Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Fritz Leiber
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Slightly before 200 to about one thousand years later
- Setting: Nehwon, a universe in a bubble
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Other worlds, Friendship, Antiheroes, Adventure, Swords
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series was written over a period of at least four decades as thirty-six short stories and one novel (The Swords of Lankhmar). The stories form a coherent whole: the adventures of two of the greatest swordsmen and greatest rogues any world has ever known. The first three books were collected as The Three Swords (1989) and the second three as Swords Masters (1990).
Fafhrd is a tall northern barbarian, and the Mouser is a small, dark man of uncertain but urban origin. They share a common attitude toward life...
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