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Heroes Horrors
Fritz lieber
Manufacturer: Pocket
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ASIN: 0671832255

The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: Thirteen Prizewinning Stories (1976 - 1979)

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The Hugo Winners, Volume 4: Thirteen Prizewinning Stories (1976 - 1979)
Roger Zelazny , Larry Niven , Fritz Lieber , and James Tiptree Jr.
Manufacturer: Doubleday Books
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Binding: Hardcover

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The Hugo Winners (Volume I & II): Twenty-three Prize-winning Science Fiction Stories (One and Two)
NEW HUGO WINNERS, VOLUME I (New Hugo Winners: Award-Winning Science Fiction Stories)
The New Hugo Winners, Vol. 3
NEW HUGO WINNERS, VOLUME II (HARDCOVER)

ASIN: 0385189346

The Knight and Knave of Swords (Saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Bk. 7)

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Original mood and lead characters undermined by voyeurism
I just wish this wasn't the end of the series
The Good...and the Bad
In which the heroes' adventures come to a fitting end.

The Knight and Knave of Swords (Saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Bk. 7)
Fritz Lieber
Manufacturer: Ace
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Binding: Paperback

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Original mood and lead characters undermined by voyeurism.......2003-12-04

I've read this book years ago, at the end of the rest - so obviously I didn't mind the series. But I'm wondering if Book 7 was a particularly low point!

Sure, Lieber has created a distinctive world, with some distinctive characters. The mythology underpinning it (of mercurial and at times petty gods) is refreshingly original, and now and then our heroes find themselves caught up in some dreamlike event utterly beyond their control. He creates his own mood.

But, blimey, the prurience. Like, really seedy, man. Sure, I could handle the comic 007/Capt. Kirk style antics of swooning bikini clad babes turning up at the most unlikely (and frequent) intervals - as long as they merely work as props/scenery, taking up, say, as much space as the next tavern or horse, and don't distract from the strengths of the book, such as characters, nice genre ideas, and novel plotting. But perhaps Lieber was still caught up with that 70s, Hugh Hefner is cool - everyone else is repressed nonsense. It's not quite 'The erotic adventures of Fafard and the Grey Mouser', but at times he devotes several pages to gratuitous soft porn about bondage and orgies.

Were the earlier books quite as bad as this? I don't think so: I read The Swords of Lankhmar a year or so ago and don't remember such extended voyeurism (nor, however, do I remember much in the way of plot). Maybe I excused it before on the basis of the immediately read earlier books, but now I'm quite happy to get rid of the book, even if it jeopardises my chances of having a full set. Like Julian May's Golden Torc series, better to leave some holes.

Oh, and I noticed the cover has a ringing endorsement from Michael Moorcock - a very good anti-endorsement in my book. Moorcock was only good when I was 13, and metamorphosed into similarly prurient dross upon re-reading post-puberty.

I just wish this wasn't the end of the series.......2002-10-02

It's been a long time since I read the first 6 volumes in the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series (about 20 years), and I still can picture the two clearly. The Mouser in particular has always been one of my favorite fictional characters.

This book (a collection of three short stories and a novella) is an excellent addition to the series, and describes some of the Twain's adventures while in their more settled later life on Rime Isle. Leiber's writing style is beautiful, poetic and flows elegantly and smoothly. This is fantasy written for, and meant to be appreciated by adults, rather than for the teenage audience much of the more recent fantasy seems to be written for.

The only reason this doesn't rate 5 stars is because, while it is far better than most fantasy, there are others that are better (e.g. George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and Steven Erikson's Malazan series.)

The Good...and the Bad.......1999-12-16

I'm mixed in my opinion on this book. I loved the third short story (the name of which escapes me) where our heroes are cursed by the gods and vie with assassins. It's perhaps the best Fafhrd & Mouser story I've read.

The novel included in this volume is awful. Leiber includes gratuitous sex to titillate the adolescent reader. Soft-core pornography. The story is curiously bland as well. The Mouser is trapped underground for a hundred pages, while Fafhrd tries to rescue him. Then Leiber causes Fafhrd to be abducted and pleasured by maidens in a flying airship. It's awful. Really nothing here for the discriminating reader. Leiber should have left the Twain alone.

In which the heroes' adventures come to a fitting end........1997-06-17

A fitting, if somewhat unexpected end to the adventures of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. This book lacks a bit of the majestic prose and black comedy that the previous six were known for, but it gives our beloved pair one last great adventure before retiring.

If you've read the first six books of the 'Swords' cycle (for lack of a better series title) you will enjoy reading this. In it the two heroes retire to live a happy old age, but find much to their own surprise that their legend will live on . . .

In addition the title so perfectly describes the two it is impossible to not have it sitting next to the others on the shelf. I just wish they had included it in the lovely three volume hardcover reprint of the first six books!

David

THE GIRL WITH THE HUNGRY EYES AND OTHER STORIES.
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THE GIRL WITH THE HUNGRY EYES AND OTHER STORIES.
Fritz et al. Lieber
Manufacturer: Avon Books,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N74MDG

A Pail of Air
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A Pail of Air
Fritz Lieber
Manufacturer: Ballantine
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JR2PGQ

Ships to the Stars, the Million Year Hunt (Ace Double Novel)
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Ships to the Stars, the Million Year Hunt (Ace Double Novel)
Fritz Lieber , and Kenneth Bulmer
Manufacturer: Ace
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
ASIN: B000KP5X84

Gather,Darkness!
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Gather,Darkness!
Fritz Lieber
Manufacturer: Pellegrini & Cudahy
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IV54KW

Gummitch and Friends
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Gummitch and Friends
Fritz Lieber
Manufacturer: Donald M Grant
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1880418185

The Ghost Light - Masterworks Of Science Fiction And Fantasy
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The Ghost Light - Masterworks Of Science Fiction And Fantasy
Fritz Lieber
Manufacturer: Berkley Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000LRLOT8

Green Millenium
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A quirky and very amusing satire

Sci-Fi Escapism at its Finest

Green Millenium
Fritz Leiber , and Fritz Lieber
Manufacturer: Olmstead Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1587541092

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A quirky and very amusing satire.......2006-03-05

I've always been fond of Leiber's stories about cats, such as "Spacetime for Springers," and this novel has been added to that list. I was struck right from the beginning, when the inept "hero," one Phil Gish, finds himself possessed of a wonderful sense of well-being when a green cat wanders into his apartment. The story then takes off on a wild chase involving corrupt government, corrupt businesses, and corrupt criminals. But then, I repeat myself, not only about the latter group but the first two. This is not a particularly wicked satire, but rather a gentle one that pokes fun at the foibles of human beings. It's a lot of fun, and I enjoyed it immensely. You will, too.

Sci-Fi Escapism at its Finest.......2001-06-01

In this futuristic social satire, Phil Gish is a down and out loner who finds peace and contentment in the humble presence of a green cat. His pursuit of this feline takes him on a wild adventure that causes him to cross paths with a dazzling array of professional wrestlers, religious fanatics, parapsychologists, mobsters working for Fun, Inc., agents of the Federal Bureau of Loyalty, and a host of other eccentric individuals, all of whom seem determined to get their hands on the green cat.

The colorful characters are the real strength of this unusually under-plotted book (the story is little more than a long chase after the elusive cat), but the action is breakneck-paced, and the surprises just don't stop, which makes this book almost impossible to put down. Equally unusual in science fiction are the strong female characters, who while by no means perfect or even always likable, manage to make their own decisions and frequently demonstrate their superiority to the weak and/or immoral men in the story. Especially memorable are June Jones, the lady wrestler who wrestles men for a living, but befriends the helpless Phil, and Mitzi Romadka, the courageous daughter of a sadistic doctor, who would rather die than give in to weakness, even while flaunting her femininity.

While there are occasionally some brief lapses into sci-fi sophistry, this book is primarily a comedy: a fast moving, easy to read romp that should please readers young and old, but would not be recommended for those who take their science fiction seriously. The social satire is not especially pointed, and there are relatively few interesting ideas, scientific or otherwise, but for sheer escapist reading pleasure, this book certainly delivers top quality.

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