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Swords and Deviltry is a fantasy short story collection, first published 1970, by Fritz Leiber, featuring his sword and sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It is chronologically the first volume of the complete seven volume edition of the collected stories devoted to the characters. The book was first published in paperback form during ...
- 254 p.
- Fritz Leiber
- 1970
- Ace Books
May 1, 1970 · Therefore, Swords and Deviltry (1970) is the first of the series based on characters’ storyline, but was actually written much later. The seventh and final book, The Knight and Knave of Swords (1988), comes almost 50 years after the initial story, making it one of the most long-lived series in modern fantasy.
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Apr 1, 2014 · First in the influential fan-favorite series, Swords and Deviltry collects four fantastical adventure stories from Fritz Leiber, the author who coined the phrase “sword and sorcery” and helped birth an entire genre. In “Induction,” in the realm of Nehwon, fate brings young prince Fafhrd and apprentice magician the Gray Mouser together ...
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- $17.99
- Fritz Leiber
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Go ahead and start with Swords and Deviltry. As the OP states, it has the origin stories of each character and how they met. However, the most well known stories are in books 2 and 3, so feel free to go ahead and start with book 2, Swords Against Death if you don't care about origin stories.
Oct 7, 2014 · The award-winning sword and sorcery classic that introduced Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy. First in the influential fan-favorite series, Swords and Deviltry collects four fantastical adventure stories from Fritz Leiber, the author who coined the phrase “sword and sorcery” and helped birth an entire genre.
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- Fritz Leiber
- Paperback
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A collection of fantasy novels and short stories featuring the adventures of two legendary heroes in the city of Lankhmar. Swords and Deviltry is the first book in the series, published in 1970, and has received positive reviews and ratings from readers.
Swords and Deviltry is the first of these. The book consists of three novellas and a short introduction. The first two novellas are essentially ‘origin’ stories, recounting the early, separate adventures of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
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