Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
Auteur de Épées et démons
A propos de l'auteur
Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was born December 24, 1910, the son of a notable Shakespearean actor. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago where he had majored in psychology and physiology, and also attended Episcopal General Theological Seminary. Leiber was an Episcopal Minister from 1932 to afficher plus 1933, but was encouraged to join his father's company, and toured with him in 1934, leaving two years later when he married in 1936. Leiber became an Editor with Consolidated Book Publishers in Chicago from 1937 to 1941. He was a Speech and Drama Instructor at Occidental College in Los Angeles from 1941 to 1942, a Precision Inspector at Douglas Air Craft Company, Santa Monica from 1942 to 1944, an Associate Editor for Science Digest Magazine from 1944 to 1956, and a Freelance Writer from 1956 to1992. Leiber's interest in writing came from correspondences with a a close college friend, Harry Fischer. Together they developed alter ego characters: Nordic Fafhrd a tall gangly limbed individual from 'the North' - based on Leiber, and the effervescent Grey Mouser - based on Fischer. Leiber first featured the characters in a story, "Adepts Gambit". The story was rejected, but the two characters reappeared in his first published story "Two Sought Adventure", which was published in Unknown magazine John W Campbell, of Astounding Science Fiction was Leiber's first editor. Leiber's first major work as an SF author came with his novel Gather, Darkness! in 1943, concerning the overthrow of a religious dictatorship. An anthology, Ill Met in Lankhmar, published in 1970, received the Hugo science fiction award. Leiber also received a Life Award for his contribution to his field, presented at the Second World Fantasy Convention. He regularly contributed a column to the SF trade magazine, Locus. Leiber was a member of the Science Fiction Writers of America, and a Lecturer for Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshops at Clarion State College and San Francisco State University. In his lifetime, Leiber won 7 Hugo Awards and a Hugo Grandmaster of Fantasy Award , 2 Nebula Awards and a Nebula Grandmaster Award, an August Derleth Award, 3 World Fantasy and one British Fantasy Awards, a Clark Ashton Award, a Balrog Award, a Locus Award, 3 Gigamesh Awards, an Anne Radcliffe Award, a University of Chicago Proffesional Achievemant Citation, and a Bram Stoker Life Achievement Award. He was also nominated for 7 other Nebula Awards, as well as 4 Lovecraft's and one Second Stage Lensman at Moscon. Leiber has appeared in television, film, on radio and in theater, and has written over 40 books. Fritz Leiber died September 5, 1992 at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Photo by Lars-Olov Strandberg,
Seacon '79 (37th World Science Fiction Convention),
Brighton, England, 1979.
Copyright © Lars-Olov Strandberg
Seacon '79 (37th World Science Fiction Convention),
Brighton, England, 1979.
Copyright © Lars-Olov Strandberg
Séries
Œuvres de Fritz Leiber
Swords' Masters (Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords and Ice Magic) (1968) 248 exemplaires
The Third Science Fiction Megapack: 26 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Tales (2012) 61 exemplaires
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 2: The Circle Curse / The Howling Tower (1991) — Original author — 16 exemplaires
A Bad Day for Sales [short story] 12 exemplaires
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 4: Lean Times in Lankhmar / When the Sea King's Away (1991) — Original Author — 12 exemplaires
The 11th Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: 36 Modern and Classic Science Fiction Stories (2016) 11 exemplaires
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 3: The Price of Pain Ease / Bazaar of the Bizarre (1991) — Auteur — 10 exemplaires
Ill Met in Lankhmar 10 exemplaires
Try and Change the Past [short story] 9 exemplaires
Nice Girl with Five Husbands 7 exemplaires
America the Beautiful [short story] 6 exemplaires
When the Change-Winds Blow [short story] 5 exemplaires
The Night He Cried 5 exemplaires
Unknown Worlds, April 1943 4 exemplaires
Wanted—An Enemy [short story] 4 exemplaires
The Man Who Never Grew Young [short story] 4 exemplaires
The Foxholes of Mars 4 exemplaires
The Big Holiday 4 exemplaires
Streghe! Malie e misfatti (ovvero abomini e sortilegi) delle figlie della notte (2021) 3 exemplaires
The Death Of Princes 3 exemplaires
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes [short story] 3 exemplaires
Le cycle des Épées (Majuscules) Epées et démons ; Epées et mort ; Epées et brumes ; Epées et sorciers ; Epées… (1970) 3 exemplaires
Mysterious Doings In The Metropolitan Museum 3 exemplaires
Fritz leiber les nouvelles t01 3 exemplaires
Game For Motel Room 3 exemplaires
Induction 3 exemplaires
LANKHMAR SERIES: Swords and Deviltry; Swords Against Death; Swords in the Mist; Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of… (1990) 2 exemplaires
Galaxy Science Fiction Super Pack #2: With linked Table of Contents (Positronic Super Pack Series Book 20) (2016) 2 exemplaires
The Glove 2 exemplaires
The Button Molder [short story] 2 exemplaires
Newhon Vision The Sadness of the Executioner [Numbered] 2 exemplaires
Moon Duel 2 exemplaires
Dark Wings 2 exemplaires
Kindergarten [short story] 2 exemplaires
The Dictator 2 exemplaires
Time in the Round 2 exemplaires
The Lion and the Lamb 2 exemplaires
Quicks Around the Zodiac with Illustrations by Alicia Austin and an Afterword by Gene Wolfe. (1983) 2 exemplaires
The Dead Man 2 exemplaires
Cyclops 2 exemplaires
One Station Of The Way {short story} 2 exemplaires
The Smoke Ghost 2 exemplaires
Last Letter [short story] 2 exemplaires
Swords and Ice Magic by Fritz Leiber (1979-08-05) 2 exemplaires
Horrible imaginings [short fiction] 2 exemplaires
The Ghost Light [novella] 2 exemplaires
The Mystery of the Japanese Clock 2 exemplaires
Swords & Magic 1 exemplaire
Ship of Shadows - Hugo Award Novella 1970 1 exemplaire
In the Beginning 1 exemplaire
Swords &Ice Magic 1 exemplaire
Rare -Fritz Leiber LE CYCLE DES EPEES First thus 1970 1/6000 Fafhrd and Gray Mouser (1970) 1 exemplaire
Mr. Adams' Garden Of Evil 1 exemplaire
Gather, Darkness! Science Fiction Classics 1 exemplaire
Night Of The Eagle ▶︎ ✓ (A.K.A. Burn, Witch, Burn) (Online-Motion Picture-Streaming-Dailymotion-Horror) (Running… 1 exemplaire
Sci-Fi Classics of Fritz Leiber – 21 Time Travel & Dystopia Stories: The Big Time, The Creature from Cleveland… (2018) 1 exemplaire
Swords' Masters: Swords Against Wizardry; The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords and Ice Magic (1968) 1 exemplaire
Fritz Leiber A SPECTER IS HAUNTING TEXAS Walker & Company Book Club Edition 1968 (1968) 1 exemplaire
The Night of the Wolf (1966) 1 exemplaire
La Mejor Ciencia Ficcion De Los Años 60 1 exemplaire
O Tempo, o Espaço e o Cérebro Livro 1 1 exemplaire
The Fritz Leiber Collection: Master of Heroic Fantasy, Futurism, and Speculative Fiction (Illustrated) 1 exemplaire
Die Frau, die immer verschwand 1 exemplaire
Collectible THE BEST OF FRITZ LEIBER First Hardcover edition 1974 Book Club Original Fine HC 1 exemplaire
Conjure Wife 1 exemplaire
Neri araldi della notte 1 exemplaire
The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet [short story] 1 exemplaire
Myths My Great-Granddaughter Taught Me [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Lotus Eaters [short story] 1 exemplaire
Endfray of the Ofay [short story] 1 exemplaire
Friends and Enemies [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Hound 1 exemplaire
Our Saucer Vacation [short story] 1 exemplaire
Night Passage [novelette] 1 exemplaire
Far Reach to Cygnus [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Hatchery of Dreams [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Dreams Of Albert Moreland 1 exemplaire
Lie Still, Show White 1 exemplaire
Mr. Bauer And The Atoms 1 exemplaire
Swords series 1 exemplaire
Black Has Its Charms [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Mutant's Brother 1 exemplaire
Last [short story] 1 exemplaire
THE FIRST BOOK OF LANKHMAR & THE SECOND BOOK OF LANKHMAR (Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser) (Fantasy Masterworks, 18, 24) 1 exemplaire
I traditori 1 exemplaire
A História é Outra 1 exemplaire
Sword & sorcery: l'epopea di Fafhrd e del Gray Mouser: Il mondo di Nehwon, Le spade di Lankhmar, Spade tra i ghiacci,… (2020) 1 exemplaire
Miła dziewczyna 1 exemplaire
Terror from the Depths [short story] 1 exemplaire
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser [Comic Book] 1 exemplaire
Leiber Fritz 1 exemplaire
Le donne delle nevi 1 exemplaire
Icon Of The Imagination 1 exemplaire
The Fritz Leiber Minipack 1 exemplaire
The Planet Explorer 1 exemplaire
La guerra e i labirinti 1 exemplaire
The Gray Mouser: 1 1 exemplaire
Great Science Fiction no. 6 1 exemplaire
Business of Killing [short story] 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
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The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One: The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time (1970) — Contributeur — 1,879 exemplaires
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contributeur — 315 exemplaires
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now (2009) — Contributeur — 268 exemplaires
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 (1982) — Contributeur — 242 exemplaires
Tomorrow's Children: Eighteen Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Orbit Books) (1966) — Contributeur — 202 exemplaires
The Game Is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches, and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes (1994) — Contributeur — 198 exemplaires
The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published (2009) — Contributeur — 187 exemplaires
The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Contributeur — 151 exemplaires
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Four: Nebula Winners 1970-1974 (1986) — Contributeur — 124 exemplaires
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction - Fourth Series (1984) — Contributeur — 92 exemplaires
Rivals of Weird Tales: 30 Great Fantasy & Horror Stories from the Weird Fiction Pulps (1990) — Contributeur — 92 exemplaires
John Stanley's Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again: An A to Z Encyclopedia to the Cinema of the Fantastic or Is (1981) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 80 exemplaires
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 15th Series (1966) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 79 exemplaires
Weird Tales : a selection in facsimile, of the best from the world's most famous fantasy magazine (1976) — Contributeur — 78 exemplaires
The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A Special 25th Anniversary Anthology (1974) — Contributeur — 72 exemplaires
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contributeur — 69 exemplaires
SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume (1958) — Contributeur — 68 exemplaires
A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 : The Greatest Stories of the Decade (1996) — Contributeur — 56 exemplaires
To Sleep, Perchance to Dream...Nightmare: 30 Terrifying Tales (1993) — Contributeur — 45 exemplaires
Isaac Asimov Presents Tales of the Occult: Stories by H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton,… (1989) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural (2011) — Contributeur — 38 exemplaires
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Two. The Greatest Science Fiction Stories Of All Time Chosen By The Members Of The… (1970) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 35 exemplaires
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (2004) — Contributeur — 33 exemplaires
The Ides of Tomorrow: Original Science Fiction Tales of Horror (1976) — Contributeur — 30 exemplaires
Van Jules Verne tot Isaac Asimov de vijftig beste science fiction verhalen (1981) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1967, Vol. 33, No. 4 (1967) — Contributeur — 13 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1963, Vol. 25, No. 1 (1963) — Auteur — 12 exemplaires
Children of the Night: Stories of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves, and Lost Children (The Children of the Night) (1999) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Alien Worlds : three novellas of science fiction by award winning authors (1976) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1970, Vol. 38, No. 4 (1970) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951, Vol. 2, No. 6 (1951) — Auteur — 8 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1957, Vol. 13, No. 4 (1957) — Contributeur — 8 exemplaires
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1963, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1963) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Het dagboek in de sneeuw : en andere griezelverhalen — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
The far side of time, thirteen original stories;: A science fiction anthology (1974) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
Worlds near and far: Nine stories of science fiction and fantasy (1974) — Contributeur — 5 exemplaires
Fantastic Imaginings: A Journey Through 3500 Years of Imaginative Writing, Comprising Fantasy, Horror, and Science… (2012) — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
Un passo avanti e due indietro — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 106 (August 1963) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Pistolero fuori tempo — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Fantastic science fiction stories. No. 061 (November 1959) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 073 (November 1960) — Contributeur — 3 exemplaires
Den ¤elektriske myre og andre science fiction-fortællinger (1984) — Auteur, quelques éditions — 2 exemplaires
Nuove avventure nell'ignoto — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Fantastic stories of imagination. No. 079 (May 1961) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Fantastic. No. 146 (August 1968) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Leiber, Fritz Reuter Jr.
- Autres noms
- Lathrop, Francis
Breçon, Maurice - Date de naissance
- 1910-12-24
- Date de décès
- 1992-09-05
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- États-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Lieu du décès
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Cause du décès
- stroke
- Lieux de résidence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Hollywood, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Études
- University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- Professions
- actor
speech instructor (UCLA)
editor
fantasy writer
drama teacher - Relations
- Leiber, Justin (son)
- Organisations
- Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America - Prix et distinctions
- SFWA Grand Master (1981)
Gandalf Award ( [1975])
Bram Stoker Award ( [1987])
SF Hall Of Fame ( [2001])
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement (1976) - Agent
- Robert P. Mills
Richard Curtis (Richard Curtis Assoc.)
Membres
Discussions
THE DEEP ONES: "Sea Magic" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Septembre 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Sadness of the Executioner" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Mars 2023)
THE DEEP ONES: "In the Witch's Tent" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Décembre 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "Smoke Ghost" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Novembre 2021)
Leiber Masters of the Weird Tale à Centipede Press (Octobre 2021)
THE DEEP ONES: "Richmond, Late September, 1849" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Août 2021)
Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Juin 2021)
scifi from 50s or 60s? about man who becomes invisible to his coworkers à Name that Book (Mars 2018)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Unholy Grail" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Septembre 2017)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Girl With the Hungry Eyes" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Avril 2016)
SciFi Our world is a machine à Name that Book (Avril 2016)
THE DEEP ONES: "Spider Mansion" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Septembre 2012)
THE DEEP ONES: "The Black Gondolier" by Fritz Leiber à The Weird Tradition (Juin 2012)
short story; earth knocked out of orbit; survivor à Name that Book (Février 2009)
Critiques
The Knight and Knave of Swords (Fafhrd and the Gray… par Fritz Leiber
It is a pretty strong release, even though it feels always pretty strange to see (very) short stories alternating with much longer ones. I think this is one of the climaxes of the series as it portrays our two heroes growing older and kind of retiring from the adventuring scene. It is tender and epic (despite the retirement process) and makes the two heroes feel more human than they used to in the first volumes of the series.
This is another strong release in the Farhrd and the Gray Mouser series. The story here is split into several (relatively long) short stories that handle a single plot. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are recruited by two young women (surprise, surprise) to bring military assistance to the Rime Islands in exchange of gold (surprise once again).
This is an epic story full of love, battles and nasty sorcerers, while gods supposedly coming from another world (Loki and Odin) mingle with a tense situation. Overall a fun story, very much action-oriented with a few reflections on the nature of gods and the place of religion.… (plus d'informations)
This is an epic story full of love, battles and nasty sorcerers, while gods supposedly coming from another world (Loki and Odin) mingle with a tense situation. Overall a fun story, very much action-oriented with a few reflections on the nature of gods and the place of religion.… (plus d'informations)
Another great addition to the genre and this particular series. The Swords of Lankhmar offers a different twist in the sense that this is a full-fledged novel with a long story that runs through the totality of the book. Fafhrd and the Gay Mouser are fighting off a menacing army that threatens the very freedom and existence of their beloved city. It is a dark and epic tale full of passion, witty situations, bigger than life characters and the strangeness that is one of the characteristic of the series. It is a strong, deep and entertaining read.… (plus d'informations)
Listes
Witchy Fiction (1)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 349
- Aussi par
- 372
- Membres
- 23,617
- Popularité
- #886
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 497
- ISBN
- 779
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 98