Jan 6, 2010

Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser | Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

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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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser | Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

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The Plot

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