The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 38 - The Sunken Land and Thieves’ House by Fritz Leiber
Summary: <div class="">Return to Nehwon for two more tales of thrilling adventure with Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. Whether on the high seas or in the big city, these two can’t seem to escape danger.</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""><a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.nobleknight.com/" target="_blank">www.nobleknight.com</a></div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class="">Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.</div> <br> <div class="">December 24, 1910 (Chicago) - September 5, 1992</div> <br> <div class="">“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=""> </div> <br> <div class="">introduced Fafhrd and Grey Mouser in August, 1939 in <em class="">Unknown</em> magazine, edited by John W. Campbell</div> <br> <div class="">early influences were H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Graves; received a letter of encouragement from Lovecraft in 1936</div> <br> <div class="">earned little money as a writer; addicted to alcohol and downers</div> <br> <div class="">actually received royalty checks from TSR for games based on Lankhmar</div> <br> <div class="">1975 - named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy by the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon)</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class="">Fafhrd was based on Leiber himself; Grey Mouser based on Harry Otter Fischer</div> <br> <div class="">notable for growing, taking on more responsibilities, getting married, etc.</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class=""><em class="">Two Sought Adventure</em></div> <br> <div class="">published 1957 by Gnome Press</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class=""><em class="">Swords Against Death</em></div> <br> <div class="">first published 1970 by Ace Books</div> <br> <div class="">second of seven volumes</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class="">“The Sunken Land” - 1942, <em class="">Unknown</em> </div> <br> <div class="">“Thieves’ House” - 1943, <em class="">Unknown</em> </div> <br> <div class=""><em class=""> </em></div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> <div class="">My guests:</div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class="">Darcy Ross</div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class="">website - <a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.gnomestew.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gnomestew.com</a> and <a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://www.contessa.rocks/" target="_blank">http://www.contessa.rocks</a> </div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class="">Jeremiah McCoy</div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class="">websites - <a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://jeremiahmccoy.com/" target="_blank">http://jeremiahmccoy.com</a> & <a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://thebasicsofthegame.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://thebasicsofthegame.wordpress.com</a> </div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> <div class="">Co-hosts</div> </div> </div>
