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      ISBN: 1595820795

      ISBN13: 9781595820792

      Swords and Deviltry

      (Book #1 in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series)

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      The award-winning sword and sorcery classic that introduced Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. 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. 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. Consumed by his wicked mother's enchantments, Fafhrd finds freedom by pursuing the love of a beautiful actress in the Nebula and Hugo Award-nominated "The Snow Women." Studying sorcery under a great wizard in a land where it is forbidden, Mouse crosses the thin line between white and black magic to avenge a great wrong in "The Unholy Grail." And in the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning novella "Ill Met in Lankhmar," Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser disguise themselves as beggars to infiltrate the Thieves' Guild--only to pay a horrible price for their greed when they come face-to-face with a monstrous evil. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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      Betrayal Friendship Love And Romance Mythical Creatures Parallel Worlds Revenge Sorcery Sword Fighting Fantasy Fantasy Epics

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      Rated 5 stars
      Lankhmar ... the city of the black toga

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      I guess some people just don't recognize quality. To see that someone has actually compared the award winning Ill Met in Lankhmar with a thieves world series book ... well, there you go. Great, collossal, archetypal, characters. Dense writing that conveys more in 200 pages than an Eddings or Jordan could do in 1000. A supreme mind (Leiber) writing at the peak of his talents.

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      Begin with the Grand Master

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Fritz Leiber is the grand master of sword & sorcery (although he also mastered science fiction and did some fine contemporary fantasy as well). Other writers got in a little earlier in the pioneering phase of the genre (Robert Howard with his Kull, Conan, and Solomon Kane series, all fine books) but no one ever mastered the sheer inventiveness of dark fantasy, the wit and humanity of two lovable characters, the deliciously...

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      Masterpiece of Fantasy

      By Thriftbooks.com User,

      Leiber is a true master of sword and sorcery, and is probably the third most important author, just behind Tolkien and Howard, in creating the genre of fantasy as we know it today. Leiber penned this novel before fantasy became a regurgitory practice producing an infinite number of Tolkien and Howard clones. Though he may not have shaped the genre as much as the other mentioned artists, he has probably contributed more to...

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      Most Underappreciated Fantasy Author

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      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...

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      True fantasy buffs--welcome to Newhon!

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      This is the first of the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser books. It includes the origin story for each hero, as well as _Ill Met in Lanhkmar_, a classic novella that no true fantasy fan can afford to miss. It is truly exceptional.Leiber can write circles around most fantasy writers, just as the Mouser's trusty blades Scalpel and Cat's Claw forever carve deadly arcs of steel lightning around so many hapless foes . . . Welcome to friendship,...

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