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'''Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr | '''Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr''' (24 December 1910–5 September 1992) was a [[Science fiction|science-fiction]], horror, and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]], of whose adventures there are seven books. | ||
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** ''The Knight and Knave of Swords'' (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]] stories | ** ''The Knight and Knave of Swords'' (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]] stories | ||
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Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr (24 December 1910–5 September 1992) was a science-fiction, horror, and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, of whose adventures there are seven books.
Works:
Stories:
In approximate order of publication:
- 1939
- Two Sought Adventure (Unknown, August 1939)
- 1940
- The Automatic Pistol (Weird Tales, May 1940)
- The Bleak Shore (Unknown Fantasy Fiction, November 1940)
- 1941
- The Howling Tower (Unknown Fantasy Fiction, June 1941)
- They Never Come Back (Future Fiction, August 1941)
- Smoke Ghost (Unknown Worlds, October 1941)
- 1942
- The Power of the Puppets (Thrilling Mystery, January 1942)
- The Phantom Slayer (Weird Tales, January 1942)
- The Sunken Land (Unknown Worlds, February 1942)
- The Hill and the Hole (Unknown Worlds, August 1942)
- Spider Mansion (Weird Tales, September 1942)
- The Hound (Weird Tales, November 1942)
- 1943
- Thieves' House (Unknown Worlds, February 1943)
- Conjure Wife (Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
- Gather, Darkness! (Astounding Science Fiction, 3 parts: May - July 1943)
- The Mutant's Brother (Astounding Science Fiction, August 1943)
- To Make a Roman Holiday (Esquire, October 1943)
- 1944
- Taboo (Astounding Science Fiction, February 1944)
- Sanity (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944)
- Thought (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1944)
- Business of Killing (Astounding Science Fiction, September 1944)
- 1945
- Wanted - An Enemy (Astounding Science Fiction, February 1945)
- Destiny Times Three (Astounding Science Fiction, 2 parts: March - April 1945)
- The Dreams of Albert Moreland (The Acolyte, Spring 1945)
- 1946
- Mr. Bauer and the Atoms (Weird Tales, January 1946)
- Alice and the Allergy (Weird Tales, September 1946)
- 1947
- Diary in the Snow (in Night's Black Agents)
- The Man Who Never Grew Young (in Night's Black Agents)
- Adept's Gambit (in Night's Black Agents)
- 1949
- The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (in The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories, edited anonymously, Avon, #184)
- In the X-Ray (Weird Tales, July 1949)
- 1950
- Let Freedom Ring (Amazing Stories, April 1950)
- The Black Ewe (Startling Stories, May 1950)
- You're All Alone (Fantastic Adventures, July 1950)
- Martians, Keep Out! (Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, July/August 1950)
- The Lion and the Lamb (Astounding Science Fiction, September 1950)
- The Ship Sails at Midnight (Fantastic Adventures, September 1950)
- The Enchanted Forest (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1950)
- Later Than You Think (Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950)
- Coming Attraction (Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1950)
- The Dead Man (Weird Tales, November 1950)
- 1951
- Cry Witch! (10 Story Fantasy, Spring 1951, edited by Donald A. Wollheim)
- Nice Girl with Five Husbands (Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1951)
- Appointment in Tomorrow (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951)
- Dark Vengeance (Suspense, Fall 1951)
- A Pail of Air (Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1951)
- When the Last Gods Die (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1951)
- 1952
- Dr. Kometevsky's Day (Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1952)
- The Moon Is Green (Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1952)
- The Foxholes of Mars (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1952)
- Yesterday House (Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1952)
- I'm Looking For "Jeff" (Fantastic, Fall 1952)
- 1953
- The Big Holiday (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1953)
- The Night He Cried (Star Science Fiction Stories, February 1953)
- The Seven Black Priests (Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1953)
- A Bad Day for Sales (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953)
- 1954
- The Silence Game (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1954)
- The Mechanical Bride (Science Fiction Thinking Machines, edited by Groff Conklin, May 1954)
- 1957
- Induction (in Two Sought Adventure, 1957)
- Last (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957)
- Time Fighter (Fantastic Universe, March 1957)
- Friends and Enemies (Infinity Science Fiction, April 1957)
- Time in the Round (Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1957)
- Femmequin 973 (Science Fiction Stories, July 1957)
- The Big Trek (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1957)
- What's He Doing in There? (Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1957)
- 1958
- Bread Overhead (Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1958)
- Try and Change the Past (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958)
- The Big Time (Galaxy Magazine, 2 parts: March - April 1958) Hugo award-winner
- A Deskful of Girls (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1958)
- Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1958)
- The Last Letter (Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1958)
- Bullet With His Name (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1958)
- Space-Time for Springers (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4, November 1958, edited by Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, #272K)
- Little Old Miss Macbeth (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1958)
- The Number of the Beast (Galaxy Magazine, December 1958)
- 1959
- The Silver Eggheads (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1959)
- Pipe Dream (If, February 1959)
- MS. Found in a Maelstrom (Short Stories for Men, April 1959)
- Psychosis from Space (Satellite Science Fiction, April 1959)
- The House of Mrs. Delgato (Rogue, May 1959)
- Damnation Morning (Fantastic, August 1959)
- Lean Times in Lankhmar (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
- The Mind Spider (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
- The Improper Authorities (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
- Tranquility, Or Else! (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
- Our Saucer Vacation (Fantastic Universe, December 1959)
- 1960
- The Night of the Long Knives (Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1960)
- Mariana (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, February 1960)
- Schizo Jimmie (The Saint Detective Magazine, February 1960)
- The Oldest Soldier (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1960)
- When the Sea-King's Away... (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, May 1960)
- Rats of Limbo (The Saint Detective Magazine, August 1960)
- Deadly Moon (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, November 1960)
- 1961
- While Set Fled (Amra #15, 1961)
- All the Weed in the World (Playboy, January 1961)
- Scream Wolf (Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, February 1961)
- Kreativity for Kats (Galaxy Magazine, April 1961)
- Scylla's Daughter (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1961)
- The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1961)
- The Beat Cluster (Galaxy Magazine, October 1961)
- Hatchery of Dreams (Fantastic Stories, October 1961)
- The Big Time (translated by Vanna Lombardi as Il grande tempo, Galaxy (Italian edition), 4 parts: November 1961 - February 1962)
- A Visitor from Back East (Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1961)
- 1962
- The Thirteenth Step (The Fiend in You, 1962, edited by Charles Beaumont)
- The Big Engine (Galaxy Magazine, February 1962)
- A Bit of the Dark World (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, February 1962)
- The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1962)
- The 64-Square Madhouse (If, May 1962)
- The Secret Songs (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1962)
- The Snowbank Orbit (If, September 1962)
- The Unholy Grail (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1962)
- The Creature from Cleveland Depths (Galaxy Magazine, December 1962)
- 1963
- The Spider (Rogue, January 1963)
- Dr. Adams' Garden of Evil (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, February 1963)
- Game for Motel Room (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1963)
- X Marks the Pedwalk (Worlds of Tomorrow, April 1963)
- The Casket-Demon (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, April 1963)
- Kindergarten (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1963)
- The Cloud of Hate (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1963)
- Success (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1963)
- Crimes Against Passion (Gamma 1, edited by Charles E. Fritch, July 1963)
- A Hitch in Space (Worlds of Tomorrow, August 1963)
- Bazaar of the Bizarre (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, August 1963)
- 237 Talking Statues, Etc. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1963)
- No Great Magic (Galaxy Magazine, December 1963)
- 1964
- The Black Gondolier (Over the Edge, 1964, edited by August Derleth)
- Lie Still, Snow White (Taboo, 1964, edited anonymously)
- The Wanderer (1964, Ballantine, #U6010)
- The Lords of Quarmall (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, 2 parts: January - February 1964) (with Harry Fischer)
- Adept's Gambit (abridged by the author) (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1964)
- When the Change-Winds Blow (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1964)
- Be of Good Cheer (Galaxy Magazine, October 1964)
- Midnight in the Mirror World (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1964)
- 1965
- Mirror (Fortune, ? 1965)
- Knight's Move (?)
- Four Ghosts in Hamlet (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1965)
- Far Reach to Cygnus (Amazing Stories, February 1965)
- Moon Duel (If, September 1965)
- Stardock (abridged by the author) (Fantastic, September 1965)
- Cyclops (Worlds of Tomorrow, September 1965)
- The Good New Days (Galaxy Magazine, October 1965)
- 1966
- To Arkham and the Stars (The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces, 1966, edited by August Derleth, Arkham House)
- Sunk Without Trace (Worlds of Tomorrow, January 1966)
- The Crystal Prison (Galaxy Magazine, April 1966)
- 1967
- Gonna Roll the Bones (Dangerous Visions, October 1967, edited by Harlan Ellison, Doubleday)
- The Winter Flies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1967)
- Answering Service (If, December 1967)
- Black Corridor (Galaxy Magazine, December 1967)
- 1968
- The Turned-off Heads (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1968)
- When Brahma Wakes (Fantastic, January 1968)
- Crazy Annaoj (Galaxy Magazine, February 1968)
- The Square Root of Brain (New Worlds, February 1968)
- A Specter is Haunting Texas (Galaxy Magazine, 3 parts: July - September 1968)
- The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar (Fantastic, August 1968)
- One Station of the Way (Galaxy Magazine, December 1968)
- Their Mistress, The Sea (in Swords in the Mist)
- The Wrong Branch (in Swords in the Mist)
- In the Witch's Tent (in Swords Against Wizardry)
- 1969
- Richmond, Late September, 1849 (Fantastic, February 1969)
- Endfray of the Ofay (If, March 1969)
- Ship of Shadows (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1969)
- When They Openly Walk (Galaxy Magazine, August 1969)
- 1970
- The Circle Curse (in Swords Against Death)
- America the Beautiful (The Year 2000, edited by Harry Harrison, Doubleday, March 1970)
- The Snow Women (Fantastic, April 1970)
- Ill Met in Lankhmar (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1970)
- 1971
- Gold, Black, and Silver (Quark/2, edited by Marilyn Hacker and Samuel R. Delany, February 1971)
- The Price of Pain-Ease (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1971)
- 1972
- The Lotus Eaters (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1972)
- Another Cask of Wine (Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins, Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
- Day Dark, Night Bright (Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins, Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
- The Bump (Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins, Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
- 1973
- The Sadness of the Executioner (Flashing Swords! 1, 1973, edited by Lin Carter)
- Cat Three (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1973)
- Trapped in the Shadowland (Fantastic, November 1973)
- The Bait (Whispers #2, edited by Stuart David Schiff, December 1973)
- 1974
- Waif (The Far Side of Time: Thirteen Original Stories, edited by Roger Elwood Dodd, Mead, 0-396-06857-X, 1974)
- Cat's Cradle (The Book of Fritz Leiber, January 1974)
- Beauty and the Beasts (The Book of Fritz Leiber, January 1974)
- Midnight by the Morphy Watch (Worlds of If, July-August 1974)
- Do You Know Dave Wenzel? (Fellowship of the Stars, edited by Terry Carr; Simon & Schuster, 0-671-21881-6, November 1974)
- Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum (Universe 5, edited by Terry Carr, Random House, 0-394-48562-9, November 1974)
- 1975
- Catch That Zeppelin! (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1975)
- Under the Thumbs of the Gods (Fantastic, April 1975)
- The Glove (Whispers #6-7, edited by Stuart David Schiff, June 1975)
- Night Passage (Gnostica, July 1975)
- Trapped in the Sea of Stars (The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, September 1975)
- Belsen Express (The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, September 1975)
- 1976
- Dark Wings (Superhorror, edited by Ramsey Campbell, W. H. Allen, 0-491-01876-2, 1976)
- The Death of Princes (Amazing Science Fiction, June 1976)
- The Frost Monstreme (Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards, August 1976, edited by Lin Carter, Dell, #2579)
- The Eeriest Ruined Dawn World (The Ides of Tomorrow, edited by Terry Carr, Little, Brown, 0-316-12970-4, October 1976)
- The Terror from the Depths (The Disciples of Cthulhu, edited by Edward P. Berglund, DAW Books, #UW1258, October 1976)
- 1977
- A Rite of Spring (Universe 7, edited by Terry Carr, Doubleday, 0-385-11414-1, January 1977)
- The Pale Brown Thing (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2 parts: January - February 1977)
- Rime Isle (Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, 2 parts: May 1977 and July 1977)
- The Princess in the Tower 250,000 Miles High (New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 7, edited by Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 0-06-013862-9, April 1977)
- Sea Magic (The Dragon Magazine Issue #11, December 1977)
- 1978
- Black Glass (Andromeda 3, edited by Peter Weston, Orbit, 0-7088-8032-0, 1978)
- The Mer She (Heroes and Horrors, December 1978)
- 1979
- The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time (Seacon '79 Programme Book, 1979)
- The Button Molder (Whispers #13-14, edited by Stuart David Schiff, October 1979)
- 1980
- The Repair People (?)
- 1981
- The Great San Francisco Glacier (A Fantasy Reader, Seventh World Fantasy Convention, 1981)
- 1982
- Horrible Imaginings (Death, edited by Stuart David Schiff, August 1982)
- The Moon Porthole (Elsewhere, Vol. II, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, November 1982)
- 1983
- The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars (Heroic Visions, March 1983, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson)
- The Cat Hotel (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1983)
- 1984
- The Ghost Light (The Ghost Light, edited by Fritz Leiber, April 1984)
- Black Has Its Charms (Whispers #21-22, edited by Stuart David Schiff, December 1984)
- 1987
- The Mouser Goes Below (excerpt) (Whispers #23-24, edited by Stuart David Schiff, September 1987)
- 1988
- Slack Lankhmar Afternoon Featuring Hisvet (excerpt from The Mouser Goes Below) (Terry's Universe, June 1988, edited by Beth Meacham, Tor, 0-312-93058-5)
- The Mouser Goes Below (The Knight and Knave of Swords, December 1978)
- 1990
- Replacement for Wilmer: A Ghost Story (Philcon 1990 Program Book, 1990)
- 1992
- Thrice the Brinded Cat (in Gummitch and Friends, 1992)
Posthumously published works
- 1996
- The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (Omni Online, February 1996) (Novella in the style of H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1936 and lost for decades)
- 1997
- The Communicants (Fragment) (The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1997)
- 2002
- The Enormous Bedroom (in Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions, January 2002)
- 2004
- Skinny's Wonderful (in Horrible Imaginings, 2004)
Books:
- 1943
- Conjure Wife (originally appeared in Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
- Gather, Darkness! (serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, May, June, and July 1943)
- 1945
- Destiny Times Three (? 1945, Wildside Press, 1-4344-9868-9)
- 1950
- Gather, Darkness! (1950, Pellegrini & Cudahy)
- 1953
- The Sinful Ones (rewrite of You're All Alone, an abbreviated version of which appeared in 1950 Fantastic Adventures)
- Conjure Wife, (Lion Books, #179)
- The Green Millennium (1953, Abelard Press)
- 1957
- Two Sought Adventure (Gnome Press), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- 1961
- The Big Time (expanded from the version serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction, March and April 1958), part of the Change War series
- The Big Time / The Mind Spider and Other Stories (Ace Double, #D-491)
- 1962
- The Silver Eggheads, (Jan 1962, Ballantine, #F561)
- 1964
- The Wanderer (1964, Ballantine, #U6010)
- 1966
- Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (Apr 1966, Ballantine, #U6125) (novelisation of a screenplay by Clair Huffaker)
- 1968
- Swords in the Mist (Ace, 0-441-79185-9), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- Swords Against Wizardry (Ace, #H-73), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- The Swords of Lankhmar (? 1968, Ace, #79222), Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novel, including Scylla's Daughter (1961)
- 1969
- A Specter is Haunting Texas
- 1970
- Swords and Deviltry (? 1970, Ace, 0-441-79191-3), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- Swords Against Death (Ace, #79152), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- 1974
- The Book of Fritz Leiber, (DAW Books, #UQ1091, Jan 1974)
- 1975
- The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW Books, #UY1195, September 1975)
- 1977
- Our Lady of Darkness (Feb 1977, Berkley/Putnam, 0-399-11872-1) (expanded version of The Pale Brown Thing)
- Rime Isle (Whispers Press, 0-918372-01-1), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- Swords and Ice Magic (? 1977, Ace, 0-441-79167-0), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- 1978
- Bazaar of the Bizarre, collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
- The Change War (December 1978, Gregg Press, 0-8398-2493-9)
- Heroes and Horrors (December 1978, Whispers Press, 0-918372-03-8)
- 1980
- A rewritten version of The Sinful Ones
- 1983
- Changewar (May 1983, Ace, 0-441-10259-X) (a different collection from The Change War)
- 1988
- The Knight and Knave of Swords (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
Work in progress.