terry Brooks, and comes as close as any to Robert E Howard, but tends to throw in a bit more social interaction. The series are gems, get them all today. Fafhrd is a northerner an ice barabrian while the grey mouser is a urban---fast as a cat and a bit or a magic user. They take on animated dungeons and sorcerers galore, find and lose love----and generally take you along for a grand old origional time. No rehashing of tolkien[in a crayy way ] like Terry Goodkind
No barfish unrealisticness like Thieves World were politics can trump bigtime magic users on a given day.
Not goofy like MYTH series[although myth series can be entertaining] Just good appealing sword n sorcery adventure. GOOd Show Fritz-----The fact that he does not get more press is a crime-----I don't get it-----he needs to havce far more fan apprecaition sites.
Azimov can't hold his jock.
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Summary: These two beat batman n robin
Review: Fritz coined the term "Sword and Sorcery" He is one of the great grand masters of heroic fiction and his stories deliver with brass and style. He has creative genius combined with an appreciation fo pacing and the exotic. If onyl hollwood in 2004 could learn from him..... alas. This author is not a copycat like Terry Brooks, and comes as close as any to Robert E Howard, but tends to throw in a bit more social interaction. The series are gems, get them all today. Fafhrd is a northerner an ice barabrian while the grey mouser is a urban---fast as a cat and a bit or a magic user. They take on animated dungeons and sorcerers galore, find and lose love----and generally take you along for a grand old origional time. No rehashing of tolkien[in a crayy way ] like Terry Goodkind
No barfish unrealisticness like Thieves World were politics can trump bigtime magic users on a given day.
Not goofy like MYTH series[although myth series can be entertaining] Just good appealing sword n sorcery adventure. GOOd Show Fritz-----The fact that he does not get more press is a crime-----I don't get it-----he needs to havce far more fan apprecaition sites.
Azimov can't hold his jock.
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Summary: Most Underappreciated Fantasy Author
Review: Poor Fritz Leiber. He has never truly received the credit he deserves for fostering the fantasy genre. Along with the old Conan stories and Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, this is amongst the most influential works of fantasy fiction.
Fascinating worldbuilding, intrigue and exciting characters abound in these tales, all told with Leiber's exceptional artistic skills. Not only are the plots and personalities compelling, but Leiber has a magical rhythm to his storytelling and descriptions. This is one of the few stories that is on my "reread" list. Pick this up and you'll love the stories--and when you look at the copyright date of these tales, you'll come to appreciate just how much Leiber has affected the fantasy authors that have come since.
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Summary: It rocks like no other
Review: the first book I read as a kid. the stories are full of adventure! I can't believe there are no other fritz lieber reviews... sad
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Summary: wonderful
Review: the first book I read as a kid. the stories are full of adventure! I can't believe there are no other fritz lieber reviews... sad
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Summary: It rocks like no other
Review: What is it about Leiber? Is it the fast paced action, the gripping sense of mystery, the well developed characters, the dank surroundings of Lankhmar which envelope both heroes and reader? Certainly the greatest feature of this book is its mooring in the world of Nehwon, a fantastic realm dominated by sword and spell, where law is only as strong as ones own ability to uphold it. It is this place that Leiber's rogues Fafhrd, a massive barbarian, and Gray Mouser, a lithe burglar, must negociate their way through the darkness and cruelty of their world. Nehwon seems to us a place of suffocating oppression where suffering and death rule the day, a place of misery that steals the joy of living. It is also home to Fahfrd and Mouser who have long ago survived their baptism by fire. Pain is a reality, but as both men show in Leiber's introductory book "Swords and Deviltry," they manage to overcome their suffering in the only way they can--through the brutal strength to persevere, take action, and stand fast in the face of danger. They don't become slaves to Nehwon, but seek to tame it and use it to their advantage. From here, the two swordsmen silently take on the world in a number of adventures which are modivated from lust of wealth to cheating death at his own game. Each short story carries with it a new adventure, fresh and original, which keeps the reader securely in place, and the mind in a whirl of activity. Not to mention, they also steal an entire house in one story, and you can't go wrong with that.
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