About this title: In the second installment of this rousing series, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancient city of Lankhmar, searching for a little adventure and debauchery to ease their broken hearts. When a stranger challenges them to find and fight Death on the Bleak Shore, they battle demonic birds, living mountains, and evil monks on the way to their heroic fate. Fritz Leiber's witty prose, lively plots, and superb characterizations stand the test of time.
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Edition: 6th printing.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780441791552ISBN:0441791557
Description: Fair. No dust jacket as issued. Pages tanned, text clean. First page stamped with marginal stains to a couple pages and corner fold to one other. Edges stamped. Cover is discolored and worn with small tear. Spine is creased and tilted. Sound book and... 251 p. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 251 p. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace
Date Published: 1970-01-01
Description: Good. Good paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked, though tanned. Some page edge wear. Covers show edge wear with creases and rubbing. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Ace Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: A good reading copy only. Book has tanning or browning due to normal aging process. Foxing on page edges. -, Mass Market PaperBack, Good / read more
Description: Used-Acceptable. Ace Book August 1979 Paper Back Edition; Corner Wear; Creased Spine; Corner Creases Several Pages Inside; Edge Wear; Grease Pencil bottom pages; Shelf Wear; Acceptable Condition; Reliable customer service and no-hassle return policy. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. Minor shelf wear; Minor bumping\wear to corners and spine ends; Mild reading crease front cover; Minor wear\rubbing to spine; Mild browning to page edges; Mild rubbing\wear to covers; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace Pub. Corp., New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. 251 p.; 17 cm. The Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser saga of Fritz Leiber; 2.. yellowed "An Ace book. " Cover painting by Jeff Jones. "79150. " read more
Edition: First edition. PBO
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace (79150)
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780441791507ISBN:0441791506
Description: Jones, Jeffrey. Good. No dust jacket as issued. VG- 251 p. 1st edition, paperback original from Ace (79150), 1970. VERY GOOD MINUS. Jeff Jones cover art. read more
Edition: 11th pr., Second Book of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Lankhmar 2
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Date Published: 1983
ISBN-13:9780441791583ISBN:0441791581
Description: 0441791581. Good. No dust jacket as issued. Tight, solid book with bright cover, reading creases on spine, some edgewear, tanning pages; 251 p.; Second Book of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Lankhmar 2. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good. No names, no remainder marks, no stickers. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. Crease in back cover. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace, New York, NY
Date Published: 1970
Description: Jeff Jones. Good. No Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Blue illustrated cover edge wear and corner bend, spine crease/ lean, slight cover crease, #79150 $0.75. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780441791569ISBN:0441791565
Description: Good + Tight spine, clean copy. Small stain on top corner of front wrap, edges slightly rubbed, pages beginning to yellow. 251 Pgs. read more
Edition: 13th Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
ISBN-13:9780441791934ISBN:044179193X
Description: Very Good. Tight and clean, 251 pages. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books, New York
Date Published: 1970
Description: Fair. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; bottom half inch of front cover torn off; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine creased/ pages slightly yellowed/ readres slant/ several page tips creased/ good readers copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ace
Date Published: 1984-09-15
ISBN-13:9780441791903ISBN:0441791905
Description: Good. Good to VG; Minor shelf and corner wear; Mild tanning to pages and page edges; Spine and top of front cover mildly tanned from sunning; Mild rubbing\wear to covers and spine; ** Free USPS tracking and confirm on US orders ** read more
"the stories that inspired a subsequent 100 dungeons and dragons sorties in real time - problem was never could work with a thief in D&D that didn't steal our own kit .. when that sort of thing gets found out - it really ought to be game over for the thief - be honest .. level 1 doublet hose and leathers ... armour class 7 ... adios pal - wearing a cool hawkwind T shirt doesn't get you off the hook .. I digress - these fantasy stories by Leiber are wonderful."
"Fritz Leiber invented the term "sword and sorcery", and he was the finest author the genre has ever had. In fact he was, in my opinion, the finest author of fantasy period. I rank him above Tolkien, Howard and Moorcock, never mind Martin or Jordan. I've read him described as a "master prose stylist", and the description is apt indeed. Fritz Leiber was, simply, a terrific, extremely talented writer with a true love of language and a prodigious, playful, incredibly unique style. The odd, absurd, weird, and terrifying, he was a maestro of storytelling, a humorist, and a weaver of weird tales and action-packed adventures. He was the best, period, and anyone with any interest at all in fantasy who neglects Leiber is cheating himself."
"This omnibus, collecting the last three of Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser books (THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR, SWORDS AND ICE MAGIC, and THE KNIGHT AND KNAVE OF SWORDS), finds its author approaching, in the time-honored tradition of aging SF authors, full-blown dirty-old-man-mode (at least Heinlein was able to attribute his latter-years satyriasis on a brain tumor). True, Leiber's duo of heroes, unlike, say, those of Tolkien, exhibited active libidos from the start, but here one can chart a sort of crescendo of kink, starting with the relatively chaste, but nudity- and sex-filled nonetheless, THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR (1968), but escalating rapidly in the last two books, as Leiber explicitly indulges the Mouser's ephebophilia and sadism ("The Mer She", from THE KNIGHT AND KNAVE OF SWORDS, for example finds the Gray One repeatedly binding an adolescent stowaway to his shipboard bunk), and both heroes develop a Tourrette's-like tendency to drop c-bombs (and other misogynistic interjections) in casual conversation.
But even a priapic Leiber could write rings around most authors (indeed, the penis mightier than the sword), and this collection is filled to overflowing with the wild romance, strange adventure, perilous plotting, memorable characters (Kreeshkra, the ghoul-girl from THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR, being particularly fun), and clever banter that have been hallmarks of Leiber's Lankhmar tales since 1939's "Two Sought Adventure."
"But one certainly cannot fault the little darlings for their occasional itch for each other, since their taste is so exactly like my own." -Mouser"
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