Swords and Ice Magic
World Fantasy Award nominee 1978.
A collection of linked stories.
- The Sadness of the Executioner
- Beauty and the Beasts
- Trapped in the Shadowland
- The Bait
- Under the Thumbs of the Gods
- Trapped in the Sea of Stars
- The Frost Monstreme
- Rime Isle
PRISONERS OF THE GODS
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have traveled the width and breadth of the land of Nehwon, in search of adventure and fortune. Now lost at sea, their ship drawn out on the Great Equatorial Current, their journey brings them to Rime Isle, a tragic island populated by vagabonds and wanderers.
The island is also home to a race of gods, schemers, and manipulators that plague the humans for their amusement. Will Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser be able to escape the island, or be trapped forever as pawns of the gods?
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.
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)
