So yes, the female characters can be one dimensional (though see the comment above; in the whole series there are many non-nubile and non-hag women who take advantage of our heroes. I don't generally read huge, sprawling multi-volume sagas of anything, just because I can't imagine how a writer could possibly keep up interest or inspiration over thousands and thousands of pages for the same world or set of characters and maintain a consistent enough quality to make the undertaking a worthwhile experience for me. In "Induction," in the realm of Nehwon, fate brings young prince Fafhrd and apprentice magician the Gray Mouser together to mark the beginning of a loyal and lifelong friendship. It’s my first encounter with the SFWA Grand Master Fritz Leiber’s work, and it won’t be my last. It is chronologically the first volume of the complete seven volume edition of the collected stories devoted to the characters. His heroes, unlike others, such as Conan, do not whore themselves out as paid murderers, and they do not steal anything from anybody who really needs what they are stealing -- they exist in an acceptible moral gray-area, if you care about such things. But many connoisseurs of fantasy literature retain a special fondness for a less commercially grandiose series, yet one that can match any other for sheer vivacity and inventiveness: Other books in the series. I would much rather read the stories in publication order. They could also be like the Laverne and Shirley of swords and sorcery. To see that someone has actually compared the award winning Ill Met in Lankhmar with a thieves world series book ... well, there you go. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Leiber did remain a liberal humanist, though, and the artistic core of all his writing reflects a a way of thinking that still seems fresh today (and for me, after several readings). Despite his status with the clan, Fafhrd has gotten his girlfriend, Mara, pregnant. One of these items ships sooner than the other. We work hard to protect your security and privacy.

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I guess some people just don't recognize quality. Then finally, in Ill-Met in Lankhmar, they join forces for the first time, with unexpected and tragic consequences. There's a feel of both age and timelessness about these stories--tall, fur-clad barbarian and short swordsman-thief who can vanish in the shadows--this is like reading the origin myth for characters we've known for decades. Review to come, overall impression is that this chronological approach is not the best way to introduce these characters. I was at times reminded of Guy Gavriel Kay’s writing, the language was exquisite, classical, just old enough to make you feel like you’ve properly stepped into a different era altogether. 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. Included with a Kindle Unlimited membership. There's a problem loading this menu right now.

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I can see in this the seed that so many people watered into the staple of troupe based fantasy and I understand the draw of the band of brothers story. First in the influential fan-favorite series, Swords and Deviltry collects four fantastical adventure stories from Fritz Leiber, the author who coined the phrase “sword and sorcery” and helped birth an entire genre. Leiber wrote these tale across his whole career, spanning ~1939 to 1992 at his death, and this saga series in a sense reflects the changing ideologies of American culture during this time. Robbery, revenge, and ill-considered larks are par for the course.

No doubt teenage boys read the books uncritically, but I've always seen them as a vast joke. And in such an unexpected location: a pulp fantasy novel! Unfortunately, this did not prove to be a fruitful direction for Leiber, often robbing his stories of their characteristic unpredictable energy. He wants to travel far, but the men in the tribe generally always return home, unless they win the disfavour of the women, in which case they tend to meet unfortunate ends.

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