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collect a miscellaneous series of adventures from their wanderings, including a quest for treasure in a dwelling with unique defenses ("The Jewels in the Forest"), a bout with the Thieves' Guild of Lankhmar ("Thieves' House"), an ensorcelled journey to a far-away land ("The Bleak Shore"), an
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encounter with a beast-haunted stranger ("The Howling Tower"), a dangerous visit to their world's equivalent of Atlantis ("The Sunken Land"), a conflict with a murderous priesthood ("The Seven Black Priests"), and a magical plague afflicting Lankhmar ("Claws from the Night").
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The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories concern the lives of two larcenous but likable rogues as they adventure across the fantasy world of Nehwon. The stories in
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stories that had been written at the time, with the exception of "Adept's Gambit". The collection was expanded (minus the Induction) and published by
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in 1957 in an edition of 4,000 copies. The collections contains all of Leiber's
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s stories "guaranteed nostalgia evokers ... improbably wonderful adventures".
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The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923–1998
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Index


Fritz Leiber
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Fantasy
Gnome Press
OCLC
1647623
1957
fantasy
Fritz Leiber
Gnome Press
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Ace Books
Swords Against Death
Swords and Deviltry
Unknown
Other Worlds
Galaxy Science Fiction
"He Sought Adventure – Black Gate"
"Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf"
Chalker, Jack L.
"Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections"
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e
Fritz Leiber
Novels
Conjure Wife
Destiny Times Three
The Big Time

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