Summary: <div class="">The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 41 - Adept’s Gambit by Fritz Leiber</div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class=""> </div> <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="">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. 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="">“Adept’s Gambit” first appeared in</div> <br> <div class=""><em class="">Night’s Black Agents</em></div> <br> <div class="">published 1947 by Arkham House</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class="">and later in</div> <br> <div class=""><em class="">Swords is the Mist</em></div> <br> <div class="">first published 1968 by Ace Books</div> <br> <div class="">third of seven volumes</div> <br> </div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <div class="">Co-hosts:</div> <br> <div class="">Jeffrey Wikstrom</div> <br> <div class=""><span class="">website - <a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="http://jeffwik.com/" target="_blank">jeffwik.com</a></span></div> <br> <div class="">twitter - @jeff_wik</div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class="">Geoffrey Winn</div> <br> <div class="">twitter - @geoffreydwinn</div> <br> </div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class="">Geoffrey Winn<br class=""><a class="" title="This external link will open in a new window" href="https://box367.bluehost.com:2096/cpsess7974119436/3rdparty/squirrelmail/src/compose.php?send_to=gdwinn@comcast.net" target="_blank">gdwinn@comcast.net</a> </div> <br> <div class=""> </div> <br> <div class=""> <br> <p><a href="http://www.dndclassics.com/index.php?affiliate_id=40428"><img src="http://www.dndclassics.com/themes/dnd/images/affiliatebanner1.jpg" alt="Dungeons & Dragons Classics" border="0"></a></p> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> </div> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> <br> <div> </div> <br> <div></div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div> <br> </div>
