Fritz Leiber Books In Order
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The Swords of Lankhmar | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords in the Mist | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against Wizardry | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords and Deviltry | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against Death | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords and Ice Magic | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Knight and Knave of Swords | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against the Shadowlands | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chronological Order of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Books
Swords and Deviltry | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against Death | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords in the Mist | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against Wizardry | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Swords of Lankhmar | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords and Ice Magic | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Knight and Knave of Swords | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against the Shadowlands | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Graphic Novels
Ill Met in Lankhmar | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Circle Curse/The Howling Tower | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Change War Books
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Gather, Darkness! | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Conjure Wife | (1943) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Destiny Times Three | (1945) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Sinful Ones | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Millennium | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Silver Eggheads | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wanderer | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Specter Is Haunting Texas | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Our Lady of Darkness | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rime Isle | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Truce with Kings & Ship of Shadows | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Coming Attraction | (1950) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moon Is Green | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What's He Doing in There? | (1957) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bread Overhead | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night of the Long Knives | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Great Magic | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gonna Roll the Bones | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Belsen Express | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Wings | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Button Molder | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Last Letter | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dead Man | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mariana | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Claws from the Night | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Yesterday House | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nice Girl with 5 Husbands | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Night's Black Agents | (1947) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Pail of Air | (1951) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night Monsters | (1953) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Big Time / The Mind Spider and Other Stories | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Creature from Cleveland Depths | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shadows With Eyes | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ships to the Stars | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night of the Wolf | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Secret Songs | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Fritz Leiber | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Fritz Leiber | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Book of Fritz Leiber | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Worlds of Fritz Leiber | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Heroes and Horrors | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ervool | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ship of Shadows | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mystery of the Japanese Clock | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ghost Light | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bazaar of the Bizarre | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Leiber Chronicles: Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Ladies | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gummitch and Friends | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Black Gondolier | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Selected Stories | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smoke Ghost | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Smoke Ghost& Other Apparitions | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Day Dark, Night Bright | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horrible Imaginings | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Creature from Cleveland Depths and Other Tales | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Poor Superman and Others | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Strange Wonders | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Horror Gems, Vol. Two | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Collection 001 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Night of the Long Knives and Other Works | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Collection 002 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lords of Quarmall / The Beacon to Elsewhere | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snakes & Spiders | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hatchery of Dreams | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Moon Is Green and Other Tales | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Frost Monstreme | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fritz Leiber | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bullet with His Name and Other Tales | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Hitch in Space and Other Tales | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Science Fiction Archive #2 | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of SF Authors Choice Books
SF Authors' Choice 2 | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
SF Authors' Choice 3 | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Hugo Winners Books
1955 to 1961 | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1973 | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1976 - 1979 | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1980 - 1982 | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
1986-1988 | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Golden Age of Science Fiction Books
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume IV | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Swords & Sorcery | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963 | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best of Science Fiction: No. 10 | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
If This Goes On | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Eighth Galaxy Reader | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Oddities | (1966) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dangerous Visions | (1967) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Backdrop of Stars | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On Our Way to the Future | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Swords Against Tomorrow | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Nebula Award 6 | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Stories from the Hugo Winners, Vol. 2 | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantastic Stories Special - 1975 Sword & Sorcery Annual | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weird Heroes Volume 1 | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six Science Fiction Plays | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Disciples of Cthulhu | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IV | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Late Great Future | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Whispers | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series V | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rod Serling's Other Worlds | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Death | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Laughing Space: An Anthology of Science Fiction Humor | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Fantasy | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories 10 | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Barbarians | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rod Serling's Night Gallery Reader | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of the Occult | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Horror Hall of Fame | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cats in Space... and Other Places | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Wild Little Weird Tales | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The SFWA Grand Masters 1 | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Armageddons | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Space Soldiers | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In Lands That Never Were | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World Turned Upside Down | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat Tales: Fantastic Feline Fiction | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time Crime & Fourteen Other SciFi Classics from the 30's to the 60's | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Favorite Science Fiction Stories, Volume 2 | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Collection 002 | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four, Jack Sharkey and Others | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Wildside Book of Fantasy | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Book of Cthulhu II | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lieu: Science Fiction Short Stories | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Best of Galaxy, Volume Two | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume X | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Blood Is Not Enough | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fritz Lieber was an American best known for writing horror, sci-fi and fantasy. He was born on December 24, 1910 in Chicago Illinois. He studied philosophy at the University of Chicago and graduated in 1932. Later, he studied theology and worked for some time as a lay preacher. Lieber was actively interested in his parents acting company and in 1934 he spent a considerable amount of time touring with this company FritzLieber & Co. As a son of Shakespeare’s actors it is quite clear where he got his inspiration from.
On January 16, 1936 he married Jonquil Stephens and was blessed with a son, Justin Lieber three years later. During World War 2, he was offered a job in the aircraft production. He later worked for a literal journal Science Digest for more than 10 years. He later became an editor for this company. In 1958 the family moved back to California where he ventured fully into writing.
His wife’s death in 1969 was a big blow to his personal life and writing career, forcing him to move to California where he plunged into drunkenness. After things had calmed down, he released a fantasy novel, Our Lady Of Darkness, which was basically about a writer with weird tales who lost his wife and struggled to recover from alcoholism. Other contemporary writers expressed dismay at Lieber ’s lifestyle. For instance Harlan Ellison was angered to find Lieber residing in a dingy apartment in California that was full of books. For a moment he had sunk into a pit of depression and preferred to stay live a low-life. But later he took up his broken pieces and mended them and was actively again into writing and theater. But it has been reported that FritzLeiber enjoyed leading a simple life and loved to dine and travel.
Fritz Lieber re-married Margo Skinner, a journalist and a poet and a longtime friend. In the same year 1992, Fritz Lieber collapsed while traveling from a science fiction convention with his wife and died. The cause of his death was said to be organic brain disease.
Writing career
FritzLieber washeavily influenced by the works of Carl Jung’s concepts of anima and the shadow. He used these concepts in writing his novels and books which were his methods of exploring fascination with estrangement from the female. His love of cats was evident in his story productions. He once wrote about a cat-like alien in his famous Tigerishka, who caught the eye of a human protagonist and became sexually attracted to her. One of his famous Sci- Fi short stories was A Pair of Air. It became a famous copy after its first appearance in the December 1951 issue if the Galaxy Magazine and was later on radio show X minus One. The story is about a personal narration of a 10 year old boy who finds himself living on rogue planet earth. The earth lack’s Sun exposure, after having been torn away by a passing dark star. Consequently, the earth has frozen into thick layers of snow. The boy’s father constructs a large shelter along with other scientists but the earthquakes destroyed this structure and killed some of these scientist. The boy’s father does not give up and still constructs a small makeshift “Nest” where his family survives in this breathable atmosphere for a number of years. The family is brought to rescue by a group of people who are using nuclear power to provide heat. This group is also searching for other survivors using rockets.
Another one of his famous sci-fi stories was Coming Attraction which is set in Manhattan during war between the United States and the Soviet Union. Manhattan has been rendered uninhabitable by a “Hell Bomb”. Wysten Turner a British citizen is the narrator who resides in New York who exchanges grain for electronic equipment because he suspects this equipment will be used in constructing an American military base on the moon. The story begins with the character pulling a young woman out of a car’s pathway in an attempt to save her from a gang’s favorite activity of snagging women’s clothing with fishhooks. The woman is a Muslim and therefore her face is covered so he cannot identify who she is, but is nevertheless intrigued. Turner narrates the incidence to the police but they do not regard it as serious. They meet later at a nightclub and the woman begs him to help her escape from America away from her violent profession wrestler boyfriend, who beats her after losing a match. The boyfriend arrives in the scene and Turner knocks him down. To his surprise, the girl does not thank him for defending her but turns on him. Apparently, her seductive ploy is known by all others. She craves the abuse of her violent boyfriend. When Turner unmasks the girl, he is repulsed by her unattractive demeanor and expression of hatred. He leaves disappointed and wants to return to England. Coming Attraction was published in the 1950 second issue of the Galaxy Magazine. The story also received a Hugo Award in 2001, making Fritz Lieber a famous writer. As one of the best sci-fi stories he ever wrote, this book was selected to be among the Sci fi Writers of America in 1970. It has been anthologized at least 25 times.
Other works
Many of Fritz Lieber’s works were of the horror genre. His acclaimed works such as “The Girl With “The Hungry Eyes” and “You’re All Alone” made him to be labeled as one of the forerunners of modern horror stories. He expressed distrust in automatons and liked to challenge the conceptions of science. His books and narratives were focused on such beliefs.
FritzLieber was known for hos ability to connect with his audience. He wrote about the occasional times he struggled with his personal weakness like drunkenness. His famous creation Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories further consolidated his legacy and the next 50 years he spent working on his stories and novels were full of adventure and suspense. He once wrote about two heroes who matured and decided to take on more responsibilities in life. They quit their destructive habits and settled down into marriage. Lieber’s works continue to be celebrated long after his demise.
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