Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. byl jedním z nejzajímavějších mladých autorů, kteří se objevili v blízkosti H. P. Lovecrafta, a část jeho nejlepší rané krátké fikce spadá do žánru hororu spíše než do sci-fi či fantasy. Svůj zralý hlas nalezl brzy v prvním ze svých dobrodružství mečů a magie, v nichž vystupují velký citlivý barbar Fafhrd a malý, lstivý pouličník Šedý Myšák. K této sérii se v průběhu své kariéry vracel, občas ji využíval pro frašku a jindy pro ponuré náladové kusy. Leiberova sci-fi zahrnuje planetu drtící román, ve kterém většina rozsáhlého ansámblu přežije potopu, oheň a sexuální pozornost kočičích mimozemšťanů, a satirický příběh, v němž vůdce revoluce a nalezení pravé lásky se ujme vychrtlý herec z Měsíce v egzoskeletovém obleku. Leiberova pozdní krátká fikce a vynikající hororový román kombinují autobiografická témata, jako je jeho boj s depresí a alkoholismem, s meditacemi o emocionálním obsahu fantastických žánrů. Leiberova schopnost nekonečné sebereinventace a produktivního sebepoznání ho udržela až do jeho smrti jako jednoho z nejmodernějších autorů své sci-fi generace.
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Fritz Leiber ranks among the giants of fantasy and science fiction visionaries, capturing multiple Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and influencing a generation of writers. And his most renowned creations are the swashbuckling Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories. Collected here are adaptations of some of the finest of these tales—including the Hugo and Nebula Award winning “Ill Met in Lankhmar”—by comics legends Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, Dennis O’Neil, Al Williamson, and more. Join the hulking barbarian and the diminutive rogue as they battle swordsmen, necromancers, and flagons of strong drink! Collects Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser and Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: The Cloud of Hate and Other Stories.
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