The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 35 - Tales of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber, Part 1

Summary: <br> <div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.8px; margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 35 - Tales of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber, Part 1</div> <br> <div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.8px;"> <br> <br class="" style=""> </div> <br> <div class="" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica; font-size: 12.8px;"> <br> <div class="" style="">Three tales of thrilling adventure from the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy. Join the most famous duo in swords and sorcery literature as they search for treasure and travel to the ends of the earth.</div> <br> <div class="" style=""> <br> <br class="" style=""> </div> <br> <div class="" style=""> <br> <div class="" style=""><a href="http://www.nobleknight.com/" class="" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(84, 1, 21);">www.nobleknight.com</a></div> <br> <div class="" style=""> <br> <br class="" style=""> </div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">December 24, 1910 (Chicago) - September 5, 1992</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">“American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert.[b] 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. Moreover, he excelled in all fields of speculative fiction, writing award-winning work in fantasy, horror, and science fiction.” - Wikipedia</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <br class="" style=""> </div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">introduced Fafhrd and Grey Mouser in August, 1939 in <i class="" style="">Unknown</i> magazine, edited by John W. Campbell</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">early influences were H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Graves; received a letter of encouragement from Lovecraft in 1936</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">earned little money as a writer; addicted to alcohol and downers</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">actually received royalty checks from TSR for games based on Lankhmar</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;">1975 - named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy by the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon)</div> <br> <div class="" style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;"> <br> <br class="" style=""> </div> <br> <div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>