Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
Autor/a de Swords and Deviltry
Sobre l'autor
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was born December 24, 1910, the son of a notable Shakespearean actor. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago where he had majored in psychology and physiology, and also attended Episcopal General Theological Seminary. Leiber was an Episcopal Minister from 1932 to mostra'n més 1933, but was encouraged to join his father's company, and toured with him in 1934, leaving two years later when he married in 1936. Leiber became an Editor with Consolidated Book Publishers in Chicago from 1937 to 1941. He was a Speech and Drama Instructor at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1941 to 1942, a Precision Inspector at Douglas Air Craft Company, Santa Monica from 1942 to 1944, an Associate Editor for Science Digest Magazine from 1944 to 1956, and a Freelance Writer from 1956 to1992. Leiber's interest in writing came from correspondences with a a close college friend, Harry Fischer. Together they developed alter ego characters: Nordic Fafhrd a tall gangly limbed individual from 'the North' - based on Leiber, and the effervescent Grey Mouser - based on Fischer. Leiber first featured the characters in a story, "Adepts Gambit". The story was rejected, but the two characters reappeared in his first published story "Two Sought Adventure", which was published in Unknown magazine John W Campbell, of Astounding Science Fiction was Leiber's first editor. Leiber's first major work as an SF author came with his novel Gather, Darkness! in 1943, concerning the overthrow of a religious dictatorship. An anthology, Ill Met in Lankhmar, published in 1970, received the Hugo science fiction award. Leiber also received a Life Award for his contribution to his field, presented at the Second World Fantasy Convention. He regularly contributed a column to the SF trade magazine, Locus. Leiber was a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and a Lecturer for Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshops at Clarion State College and San Francisco State University. In his lifetime, Leiber won 7 Hugo Awards and a Hugo Grandmaster of Fantasy Award , 2 Nebula Awards and a Nebula Grandmaster Award, an August Derleth Award, 3 World Fantasy and one British Fantasy Awards, a Clark Ashton Award, a Balrog Award, a Locus Award, 3 Gigamesh Awards, an Anne Radcliffe Award, a University of Chicago Proffesional Achievemant Citation, and a Bram Stoker Life Achievement Award. He was also nominated for 7 other Nebula Awards, as well as 4 Lovecraft's and one Second Stage Lensman at Moscon. Leiber has appeared in television, film, on radio and in theater, and has written over 40 books. Fritz Leiber died September 5, 1992 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Photo by Lars-Olov Strandberg,
Seacon '79 (37th World Science Fiction Convention),
Brighton, England, 1979.
Copyright © Lars-Olov Strandberg
Seacon '79 (37th World Science Fiction Convention),
Brighton, England, 1979.
Copyright © Lars-Olov Strandberg
Sèrie
Obres de Fritz Leiber
Swords' Masters (Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords and Ice Magic) (1968) 237 exemplars
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 2: The Circle Curse / The Howling Tower (1991) — Original author — 16 exemplars
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 4: Lean Times in Lankhmar / When the Sea King's Away (1991) — Original Author — 12 exemplars
A Bad Day for Sales [short story] 12 exemplars
The 11th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: 36 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories (2016) 11 exemplars
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 3: The Price of Pain Ease / Bazaar of the Bizarre (1991) — Autor — 10 exemplars
Try and Change the Past [short story] 9 exemplars
Nice Girl with Five Husbands 7 exemplars
America the Beautiful [short story] 6 exemplars
When the Change-Winds Blow [short story] 5 exemplars
The Night He Cried 5 exemplars
The Big Holiday 4 exemplars
The Foxholes of Mars 4 exemplars
The Man Who Never Grew Young [short story] 4 exemplars
Wanted—An Enemy [short story] 4 exemplars
Le cycle des Épées (Majuscules) Epées et démons ; Epées et mort ; Epées et brumes ; Epées et sorciers ; Epées… (1970) 3 exemplars
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes [short story] 3 exemplars
Game For Motel Room 3 exemplars
Fritz leiber les nouvelles t01 3 exemplars
Induction 3 exemplars
Mysterious Doings In The Metropolitan Museum 3 exemplars
The Death Of Princes 3 exemplars
Horrible imaginings [short fiction] 2 exemplars
The Mystery of the Japanese Clock 2 exemplars
The Dictator 2 exemplars
One Station Of The Way {short story} 2 exemplars
The Glove 2 exemplars
The Button Molder [short story] 2 exemplars
Dark Wings 2 exemplars
The Lion and the Lamb 2 exemplars
Quicks Around the Zodiac with Illustrations by Alicia Austin and an Afterword by Gene Wolfe. (1983) 2 exemplars
Time in the Round 2 exemplars
Moon Duel 2 exemplars
Last Letter [short story] 2 exemplars
Cyclops 2 exemplars
The Ghost Light [novella] 2 exemplars
Kindergarten [short story] 2 exemplars
Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #2: With linked Table of Contents (Positronic Super Pack Series Book 20) (2016) 2 exemplars
The Dead Man 2 exemplars
LANKHMAR SERIES: Swords and Deviltry; Swords Against Death; Swords in the Mist; Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of… (1990) 2 exemplars
La gran hora 1 exemplars
Swords &Ice Magic 1 exemplars
Sci-Fi Classics of Fritz Leiber – 21 Time Travel & Dystopia Stories: The Big Time, The Creature from Cleveland… (2018) 1 exemplars
Ship of Shadows - Hugo Award Novella 1970 1 exemplars
Rare -Fritz Leiber LE CYCLE DES EPEES First thus 1970 1/6000 Fafhrd and Gray Mouser (1970) 1 exemplars
Short Science Fiction Collection 001 1 exemplars
Collectible THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER First Hardcover edition 1974 Book Club Original Fine HC 1 exemplars
The girl with the hungry eyes 1 exemplars
Conjure Wife 1 exemplars
Neri araldi della notte 1 exemplars
O Tempo, o Espaço e o Cérebro Livro 1 1 exemplars
La Mejor Ciencia Ficcion De Los Años 60 1 exemplars
Gather, Darkness! Science Fiction Classics 1 exemplars
The Night of the Wolf (1966) 1 exemplars
Swords & Magic 1 exemplars
Swords' Masters: Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords and Ice Magic (1968) 1 exemplars
Die Frau, die immer verschwand 1 exemplars
In the Beginning 1 exemplars
Far Reach to Cygnus [short story] 1 exemplars
A História é Outra 1 exemplars
Mr. Bauer And The Atoms 1 exemplars
The Hatchery of Dreams [short story] 1 exemplars
Swords series 1 exemplars
The Mutant's Brother 1 exemplars
Business of Killing [short story] 1 exemplars
Mr. Adams' Garden Of Evil 1 exemplars
Black Has Its Charms [short story] 1 exemplars
Lie Still, Show White 1 exemplars
Night Passage [novelette] 1 exemplars
The Dreams Of Albert Moreland 1 exemplars
The Hound 1 exemplars
Leiber Fritz 1 exemplars
Great Science Fiction no. 6 1 exemplars
The Planet Explorer 1 exemplars
Icon Of The Imagination 1 exemplars
The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet [short story] 1 exemplars
Sword & sorcery: l'epopea di Fafhrd e del Gray Mouser: Il mondo di Nehwon, Le spade di Lankhmar, Spade tra i ghiacci,… (2020) 1 exemplars
The Fritz Leiber Minipack 1 exemplars
Miła dziewczyna 1 exemplars
Terror from the Depths [short story] 1 exemplars
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser [Comic Book] 1 exemplars
I traditori 1 exemplars
Le donne delle nevi 1 exemplars
Our Saucer Vacation [short story] 1 exemplars
La guerra e i labirinti 1 exemplars
The Gray Mouser: 1 1 exemplars
Last [short story] 1 exemplars
The Lotus Eaters [short story] 1 exemplars
Endfray of the Ofay [short story] 1 exemplars
Friends and Enemies [short story] 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Dangerous Visions: 33 Original Stories — Col·laborador — 1,877 exemplars
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Col·laborador — 1,831 exemplars
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Col·laborador — 307 exemplars
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Col·laborador — 260 exemplars
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 (1982) — Col·laborador — 237 exemplars
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Col·laborador — 196 exemplars
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Col·laborador — 179 exemplars
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Col·laborador — 151 exemplars
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Four: Nebula Winners 1970-1974 (1986) — Col·laborador — 121 exemplars
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Fourth Series (1984) — Col·laborador — 89 exemplars
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Col·laborador — 88 exemplars
John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic or Is (1981) — Pròleg, algunes edicions — 79 exemplars
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 15th Series (1966) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 77 exemplars
Weird Tales : a selection in facsimile, of the best from the world's most famous fantasy magazine (1976) — Col·laborador — 76 exemplars
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology (1974) — Col·laborador — 71 exemplars
SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume (1958) — Col·laborador — 68 exemplars
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Col·laborador — 67 exemplars
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Col·laborador — 56 exemplars
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult: Stories by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton,… (1989) — Col·laborador — 41 exemplars
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural (2011) — Col·laborador — 37 exemplars
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Col·laborador, algunes edicions — 34 exemplars
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
The Ides of Tomorrow: Original Science Fiction Tales of Horror (1976) — Col·laborador — 28 exemplars
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967, Vol. 33, No. 4 (1967) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Alien Worlds : three novellas of science fiction by award winning authors (1976) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1970, Vol. 38, No. 4 (1970) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Children of the Night: Stories of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves, and Lost Children (The Children of the Night) (1999) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1957, Vol. 13, No. 4 (1957) — Col·laborador — 8 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951, Vol. 2, No. 6 (1951) — Autor — 8 exemplars
Het dagboek in de sneeuw : en andere griezelverhalen — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1963, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1963) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
The far side of time, thirteen original stories;: A science fiction anthology (1974) — Col·laborador — 6 exemplars
Worlds near and far: Nine stories of science fiction and fantasy (1974) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science… (2012) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 073 (November 1960) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Un passo avanti e due indietro — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Pistolero fuori tempo — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 106 (August 1963) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Fantastic science fiction stories. No. 061 (November 1959) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Col·laborador — 2 exemplars
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Autor, algunes edicions — 2 exemplars
Fantastic. No. 146 (August 1968) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 079 (May 1961) — Col·laborador — 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Leiber, Fritz Reuter, Jr.
- Altres noms
- Lathrop, Francis
Breçon, Maurice - Data de naixement
- 1910-12-24
- Data de defunció
- 1992-09-05
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Causa de la mort
- stroke
- Llocs de residència
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Hollywood, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Educació
- University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- Professions
- actor
speech instructor (UCLA)
editor
fantasy writer
drama teacher - Relacions
- Leiber, Justin (son)
- Organitzacions
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Premis i honors
- SFWA Grand Master (1981)
Gandalf Award ( [1975])
Bram Stoker Award ( [1987])
SF Hall Of Fame ( [2001])
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (1976) - Agent
- Robert P. Mills
Richard Curtis (Richard Curtis Assoc.)
Membres
Converses
THE DEEP ONES: "Sea Magic" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (setembre 1)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sadness of the Executioner" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (març 28)
THE DEEP ONES: "In the Witch's Tent" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (desembre 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "Smoke Ghost" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (novembre 2021)
Leiber Masters of the Weird Tale a Centipede Press (octubre 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "Richmond, Late September, 1849" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (agost 2021)
Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (juny 2021)
scifi from 50s or 60s? about man who becomes invisible to his coworkers a Name that Book (març 2018)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Unholy Grail" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (setembre 2017)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Girl With the Hungry Eyes" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (abril 2016)
SciFi Our world is a machine a Name that Book (abril 2016)
THE DEEP ONES: "Spider Mansion" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (setembre 2012)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber a The Weird Tradition (juny 2012)
short story; earth knocked out of orbit; survivor a Name that Book (febrer 2009)
Ressenyes
Lankhmar Volume 1: Swords and Deviltry de Dark Horse Comics
There was probably a time in my youth this book would have done it for me. Alas, I am not in my youth. I have been meaning to read these books forever and I tried to like it. The rating is probably close to 2 1/2 stars but only because there was some stuff when the two main characters finally get together that were fun. I will probably give one more book a try because I bought the whole series many years ago when it went on sale.
Hidden bonus
Aside from the good tale from the first book Swords and Deviltry, this Prime selection also contains the three short stories that begin the second novelette Swords against Death. Those 3 are even better.
Aside from the good tale from the first book Swords and Deviltry, this Prime selection also contains the three short stories that begin the second novelette Swords against Death. Those 3 are even better.
Tirelessly entertaining
This is perhaps one of my most favorite books, for several reasons. First, it is well written, without a lot of plot errors like a majority of modern fiction. Second, it is a collection of shorter tales, so you can enjoy one or more tales according to the amount of time you have to read. Third, they are not just entertaining tales of adventure, but contain just the right amount of wry humor, but not silly in plot or execution. Lastly, they're eminently re-readable, a rare thing in my experience… (més)
This is perhaps one of my most favorite books, for several reasons. First, it is well written, without a lot of plot errors like a majority of modern fiction. Second, it is a collection of shorter tales, so you can enjoy one or more tales according to the amount of time you have to read. Third, they are not just entertaining tales of adventure, but contain just the right amount of wry humor, but not silly in plot or execution. Lastly, they're eminently re-readable, a rare thing in my experience… (més)
If you like low fantasy (less lofty and more gritty than, say, Tolkien) you'll probably love these classic stories of the two swordsmen and thieves, Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. Really refreshing while at the same time fundamental.
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Witchy Fiction (1)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 346
- També de
- 367
- Membres
- 23,101
- Popularitat
- #915
- Valoració
- 3.7
- Ressenyes
- 478
- ISBN
- 776
- Llengües
- 16
- Preferit
- 98
- Quant a
- 3
- Pedres de toc
- 385