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Swords Against Wizardry

Lankhmar #4 / 8
by Fritz Leiber
Swords Against Wizardry (Lankhmar #4) by Fritz Leiber
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A collection of linked stories.

  • In the Witch's Tent
  • Stardock
  • The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar
  • The Lords of Quarmall

In the far northern wastes of Nehwon stands the unscaleable peak called Stardock. Demons and evil gods make their home in it's heights, guarding the fabulous treasure hidden there. Undaunted by the enormity of the forces ranged against them, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser decide to make the treasure their own...

But one adventure leads to another, and the two heroes pledge themselves to plunder the riches of the terror-shrouded kingdom of Quarmall, lair of man's most ancient and evil sorceries. But there they learn that, more often than not, what lies in the end of a quest is not treasure – but treachery!

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Release date: 1968

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Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (1910–1992) was an American author of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. The son of a pair of Shakespearian actors, Leiber was also an actor, expert chess player, and champion fencer. Born in Chicago in 1910, Leiber spent his youth touring with his parents' theater company. He graduated with honors in philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1932. Leiber married Jonquil Stephens in 1936. In 1938, their son Justin was born. After Jonquil's death in 1969, Fritz Leiber moved to San Francisco, where he died on September 5, 1992.

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Fritz Leiber's formative sword-and-sorcery story, "Two Sought Adventure," was published in Unknown magazine in 1939. Subsequent stories and novels would appear in such magazines as Astounding, Dangerous Visions, Fantastic, Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Galaxy, Other Worlds, Star Science Fiction Stories, and Weird Tales. A number of Leiber's works have been adapted for film or television.

In addition to multiple Hugo, Nebula, Derleth, Lovecraft, and World Fantasy Awards, Fritz Leiber received the Grand Master of Fantasy (Gandalf) Award in 1975, World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1976, the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, and the Grand Master Nebula Award in 1981.

Fritz Leiber portrait by Ed Emshwiller 1969, cover painting for the Special Fritz Leiber issue.

Lankhmar

These are probably the best known stories that Fritz Leiber wrote spanning 50 years of his life. The first appeared in Unknown Magazine around 1940 and the last installment appeared in The Knight and Knave of Swords around 1990. The stories follow the various adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, two characters created by Fritz and his friend Harry Fischer.

Also known as the Swords Series.


Lankhmar consists of eight books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Related series Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Related series Lankhmar (omnibus editions)

Swords and Deviltry (Lankhmar #1)
★ 7.16 / 25
Swords Against Death (Lankhmar #2)
★ 7.20 / 5
Swords in the Mist (Lankhmar #3)
★ 7.50 / 2
Swords Against Wizardry (Lankhmar #4)
★ 9.00 / 1
The Swords of Lankhmar (Lankhmar #5)
★ 8.00 / 1
Swords and Ice Magic (Lankhmar #6)
★ 8.00 / 1
The Knight and Knave of Swords (Lankhmar #7)
★ 7.00 / 1
Swords Against the Shadowland (Lankhmar #8)
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