A highly acclaimed American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, Fritz Leiber was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. Along with other masters of fantasy such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber is one of the fathers of sword and sorcery and invented the term. Leiber was also one of the forefathers of urban fantasy and heroic fantasy as well as a staunch social critic, particularly through his highly influential short stories....

Fritz Leiber was a giant in the genre field. He won five Hugo Awards, three Nebula Awards, three world Fantasy Awards, and one Stoker Award, and was a Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master. His influence on science fiction, fantasy, and horror cannot be overstated. Included in this massive five hundred page plus anthology are 26 of Leiber’s best stories. Stories included herein are: ‘A Pail of Air’; ‘Appointment in Tomorrow’; ‘Coming Attraction’; ‘The Moon Is Green’; ‘Kreativity ...

The Hugo and Nebula Award–winning series of swords and sorcery, featuring two unorthodox heroes, from a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy.Many decades before George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones, Grand Master Fritz Leiber ruled the sword-and-sorcery universe. These three short story collections chronicle the unconventional adventures of Leiber's endearing antiheroes: barbarian Fafhrd and former wizard's apprentice, the Gray Mouser.Sw...

In a bizarre future where machines handle the mail and human beings are a nervous minority, one tiny handwritten envelope throws an entire postal station into chaos. A rugged sorter can chew through thousands of ads without complaint, but a refined machine collapses after encountering a personal letter addressed from one person to another—a form of communication so rare it seems almost forbidden. As repair machines fail and a human technician is called in, the crisis becomes a darkly comic...

A post-apocalyptic novel set in the nuclear wastelands of America from the Grand Master of Science Fiction and author of the Lankhmar series.Ray is armed and dangerous, suspicious of everyone he comes across in the decimated Deathlands and willing to fight to the death as he scavenges for food and weapons. Into his life comes Alice, just as wary but whose intentions are not violent. The two drifters forge an uneasy truce, but their bloodlust will be tested when an ...

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.In "Induction," in the realm of Nehwon, fate brings young prince Fafhrd and apprentice magician th...

Jonas Scatterday storms into Bronsco with Click-Click, a telepathic Martian, and immediately collides with a society built on anti-Martian hatred, exploitation, and fear. Seizing control of the local Newsbeam office, he turns the paper into a weapon, broadcasting fiery sermons, exposing the brutality of Martian mining, and challenging the lie that Martians are soulless creatures. His crusade rattles managers, police, churchmen, and powerful interests like Kemmerdygn, while anonymous threat...

From a Grand Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning sword and sorcery series.Long before George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones became a worldwide phenomenon, Fritz Leiber ruled the literary universe of sword and sorcery. This novel and two short story collections chronicle the adventures of Leiber's endearing and groundbreaking antiheroes: the barbarian Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, a former wizard's apprentice—featuring the...

A professor discourages his wife's witchcraft to disastrous ends in this Hugo Award–winning novel—that inspired three films—by an SFWA Grand Master.Ethnology professor Norman Saylor is shocked to discover that his wife, Tansy, has been putting his research on "Conjure Magic" into practice. She only wants to protect him from the other spell-casting faculty wives who would stop at nothing to advance their husbands' careers. But Norman, as a man of science, demands sh...

The editors at www.fantasticstoriesoftheimagination.com present thirty-two wonderful tales of fantasy in this completely revised second edition text. More than seven hundred and fifty pages for your reading pleasure. Escape today! 'Immortal' by Shariann Lewitt; 'The Thing in the Attic' by James Blish; 'To Serve A Prince' by B.W. Clough; 'Red Nails' by Robert E. Howard; 'Your Name Is Eve' by Michael M. Jones; 'The Knights of Arthur' by Frederik Pohl; 'Go Through' by Alma Alexander; 'Piper i...

This Hugo Award–winning disaster epic from the Science Fiction Grand Master "ranks among [his] most ambitious works" ( SFSite ).The Wanderer inspires feelings of pure terror in the hearts of the five billion human beings inhabiting Planet Earth. The presence of an alien planet causes increasingly severe tragedies and chaos. However, one man stands apart from the mass of frightened humanity. For him, the legendary ...

The Serapis Classics edition of The Science Fiction Omnibus #1! A smashing, kick-butt collection of some of the best sci-fi ever written: GENESIS, by H. Beam Piper FARMER, by Mack Reynolds EARTHSMITH, by Milton Lesser WHERE THE WORLD IS QUIET, by C.H. Liddell WARNING FROM THE STARS, by Ron Cocking THY NAME IS WOMAN, by Kenneth O'Hara THE SWORD, by Frank Quattrocchi THE YILLIAN WAY, by Keith Laumer OPERATION EARTHWORM, by Joe Archibald THE LAST LETTER, by Fritz Leiber THE BACK OF OUR HEADS,...