Nice how these things happen.īut on to our main topic. Ramsey Campbell has said that Leiber was his greatest influence, and in a few days, quite by chance, we’ll be talking about Ramsey’s latest work. A multiple award winner, his short stories such as Smoke Ghost and The Sinful Ones are well-known, and he was one of those writers who moved forward rather than harked back. To give you a timeframe, Lovecraft died in 1937 and Leiber launched his fantasy characters Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser in 1939. Leiber’s work first appeared in the pulp magazines of the 1930s, and he even corresponded briefly with HP Lovecraft. Many greydogtales listeners will, however, be familiar with his weirder stories, which included post-Lovecraftian before we even had such a word, and some very original horror. His science fiction and alternate takes on the future are excellent. He’s even cited as the originator of the term sword and sorcery. We’re sure we should post something about books like Swords of Lankhmar one day, because his fantasy tales were great. swan river press dust jacketįritz Leiber (1910 – 1992) was a damned fine writer. But wait! Because this is greydogtales, we also provide you with a lot about the 19 th century origins of Leiber’s Our Lady of Darkness, a little about Leiber and the cinema, and the connection with that lithe siren Sandahl Bergman, of Conan the Barbarian fame. Today we celebrate Swan River Press’s release of The Pale Brown Thing by renowned weird fiction writer Fritz Leiber.
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