Best Selling Books by Fritz Leiber

"Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn''t seem to be bringing you exactly the same picture of the past from one day to the next? Have you ever been afraid that your personality was changing because of forces beyond your knowledge or control? Have you ever felt sure that sudden death was about to jump you from nowhere? Have you ever been scared of Ghosts--not the story-book kind, but the billions of beings who were once so real and strong it''s hard to believe they''ll just sleep harmlessly forever? Have you ever wondered about those things you may call devils or Demons-- spirits able to range through all time and space, through the hot hearts of stars and the cold skeleton of space between the galaxies? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, you''ve had hints of the Change War."This collection gathers the original magazine versions of every canonical story in Fritz Leiber''s iconic Change War time travel series for the first time. It includes an introduction by Kevin A. Straight, comprehensive Guide to the Change World, timeline of Fritz Leiber''s life and works, and list of Change War apocrypha. Physical book editions include full index.

The Second Fritz Leiber MEGAPACK® collects 14 more stories (plus a poem) by the acclaimed creator of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series. Here are adventures in the future, through other dimensions, and across parallel worlds -- with plenty of humor, cats, and fun! Included are: A PAIL OF AIR WHAT''S HE DOING IN THERE? APPOINTMENT IN TOMORROW KREATIVITY FOR KATS A BIT OF THE DARK WORLD THE DREAMS OF ALBERT MORELAND COMING ATTRACTION NICE GIRL WITH HUSBANDS YESTERDAY HOUSE A BAD DAY FOR SALES TIME IN THE ROUND THE LAST LETTER BULLET WITH HIS NAME THE BIG ENGINE RECOGNITION OF DEATH (poem) If you enjoy this ebook, don''t forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

"Farewell to Fritz... . Bid farewell to Grandmaster Fritz Leiber''s mysterious land of Nehwon and the adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in this climax to their marvelous careers. Gold icons and a ghost -- towers of flesh and foam -- the mansions of the Moon and the rocky walls of Elvenhold -- a slip through the earth, a flight through the sky -- these last of Leiber''s tales are as delightful and engaging as any he ever told. You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello This omnibus edition, the final collection of the Lankhmar series, contains a short story (""Sea Magic""), a novelette (""The Mer She""), a novella (""The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars"") and a complete novel (The Mouser Goes Below). This book is not the last of the adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, though -- their story continues in a new trilogy authorized by the Leiber estate. Yet for marvelous tales from the original source, this paperback edition is indispensable".

The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning series of sword and sorcery—featuring two unorthodox heroes—from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Long before George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones became a worldwide phenomenon, Fritz Leiber ruled the literary universe of sword and sorcery. This novel and two short story collections chronicle the adventures of Leiber’s endearing and groundbreaking antiheroes: the barbarian Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, a former wizard’s apprentice—in the series hailed as “one of the great works of fantasy in this century” (Publishers Weekly). This is a must-read collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser short stories, featuring the Hugo Award–nominated novellas “Scylla’s Daughter” and “Stardock.” Swords Against Wizardry: Bold Fafhrd and the sly Gray Mouser find adventure wherever they tread quick and lightly, whether it be in consulting a witch for advice, climbing Nehwon’s highest peak in search of riches, discovering that they may not actually be the greatest thieves in Lankhmar, or working both sides of a royal battle for the throne of Quarmall. The Swords of Lankhmar: With a plague of rats teeming in Lankhmar, Fafhrd and the Mouser are hired by the city to guard a shipment of grain overseas. But when the duo returns, they discover the sentient vermin have taken over Lankhmar for themselves! And now it’s up to the barbarian and the thief to build a better rat trap. Swords and Ice Magic: Fafhrd and Gray Mouser make their way by sword and stealth as they face death in many forms, earn the ire of gods whose names they rarely even speak in vain anymore, lazily drift on the Great Equatorial Current, and venture far into the icy wastes of the Rime Isle to confront a pair of deities and a pillaging fleet in this World Fantasy Award nominee.

Drawing themes from Shakespeare, Edgar Allen Poe, and H.P Lovecraft, master manipulator Fritz Leiber is a worldwide legend within the fantasy genre, actually coining the term "Sword and Sorcery" that describes the sub-genre he helped create. Before THE LORD OF THE RINGS took the world by storm, Leiber''s fantastic but thoroughly flawed anti-heroes, Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, adventured and stumbled deep within the caves of Inner Earth as well, albeit a different one. They wondered and wandered to the edges of the Outer Sea, across the Land of Nehwon and throughout every nook and cranny of gothic Lankhmar, Nehwon''s grandest and most mystically corrupt city. Lankhmar is Leiber''s fully realized vivid incarnation of urban decay and civilization''s corroding effect on the human psyche. Fafhrd and Mouse are not innocents; their world is no land of honor and righteousness. It is a world of human complexities and violent action, of discovery and mystery, of swords and sorcery. THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR finds the city characteristically plagued by rats. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are in the employ of Glipkerio, the overlord, to guard a grain ship on its journey. Along the way the rats on board stage a rebellion and threaten to take the ship until a two-headed sea monster saves the day. If only there were two-headed sea monsters everywhere, Lankhmar would be safe, too. Alas, upon returning to the city, the two discover that Lankhmar is controlled by rats. It is a city known for its thieves and swine, but even the city''s muddiest bottom feeders had never seen pillaging and plundering like this. And only the sorcerers Sheelba of the Eyeless Face and Ningauble of the Seven Eyes can scare this scourge. Mouser must shrink into the rat''s world and Fafhrd must unleash the feared feline War Cats. Then the fun really begins.

Fritz Leiber ranks among the giants of fantasy and science fiction visionaries, capturing multiple Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and influencing a generation of writers. And his most renowned creations are the swashbuckling Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. Collected here are adaptations of some of the finest of these tales—including the Hugo and Nebula Award winning “Ill Met in Lankhmar”—by comics legends Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Dennis O’Neil, Al Williamson, and more. Join the hulking barbarian and the diminutive rogue as they battle swordsmen, necromancers, and flagons of strong drink! Collects Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: The Cloud of Hate and Other Stories.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

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The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning series of swords and sorcery, featuring two unorthodox heroes, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Many decades before George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones, Grand Master Fritz Leiber ruled the sword-and-sorcery universe. These three short story collections chronicle the unconventional adventures of Leiber’s endearing antiheroes: barbarian Fafhrd and former wizard’s apprentice, the Gray Mouser. Swords and Deviltry: Fafhrd, a handsome barbarian of the Steppes, is seduced by a beautiful prostitute and her equally intoxicating city, while the Gray Mouser, a slum rat wizard-in-training, is tempted by the dark arts. The two men meet on a night of multiple thieveries and an enduring partnership is born. Swords Against Death: Rogue swordsmen and devoted companions Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser pursue ill-gotten fortunes within the confines of Lankhmar. They cross paths with two wizards, Sheelba of the Eyeless Face and Ningauble of the Seven Eyes, and a most violent clash ensues. Eventually, following further adventures, the two antiheroes end up as indentured swordsman servants to their former foes. Swords in the Mist: A cloud of concentrated hatred and lean times in Lankhmar compels Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to temporarily depart the most corrupt metropolis in all of Nehwon as they seek adventure in the realm of the Sea-King—and on a different world entirely. This must-read collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser short stories features multiple Hugo and Nebula Award–nominated tales, and includes the acclaimed novella Ill Met in Lankhmar.

A HEADLONG RIOT OF HILARIOUS SCIENCE FICTION SATIRE MEET SOME INSUFFERABLY WONDERFUL CHARACTERS, from the mad, gay, heady world of the "arts" GASPARD DE LA NUIT—human journeyman writer. He has problems with his rampant lover, Heloise Ibsen (assigned to him by his pubu00adlisher). What he really loves is the giant computer-word-machine that produces his novels—read by other humans—which he oils with devoted care. His closest friend is ZANE GORT—a fine, upstanding, self-employed robot writer. Zane writes books for other robots and is madly in love with MISS BLUSHES—a censor-robix (female robot) of delicate pink. Miss Blushes is something of a prude and rather hysterical: very logical when you consider that her circuits are wired for censorship, but it makes life difficult for Zane. He turns for help to NURSE BISHOP—a small, but formidably beautiful human, who (in addition to the remarkable advice she offers Zane) plays nursemaid to a mysterious group of near-human entities owned by FLAXMAN AND CULLINGHAM—human publishers, whose language is frequently deplorable. To say nothing of the peculiar interest at least one of them has in a luscious platinum robut no, the daring reader must discover this for himself... AND THERE ARE MANY, MANY MORE...

"Follow the giant barbarian Fafhrd and his diminutive ally the Gray Mouser as they travel the mysterious, exotic world of Nehwon in search of riches and glory. From the top of Nehwon''s highest mountain to the deepest catacomb of subterranean Quarmall they journey, even exploring times and worlds beyond Nehwon itself."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

"The Big Time" is Hugo Award winning short science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber. The storyline features members of one of two factions, both capable of time travel, engaged in a long-term conflict called "The Change War". The two opposing groups are nicknamed the Spiders and the Snakes after their respective sponsors. The true forms or identities of the Spiders and the Snakes, how those nicknames were chosen, or whether they are in any way descriptive are all unknown. "No Great Magic" is the sequel to "The Big Time". The story involves two warring factions that battle by using time travel to change the outcome of events throughout history.

“Robin has splendidly captured the quintessential spirit of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Somewhere in Lankhmar, Fritz is smiling” (Dennis L. McKiernan, national bestselling author). Lankhmar, an ancient and decadent city of magic, where witches and sorcerers scheme, where gods and ghosts walk the streets and shadow-haunted alleys, where violence and death dance together like lovers in the darkness. Lankhmar–a city of plague! Years ago, two rogues bound together by friendship and a shared destiny neither understood met in Lankhmar. Living by their swords, their wits and their daring, they sought adventure and love. Adventure they found, but love–they lost. In despair, they left the city, vowing never to return. Yet vows are made to be broken. Once again, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are drawn back to Lankhmar and quickly ensnared in its wizard-games as one jealous mage turns on his rivals and unleashes a black force not even he can control, a power that threatens the city itself. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, two of the greatest and most beloved characters in fantasy literature, return in this novel-length adventure by Nebula Award nominated author Robin Wayne Bailey. Swords Against the Shadowland, authorized by series creator Fritz Leiber, is a direct sequel to Leiber’s famous story, “Ill-Met in Lankhmar!” Named one of the six best fantasy novels of 1998 by the Science Fiction Chronicle.

Known in his lifetime primarily to readers of science fiction and fantasy, Fritz Leiber is now recognized as one of the finest writers of popular fiction of the twentieth century. An intimate of H. P. Lovecraft, Leiber crafted the twentieth century’s first great stories of urban horror, created the sword and sorcery tale almost singlehandedly, and wrote strong, resonant science fiction. Nothing less than a visionary American author, Leiber is considered by critics and fans alike to be one of our most original and versatile storytellers. The seventeen tales selected for this volume showcase Leiber’s virtuoso range and unforgettable characters: from the fabled, decadent streets of god-haunted Lankhmar to the eerie underworld of a Martian gambling hall; from a sunless, frozen Earth to the shattered, bombed, and violent wreckage of a post-atomic New York, and beyond. Edited by master anthologist Jonathan Strahan and Locus magazine founder Charles N. Brown, Fritz Leiber: Selected Stories presents a wide sampling of the grand master''s best short fiction, covering all facets of his work, so that a new generation of twenty-first-century readers can continue to discover and enjoy his groundbreaking and memorable fiction.

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES (A Thrilling Post-Nuclear Dystopia)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. What do you do when in the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust the only way to survive is to kill or be killed? Two strangers, a man and a woman, come across each other in a hostile world where every life hangs by the thread. Instead of killing each other they decide to strike up a purely sexual relationship yet never losing the sight of their weapons. But things can never go as per plan when lust for blood runs higher than carnal lust. Will they survive? Or will they suffer the same gory end as that of the other victim who was murdered by the hero earlier? Interestingly the term "The Night of the Long Knives", was in reality, a military purge known as the Operation Hummingbird that took place in Nazi Germany from June 30 to July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political extrajudicial executions intended to consolidate Hitler''s absolute hold on power in Germany. Read on! Fritz Leiber (1910–1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of sword and sorcery fantasy, having in fact created the term.

The 13th Science Fiction MEGAPACK® continues the bestselling anthology series, presenting modern and classic works of speculative fiction. This edition features an interview with author Robert J. Sawyer plus 26 great stories! Included are: SARGASSO OF LOST STARSHIPS, by Poul Anderson THE DAY IS DONE, by Lester del Rey X MARKS THE PEDWALK, by Fritz Leiber RAFT, by Larry Tritten SPACEMAN ON A SPREE, by Mack Reynolds THE MASKED WORLD, by Jack Williamson THE GOD-PLLLNK, by Jerome Bixby A GUEST OF GANYMEDE, by C. C. MacApp WALLFLOWER, by Thomas A. Easton THE GIRL IN HIS MIND, by Robert F. Young TO SAVE EARTH, by Edward W. Ludwig THE HERMIT OF MARS, by Stephen Bartholomew A MATTER OF MONSTERS, by Manly Banister WHEN YOU GIFFLE..., by L.J. Stecher THE NIGHT OF THE TROLLS, by Keith Laumer DANGLING CONVERSATIONS, by Edward M. Lerner GUARDSMEN, FED TO TIGERS, by A.R. Morlan THE FOREVER FOREST, by Rhys Hughes DISCOVERY TIME, by Frank Belknap Long A HITCH IN SPACE, by Fritz Leiber TO THIS THEIR LATE ESCAPE, by Jay Lake STEAK TARTARE AND THE CATS OF GARI BABAKIN STATION, by Mary A. Turzillo VITAL INGREDIENT, by Charles V. De Vet JAMES P. CROW, by Philip K. Dick COMMON DENOMINATOR, by John D. MacDonald HUMAN SPIRIT, BEETLE SPIRIT, by John Gregory Betancourt If you enjoy this ebook, don''t forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

This volume collects 19 stories of robots in their many guises. Some obey Asimov’s 3 Rules of Robotics. Some are of alien design. Some serve mankind. And some...don’t. All are great reading. Included are: HELEN O''LOY, by Lester del Rey SIDNEY, THE SCREWLOOSE ROBOT, by William P. McGivern JAMES P. CROW, by Philip K. Dick HAVE IT YOUR OWN WAY, by Richard Wilson A BAD DAY FOR SALES, by Fritz Leiber THE SPECTACLES, by Frank Belknap Long ALL JACKSON''S CHILDREN, by Daniel F. Galouye MADE TO MEASURE, by William Campbell Gault ROBOT JUSTICE, by Harry Harrison A POUND OF CURE, by Lester del Rey THE ROBOT MEN OF BUBBLE CITY, by Rog Phillips THE MAD ROBOT, by William P. McGivern HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS, by Jim Harmon THE ROBOT EMPIRE, by Frank Belknap Long NOT QUITE HUMAN, by Emil Petaja THE LAST OF THE MASTERS, by Philip K. Dick THE CREATURE FROM CLEVELAND DEPTHS, by Fritz Leiber THE WORLD OF WULKINS, by Frank Belknap Long ROBOTS SHOULD BE SEEN, by Lester del Rey If you enjoy this ebook, don''t forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

The machine was not perfect. It could be tricked. It could make mistakes. And—it could learn!

Concludes that all American high school students must develop a new set of competencies and foundation skills; that qualities of high performance that characterize the most competitive companies must become the standard for the majority of all companies; and American schools must be transformed into high-performance organizations in their own right. Describes the skills and personal qualities that workers need in order to be competent, and the productive use of resources, interpersonal skills, information, systems and technology by effective workers. Illustrated.

Fritz Leiber was best-known and -loved for his Fafhrd and Gray Mouser tales, a series that got its start in 1934 when he and his college chum Harry Fischer devised alter egos: Leiber was the tall, northern barbarian Fafhrd and Fischer the small and nimble Gray Mouser. The Three Swords contains the first half of this increasingly popular sword and sorcery series, including the Hugo and Nebula winning "III Men in Lankhmar," which recounts the first meeting of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, and 18 more fascinating tales.

Two short novels tell of a military unit called the Catamounts trying to enforce martial law in the Pacific States of America, and life aboard the ship Windrush, a ship that sails nowhere