Ill Met in Lankhmar
Ill Met in Lankhmar is a sword and sorcery novella by Fritz Leiber, recounting the meeting and teaming-up of his adventurous duo, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.
First published in 1970 in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, it is the nature of a prequel, as Leiber had by that time been chronicling the pair's adventures for thirty years. The story forms part four of the collection Swords...
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| Author: | Fritz Leiber |
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| Genre: | Fantasy, Science Fiction, Fiction , Speculative fiction |
| Awards: |
Nebula Award for Best Novella1970
Hugo Award for Best Novella1971
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Author of Ill Met in Lankhmar
Fritz Leiber
Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer (of German extraction) of fantasy, horror and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theatre and...
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The prototypical sword and sorcery tales from the early 1970's. You'll recognize a thousand tropes/memes of later/current fantasy works, without the same verve. D&D gaming must be partly born of this.