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Dec 7, 2023 · The novel introduces Franz Westen, a writer recovering from alcoholism and personal loss, who encounters a strange diary that leads him into the world of Megapolisomancy, a fictional occult science. The story is a brilliant amalgamation of Jungian psychology, urban lore, and supernatural horror.
Aug 21, 2013 · Regardless of Anderson’s clunky intro and the lack of Fafhrd, the Mouser, and Leiber’s best horror stories (the rights to which presumably were tied up in another of Leiber’s many collections — possibly The Book of Fritz Leiber, which came out the same year from DAW), The Best of Fritz Leiber is still a terrific collection, a testament ...
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Sep 3, 2009 · Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr., was born in Chicago on December 24, 1910, the son of Shakespearean actors Fritz, Sr., and Virginia. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1932, where he majored in psychology and physiology. He attended Episcopal General Theological Seminary in New York and was an Episcopal minister from 1932 to 1933.
Aug 9, 2019 · Here’s the Table of Contents. Heroes and Horrors was published in hardcover by Whispers Press in 1978, and reprinted in paperback by Pocket Books in August 1980. It is 240 pages, priced at $2.25 in paperback. The cover is by Michael Whelan. It has not been reprinted since, and there is no digital edition.
Mar 30, 2024 · Nights Black Agents was published by Berkley Books in May 1980. It is 282 pages, priced at $1.75. The cover is by Wayne Barlowe. The fiction of Fritz Leiber is one of our favorite topics here at Black Gate, and our previous coverage includes: The Mind Spider and Ships to the Stars (2023)
Apr 1, 2021 · Among his many other accomplishments, Leiber is often credited as one of the leading writers to bring the elements of classic horror into the modern, urban world of skyscrapers and big cities. One of his best stories in that vein is Our Lady of Darkness, which won the World Fantasy Award in 1978. Part cosmic horror yarn, part M. R. James ghost ...
Apr 17, 2018 · Like many science fiction and horror writers of the era, Fritz Leiber’s early work took the form of short stories that ran in magazines like Unknown, Thrilling Mystery, Startling Stories, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Sadly, all these publications are now defunct, and for many years it was difficult to track down the short ...
