Podcast appearances and mentions of gray mouser

por Kevin Kulp Espadas del Serpentino en un juego de espada y brujería para ser jugado con el sistema GUMSHOE que puedes ambientar en cualquier lugar, incluso en tu propia invención. Pensando en Sanctuary de Thieves' World, Lankhmar de Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser o Camorr de Locke Lamora, sin embargo, a Emily Dresner y a mí nos gusta más el juego cuando se ambienta en una gran ciudad. Como se detalla en las reglas básicas, esa ciudad es Sumergia. Construida sobre docenas de islas unidas en el delta del río Serpentino, Sumergia se considera el centro del comercio y la civilización del mundo conocido. Entonces, ¿qué tres cosas es más importante saber? Los edificios siempre se están hundiendo La ciudad fue fundada hace casi mil años por refugiados que huían río abajo, y desde entonces la mayoría de los edificios se hunden en el suelo unos 8 centímetros al año (aunque los edificios emblemáticos se hunden mucho más despacio y los poco memorables, a veces, más deprisa). Esto significa que la mayoría de los edificios pierden su planta baja cada cincuenta años. Algunos edificios se hunden más despacio, otros más deprisa y rara vez uno cae varios pisos en una sola tarde, pero casi todos acaban desapareciendo de la vista. Nadie sabe por qué. La Iglesia afirma que es la voluntad de la diosa Denari, pero los estudiosos de la teología no creen que sea eso necesariamente. A lo largo de las más de 40 generaciones que Sumergia ha estado poblada, un gran número de edificios han desaparecido por completo. Todavía están ahí abajo en alguna parte, la mayoría de ellos. Si conoces bien la ciudad subterránea, tal vez encuentres sus ruinas. La ciudad y la diosa son una Excepto cuando adopta forma humana una vez al año, los edificios e islas de Sumergia son el cuerpo de la propia diosa Denari. Se vive literalmente dentro de ella. Como diosa del comercio y la civilización, Denari bendice el comercio que tiene lugar dentro de sus fronteras. Cada moneda intercambiada es una oración, y cada transacción un sacramento. Adórala con palabras suaves en la dulce oscuridad de un jardín durante un baile de máscaras, susurradas a una atractiva desconocida; adórala burlando a un lerdo que no conocería el mejor lugar del mundo para vivir aunque le invitara a entrar. Sin embargo, el aura de su Bendición no llega a todas partes, y la hechicera corrupción puede quemarla; una hechicería descuidada podría matar literalmente a la Diosa. No es omnipotente ni omnisciente, y sólo sabe lo que sus fieles le dicen a través de la oración. La Iglesia afirma que es Su Bendición la que entrega las profecías, pero está claro que eso no siempre es cierto; dioses menores y antiguos demonios acechan por todas partes, clamando por su propio poder mediante la creación de fieles adoradores hacia ellos. Hay estatuas por todas partes, porque las estatuas representan almas El enterramiento en Sumergia siempre ha sido un problema; no puedes enterrar a tus muertos bajo tierra cuando las inundaciones son habituales, a menos que quieras ataúdes y cadáveres flotando río abajo. Hoy en día, los pobres llevan los cadáveres a uno de los pantanos y los ricos optan por el entierro celestial en zócalos de piedra río arriba. Pero lo que ocurre con la carne no es tan importante como lo que ocurre con el alma. Mientras se haga una estatua funeraria para alguien fallecido, ya sea una diminuta estatua de arcilla o una enorme y magnífica estatua de bronce fundido, el alma del difunto tiene garantizado un lugar en el cielo de Denari. Si alguna vez se destruye esa estatua, o bien el alma se desintegra y deja de existir, o bien regresa al mundo de los espíritus como fantasma. Existe la teoría herética de que los fantasmas son en realidad los recuerdos de Denari de los que vivieron, y que cuando los sacerdotes caminan por el mundo de los espíritus lo hacen literalmente a través de los recuerdos de la Diosa. En cualquier caso, las estatuas funerarias aplacan a los espíritus inquieto...

Send us a textIn this episode, Sara & Ahren dive into the magical world of fantasy and share some of our favorite must-read books! Whether you're new to the genre or a seasoned fan, these recommendations are sure to transport you to incredible realms:✨ Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson✨ Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher✨ Legendborn by Tracy Deonn✨ The Crescent Moon Kingdoms series by Saladin Ahmed✨ The Stardust Thief✨ Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Tor Books, 2023)✨ The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien (1937)✨ The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman (Gollancz, 2021; Tor Trade, 2022)✨ Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard✨ Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by Fritz Leiber

Here we have an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons product that's Licensed to Pulp! Yes, it's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser's city of Lankhmar, the home base of the two ne'er-do-wells from author Fritz Lieber's fantasy stories of the mid-20th century. Is it a location worthwhile for adventuring? Are there mysteries, foes, and most of all […]

Bookwaves/Artwaves is produced and hosted by Richard Wolinsky. Links to assorted local theater & book venues   The Probabilities Archive: Two Interviews conducted by Richard A. Lupoff The works of Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) seem to have fallen into some kind of unwarranted obscurity in recent years. An author of science fiction, horror and fantasy stories, during his lifetime he was considered a master of genre fiction. It was Fritz Leiber, according to Wikipedia, who coined the term sword and sorcery to refer to fantasy stories set in medieval times involving knights and squires and castles and dragons and all sorts of magic. His own sword and sorcery duo, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser whose stories were collected in several volumes, along with characters such as Conan the Barbarian by his contemporary, Robert E. Howard, are considered among the most notable in the genre. A stylist at a time when there were few stylists in science fiction and fantasy, his books often had social themes, including Gather Darkness, set in a future religious dystopia, The Wanderer, which explores what happens when a rogue planet comes near earth, and Our Lady of Darkness, which sets up a lovecraftian world inside modern day San Francisco. Back in the very early days of Probabilities, the three hosts (Lawrence Davidson, Richard A. Lupoff, Richard Wolinsky) associated socially with Fritz Leiber. There were three recordings to emerge from that time. One of them, focusing on Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser, exists only as a reel to reel tape, still to be digitized. Another was recorded in Leiber's apartment on Geary Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin, when Leiber was more expansive than usual. In that recording, only Fritz's voice is intelligible. The third was an interview with Richard A. Lupoff, recorded in KPFA's studios during Science Fiction Day on the KPFA fund-raising marathon in September 1977. Digitized, remastered and edited in August 2023. Complete Interview   Tony Hillerman, who died in 2008 at the age of 83, was a master of the detective genre and an important writer in detailing life on the Navajo reservation. His several novels featuring Navajo police officers Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee have been acclaimed for their accuracy and for their ability to combine Navajo history and thought into strong plot-driven novels. There are four interviews with Tony Hillerman in the Probabilities and Bookwaves archive. This first interview, conducted by Richard A. Lupoff, the late co-host of Probabilities, was recorded on January 14, 1987 in a hotel in San Francisco while Hillerman was on tour for his novel, Skinwalkers, the seventh in the series, and the first to feature both Leaphorn and Chee. He would continue to write a total of eighteen books in the series, and his daughter, Anne Hillerman, has continued the series with eight more novels, the most recent being The Way of the Bear, which was published in April, 2023. Tony Hillerman also wrote four novels outside the series, and several books of non-fiction and photography. The Dark Wind was adapted into a theatrical film in 1991. Three other novels were adapted as TV movies for PBS, and Dark Winds, a streaming series currently on AMC, is adapted from Hillerman's Leaphorn and Chee novels. Complete Interview.   Review of “Mahabharata” at Z Space through August 20, 2023.   Book Interview/Events and Theatre Links Note: Shows may unexpectedly close early or be postponed due to actors' positive COVID tests. Check the venue for closures, ticket refunds, and vaccination and mask requirements before arrival. Dates are in-theater performances unless otherwise noted. 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This week Garth Nix joins us to talk about his newest release, SIR HEREWARD AND MISTER FITZ, out August 23, 2023! Find out more at https://garthnix.com/ and follow him on X at https://twitter.com/garthnix and Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/garthnix. Thank you to all of our incredible listeners for your continued support, including our Patrons at https://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope. Don't miss out on exclusive Beyond The Trope gear over at https://BeyondTheTrope.Redbubble.com. Mentioned in this episode: The Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien Susan Cooper Andre Norton Rosemary Sutcliff Robert A. Heinlein DOWNBELOW STATION by C. J. Cherryh The Chronicles of Prydain book series by Lloyd Alexander Aubrey-Maturin book series by Patric O'Brian THE OWL SERVICE by Alan Garner ROGUES (anthology) edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series by Fritz Leiber Robert E. Howard L. Sprague de Camp DON QUIXOTE by Miguel de Cervantes Brandon Sanderson THE LEFT-HANDED BOOKSELLERS OF LONDON by Garth Nix THE SINISTER BOOKSELLERS OF BATH by Garth Nix Alistair MacLean Hammond Innes Desmond Bagley John le Carré SABRIEL by Garth Nix The Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix P. G. Wodehouse

The works of Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) seem to have fallen into some kind of unwarranted obscurity in recent years. An author of science fiction, horror and fantasy stories, during his lifetime he was considered a master of genre fiction. It was Fritz Leiber, according to Wikipedia, who coined the term sword and sorcery to refer to fantasy stories set in medieval times involving knights and squires and castles and dragons and all sorts of magic. His own sword and sorcery duo, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser whose stories were collected in several volumes, along with characters such as Conan the Barbarian by his contemporary, Robert E. Howard, are considered among the most notable in the genre. A stylist at a time when there were few stylists in science fiction and fantasy, his books often had social themes, including Gather Darkness, set in a future religious dystopia, The Wanderer, which explores what happens when a rogue planet comes near earth, and Our Lady of Darkness, which sets up a lovecraftian world inside modern day San Francisco. Back in the very early days of Probabilities, the three hosts (Lawrence Davidson, Richard A. Lupoff, Richard Wolinsky) associated socially with Fritz Leiber. There were three recordings to emerge from that time. One of them, focusing on Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser, exists only as a reel to reel tape, still to be digitized. Another was recorded in Leiber's apartment on Geary Street in San Francisco's Tenderloin, when Leiber was more expansive than usual. In that recording, only Fritz's voice is intelligible. The third was an interview with Richard A. Lupoff, recorded in KPFA's studios during Science Fiction Day on the KPFA fund-raising marathon in September 1977. This podcast features that third recording, with two inserts from the Geary Street session, duplicating and expanding on some of the material in Dick Lupoff's interview. Dick's interview has not been heard since its initial airing in 1978, and the Geary Street inserts have never been heard until now. This podcast was digitized, remastered and edited in August 2023. The post The Probabilities Archive: Fritz Leiber (1910-1992), 1977 appeared first on KPFA.

Seth Skorkowsky was born beneath the pine trees of East Texas and grew up with a love of camping and outdoors. His teen years were spent ingesting heavy doses of Dungeons & Dragons and Clive Barker novels. At thirteen, while visiting his favorite comic/game shop, he saw the cover for the AD&D “Lankhmar: City of Adventure” campaign book. Seth had no idea who Fritz Leiber or his heroes, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, even were, but the imagery captured him. Leiber's stories became the single greatest influence on the atmosphere of his fantasy writing. Sometime after college, while attempting to write the next great epic horror/fantasy, he penned a short story on the side called ‘The Mist of Lichthafen‘. It was his nod to Fritz. He sold the story to TTA Press who wanted it for their upcoming Black Static magazine. “The Mist of Lichthafen” was praised among readers. It received a longlist nomination for the 2009 British Fantasy Award. Seth would later narrate the story for TTA Press' ‘Transmissions From Beyond' podcast. Later, during a moment of writer's block in his novel, he wrote an origin story for a thief character called The Black Raven. ‘Birth of the Black Raven' was always intended to be a stand-alone story with a very open ending. A year later, after his first trip to Venice, he wrote ‘Race for the Night Ruby‘, and decided to cast the same character, but now as a master thief. Once that was done, he really had no choice but to fill in the gaps between the two stories and then continue on with more adventures. As of writing this, Black Raven has had over 21 stories. In 2011, after attending a brutal 3-day writing workshop, Seth finally came to grips that his first novel was simply dreadful. Instead of feeling dismayed, it gave him the courage to let it go and actually start work on an Urban Fantasy story that he'd been mulling for several years. DÄMOREN sold to Ragnarok Publications in 2013. It published in 2014 and was a Audie Award finalist for Best Paranormal Audiobook. A week later, lightning struck twice more when he signed to publish not just one, but two collections of Black Raven adventures. MOUNTAIN OF DAGGERS and SEA OF QUILLS. Seth has now published four Valducan novels and a seperate novel Ashes of Onyx. He has many more Black Raven adventures planned. One day he hopes to pen that epic fantasy, as well as a gritty pulp crime novel. In 2016, he started making YouTube videos about table-top role-playing games one day. His channel won the Gold ENnie Award for Best Online Content in 2019. In 2020, his first published RPG scenario ‘A Mother's Love' was released in the Call of Cthulhu collection New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley. The collection went on to win the 2020 Gold ENnie Award for Best Electronic Book. When not writing, Seth loves going on walks to clear his head and daydream. He enjoys traveling. His favorite city is Florence. Table-top role-playing is still an enormous part of his life. He loves, going to Renaissance faires, making YouTube videos, and watching bad movies with friends. To learn more: https://skorkowsky.com https://www.youtube.com/@SSkorkowsky https://www.amazon.com/stores/Seth-Skorkowsky/author/B00JO2GKX6?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true To learn more about Dieku Games: https://diekugames.com https://diekugames.itch.io https://www.instagram.com/diekugames https://www.twitter.com/diekugames https://www.tiktok.com/@diekugames https://www.patreon.com/diekugames https://diekugames.blogspot.com https://discord.gg/M3jmUvcKt5 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diekugames/message

3:35:51 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Duran Duran at Madison Square Garden, finished The Knight and Knave of Swords by Fritz Leiber, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Beatnic, New Riders of the Purple Sage, King Car Whisky, The Onsug Preview Channel – August 2017, The Fixx at The Palladium, Jill Sobule, […]

3:35:51 – Frank in New Jersey, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Duran Duran at Madison Square Garden, finished The Knight and Knave of Swords by Fritz Leiber, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Beatnic, New Riders of the Purple Sage, King Car Whisky, The Onsug Preview Channel – August 2017, The Fixx at The Palladium, Jill Sobule, […]

Ahimsa Kerp joins us to discuss Fritz Leiber's "The Knight and Knave of Swords", Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in Riverside, ooh naughty sexy times, sex-obsessed adventurers, the city of Lankhmar, transgressive swords and sorcery, aging characters in fantasy RPGs, moon priestesses, pushing luck mechanics, having identifiably unique cultures, mythic Greece, and much more!

3:44:22 – Frank in New Jersey and New York, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trains that go to malls, Japanese arcades, Nutley to Hicksville, The Fall, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, Mad God, The Shins, Woody Allen, Penn Station, Moynihan Train Hall, Hint not mint, LIRR, Ronkonkama, High Noon, train banter, Intermodal Center, Broadway Commons, Alleyway, Hicksville […]

3:44:22 – Frank in New Jersey and New York, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Trains that go to malls, Japanese arcades, Nutley to Hicksville, The Fall, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, Mad God, The Shins, Woody Allen, Penn Station, Moynihan Train Hall, Hint not mint, LIRR, Ronkonkama, High Noon, train banter, Intermodal Center, Broadway Commons, Alleyway, Hicksville […]

2:12:04 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Gerry Marsden, Beatles cassettes, fashion, vegan ramen, Buffalo, Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser, Dungeons & Dragons, bus weirdness, Port Authority Bus Terminal, making people’s lives more meaningful, immanetize the eschaton, mask weirdness, Neu!, Pilgrim Take Heart, Midjourney (cardboard ankh fairies, a grandfather clock that […]

2:12:04 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Gerry Marsden, Beatles cassettes, fashion, vegan ramen, Buffalo, Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser, Dungeons & Dragons, bus weirdness, Port Authority Bus Terminal, making people’s lives more meaningful, immanetize the eschaton, mask weirdness, Neu!, Pilgrim Take Heart, Midjourney (cardboard ankh fairies, a grandfather clock that […]

Today we're joined by Stephen Cox, the author of the science-fiction drama Our Child Of The Stars, and the newly-published sequel, Our Child Of Two Worlds, both published by Jo Fletcher Books. Stephen dives with us into Fritz Leiber's swords-and-sorcery classic, Swords And Deviltry, which introduces two of fantasy's greatest heroes, the barbarian Fafhrd, and the sly swordsman Gray Mouser. We talk about the origin stories of the two heroes, and the psychodramas contained therein, paying attention to how the young protagonists must each escape the very different types of parental stranglehold to make their own way in the world; the female characters of the world of Nehwon; and Leiber's huge, pervasive influence upon the fantasy genre in all its guises, from fiction to D&D to computer gaming. We also take an in-depth look at Stephen's latest novel, Our Child Of Two Worlds, which continues the story of the charming but lost alien child Cory, and introduces an existential threat to humanity from the outer reaches of the cosmos. Stephen tells us about some of his writing processes, the experience of having two literary agents, and the difficulties of publishing in the 21st century. We also discuss the question of "Hard" SF versus "Soft" SF, and how this is affecting current trends in the genre. Elsewhere The Judge provides fascinating historical (and futuristic) information on how writers might use the issue of defamation for their worldbuilding. We hear Stuart Orford's winning entry from the March 75-word writing challenge, and strange reports of dragons and sorcerers abound in Kinnegad, near the bus stop. Join us in May when our guest will be the multiple award-winning author Tade Thompson, who will be waxing lyrical about Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's comic book maxiseries masterpiece, WATCHMEN. Index [00:00] Stephen Cox Interview Part 1 [38:57] Voicemail 1 [39:41] The Judge's Corner [54:55] Voicemail 2 [55:54] Writing Challenge Winner [56:55] Voicemail 3 [58:05] Stephen Cox Interview Part 2 Links Stephen Cox's website and blog Join Chrons for free

For this episode we're joined by Richard Sheppard, host of The Constant Reader Podcast, which takes a deep dive into all things Stephen King, from his numerous novels to the equally numerous movie and TV adaptations of his work.Richard talks with us about John Landis's seminal 1981 film An American Werewolf in London, a horror comedy that is funny and scary in equal measure, and remains the high watermark for werewolf movies everywhere, and especially so for a curious period in the early 1980s when werewolf fever seems to have had America in its lycanthropic claw. We talk werewolves in general, taking in themes of duality, Jewishness, sexuality, the Beauty and the Beast myth, and of course, the literally transformative advances made in movie make-up and special effects technology in the late 1970s and early 1980s.We also take the time to talk about The Constant Reader Podcast, about podcasting more generally, and the possibilities of making your voice heard using non-conventional means.Elsewhere, The Judge delivers her verdict on defamation, we'll hear Third Player, our very own Christopher's winning entry from the January 300-word challenge, and A Better Yesterday, Reiver33's winning entry from the February 75-word challenge, and a regular evening down in Slish Wood takes a turn for the worse when a full Moon appears from behind the clouds...Further Reading and LinksThe Constant Reader Podcast Join SFF Chronicles for freeIndex[00:00] Richard Sheppard Interview Part 1 [47:20] Voicemail 1[48:23] The Judge's Corner[1:02:24] Voicemail 2[1:03:08] Writing Challenge Winners[1:06:18] Voicemail 3[1:07:08] Richard Sheppard Interview Part 2Join us next month when we talk to author Stephen Cox about swords and sorcery in Fritz Leiber's genre classic Swords And Deviltry, featuring two of fantasy's greatest heroes, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, and Stephen's latest novel Our Child Of Two Worlds.

Leif and Tim return from a winter break to talk about their Christmas hauls, and some good old fashioned fantasy. Leif is reading Swords and Deviltry, a sword and sorcery fantasy book starring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, by Fritz Leiber. Topics of discussion include prolific authors, unlikeable characters, and D&D. Follow us on Twitter at @TsundokuPod for extra tidbits that don't make it into the episodes! Music by Veltpunch.

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2:13:22 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Bantam, Tente, brisk morning, weird sweater, Fotomat, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, listeners in other worlds, 500 wins with Hunter, volcano erupts on the Canary Island of La Palma, my pet theory, black cubes, a mid-level cosmic being stumbling in the […]

2:13:22 – Frank in New Jersey and New York City, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Bantam, Tente, brisk morning, weird sweater, Fotomat, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, listeners in other worlds, 500 wins with Hunter, volcano erupts on the Canary Island of La Palma, my pet theory, black cubes, a mid-level cosmic being stumbling in the […]

2:36:00 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Telepresence, going to work in NYC, noise pollution, Woodsy Owl, detour, celebrity liquor, astral travel, Times Square, old bus stop and comic shop, Simple, Contact, ramen, depressing seating areas, Grand Central, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, commercial interior design, Rock & Rule (1983), […]

2:36:00 – Frank in New Jersey and NYC, plus the Other Side. Topics include: Telepresence, going to work in NYC, noise pollution, Woodsy Owl, detour, celebrity liquor, astral travel, Times Square, old bus stop and comic shop, Simple, Contact, ramen, depressing seating areas, Grand Central, Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, commercial interior design, Rock & Rule (1983), […]

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we walk the shadowy streets of Lankhmar: City of Adventure, one of the greatest RPG city sourcebooks. Based on the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories by Fritz Leiber, Lankhmar is both a city and a larger campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons (using a modified character creation system) that captures the atmosphere of the original stories. The real genius of the book is the approach to the city, which uses modular geomorphs for the tangled and ever-changing back alleys. We also talk a bit about Leiber, his Lankhmar co-creator Otto Fischer and the stories themselves, which form one of the biggest influences on early Dungeons & Dragons. * * * New discount code from our friends at Noble Knight! Use INDIERPG at checkout in store or online for $5 off purchases $25 and more. This one runs from September 14 through October 5. Maybe you can snag a copy of Stormbringer! Hang out with us on the Vintage RPG Discord! If  you dig what we do, join us on the Vintage RPG Patreon for more roleplaying fun and surprises! Patrons keep us going! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Available on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and your favorite podcast clients. Send questions, comments or corrections to info@vintagerpg.com. Follow Vintage RPG on Instagram, Tumblr and Facebook. Learn more at the Vintage RPG FAQ. Follow Stu Horvath, John McGuire, VintageRPG and Unwinnable on Twitter. Intro music by George Collazo. The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter. Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

D.J. Butler discusses In the Palace of Shadow and Joy, a far-far-far future science fiction adventure novel in the spirit of Fritz Leiber's Fafhryd and the Gray Mouser stories and Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Butler explains why a super-old future Earth might seem like a permanent Mos Eisley cantina; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 22.

D.J. Butler discusses In the Palace of Shadow and Joy, a far-far-far future science fiction adventure novel in the spirit of Fritz Leiber's Fafhryd and the Gray Mouser stories and Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. Butler explains why a super-old future Earth might seem like a permanent Mos Eisley cantina; and David Weber's Uncompromising Honor, Part 22.

Ray and Angus stroll the streets of Lankhmar and report back on their findings! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to kirbyskidspodcast@gmail.com. Please share your impressions once you have read: Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Cloud of Hate and Other Stories https://www.comixology.com/Fritz-Leibers-Fafhrd-and-the-Gray-Mouser-Cloud-of-Hate-and-Other-Stories/digital-comic/390847 In 1973, industry titan Denny O'Neil joined master artists Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson to adapt stories starring Fritz Leiber's timeless fantasy characters, the barbarian Fafhrd and the nimble rogue the Gray Mouser. Leave a message via the anchor app at Kirby's Kids. www.anchor.fm/kirbyskids Join the Community Discussions https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2020 http://www.kirbyskids.com/2019/11/holiday-special-kirbys-kids-giving.html For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com

Welcome to Comics Archeology! What started out as a segment during our reviews of graphic novels has now turned into a series and to start us off we will be doing a deep dive into Appendix N this month. We will first ask the question 'What is Appendix N?'. Then in following episodes we will shine a light on Appendix N author's influence on comics, comics' influence on Dungeons & Dragons, and finally Dungeons & Dragons' influence on comics. During this exploration we hope to uncover some insights as to why popular fantasy and science fiction literature, comics, and role playing games just go well together and are culturally one. We hope you enjoy this latest exploration! Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to kirbyskidspodcast@gmail.com. Please join us this month for our reads: March is APPENDIX N MONTH and we are celebrating with Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Cloud of Hate and Other Stories - Dennis O’Neil https://www.comixology.com/Fritz-Leibers-Fafhrd-and-the-Gray-Mouser-Cloud-of-Hate-and-Other-Stories/digital-comic/390847 In 1973, industry titan Denny O'Neil joined master artists Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson to adapt stories starring Fritz Leiber's timeless fantasy characters, the barbarian Fafhrd and the nimble rogue the Gray Mouser. Now, for the first time ever, Dark Horse Books is collecting all of those exciting tales of swords and devilry into one handsome collection! Drawn by Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson! Bonus story penciled by Jim Starlin! Discussion Schedule: March 6th - Sword of Sorcery #1 March 13th - Sword of Sorcery #2 & #3 March 20th - Sword of Sorcery #4 & #5 The Comic Book Character Of The Month for March is Drizzt Do'Urden! We will be reading: Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Vol. 1: Homeland https://www.comixology.com/Dungeons-Dragons-The-Legend-of-Drizzt-Vol-1-Homeland/digital-comic/189898 Adapting the famous series by R.A. Salvatore, beginning with Book 1 of the Dark Elf Trilogy, Homeland. Travel back to strange and exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the Drow and homeland to Icewind Dale hero Drizzt Do'Urden. The young prince of a royal house, Drizzt grows to maturity in the vile world of his dark kin. Possessing honor beyond the scope of his unprincipled society, young Drizzt faces an inevitable dilemma. Can he live in a world that rejects integrity? Discussion Schedule: March 4th - Chapter 1 March 11th - Chapter 2 March 18th - Chapter 3 Leave a message via the anchor app at Kirby's Kids. www.anchor.fm/kirbyskids Join the Community Discussions https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2020 http://www.kirbyskids.com/2019/11/holiday-special-kirbys-kids-giving.html For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com

Fritz Leiber is probably best known to fantasy fans as the creator of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, but he was also an accomplished author across a myriad of pulp formats. In his 1943 novel Conjure Wife, he creates a world that is only modern on its surface, where behind every great academic is an equally great witch. When sociologist Norman Saylor discovers his wife's occult activities, he convinces her to stop her conjuration. Shortly thereafter, a series of terrible coincidences--or is it black magic?--start to turn his world upside down. What are the risks of being the big bohemian on campus? What are some of the ways authors keep magic magical in their stories and stop if from being just another form of science? What do this book's witches think about astrology? And what is up with the sexy college gown striptease? All these questions and more will be answered in this episode of Bad Books for Bad People. BBfBP theme song by True Creature  Find us at BadBooksBadPeople.com, on Twitter @badbooksbadppl, Instagram @badbooksbadpeople and on Facebook. You can discover where to get all the books featured on Bad Books for Bad People on our About Page.

No survey of weird literature would be complete without mentioning Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951). As with all masters of the genre, Blackwood's take on the weird is singular: here, it isn't the cold reaches of outer space that elicit in us a nihilistic frisson, but the vast expanses of our own planet's wild places -- especially the northern woods. In his story "The Wendigo," Blackwood combines the beliefs of the Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands with the folktales of his native Britain to weave an ensorcelling story that perfectly captures the mood of the Canadian wilderness. In this conversation, JF and Phil discuss their own experience of that wilderness growing up in Ontario. The deeper they go, the spookier things get. An episode best enjoyed in solitude, by a campfire. Header Image: "Highway 60 Passing Through the Boreal Forest in Algonquin Park" by Dimana Koralova, Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Highway_60_passing_through_the_boreal_forest_in_Algonquin_Park_(September_2008).png) SHOW NOTES Glenn Gould, The Idea of North (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szgnGV4hOKU) Algernon Blackwood, "The Wendigo" (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10897/10897-h/10897-h.htm) Game of Thrones (https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones) (HBO series) Weird Studies, Episode 29: On Lovecraft (https://www.weirdstudies.com/29) H. P. Lovecraft, "Supernatural Horror in Literature" (http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/essays/shil.aspx) Edgar Allan Poe, "The Philosophy of Composition" (https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/69390/the-philosophy-of-composition) Fritz Leiber, [The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FafhrdandtheGrayMouser) Richard Wagner, Parsifal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsifal) David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4093826/) Peter Heller, The River: A Novel (https://www.amazon.com/River-novel-Peter-Heller/dp/0525521879) The Killing of Tim McLean (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Tim_McLean) (July 30, 2008) Weird Studies, Episode 3: Ecstasy, Sin, and "The White People" (https://www.weirdstudies.com/3) Mysterious Universe: Strange and Terrifying Encounters with Skinwalkers (https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/11/strange-and-terrifying-encounters-with-skinwalkers/) Jacques Vallée, Passport to Magonia: On UFOs, Folklore, and Parallel Worlds (https://www.amazon.com/Passport-Magonia-Folklore-Parallel-Worlds/dp/0809237962) Graham Harman, Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy (https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Realism-Philosophy-Graham-Harman-ebook/dp/B009ODXIH6) Arthur Machen, Hieroglyphics: A Note Upon Ecstasy (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40241)

Italian Renaissance sword fighting expert and author Guy Windsor takes over the Dream Tower all the way from England with the help of that mutinous little bird Edgar the Raven, and this time, Robert Zoltan is on the hot seat! They converse about Robert's influences for his Rogues of Merth series ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KJZ7JKC ), the founders of modern sword and sorcery fantasy adventure, the creative process, and much more! Click here to listen: http://www.dreamtowermedia.com/podcast Join the newsletter: https://dreamtowermedia.com/contact/ SHOW NOTES: Rogues of Merth, The Adventures of Dareon and Blue, Guy Windsor, Edgar the Raven, Founders of Modern Fantasy, influences on story creation, archetypes in story, city mouse, country mouse, city boy, country boy, double acts in fiction or comedy, Fritz Leiber, Nehwon, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Robert E. Howard, Conan, Jack Vance, The Dying Earth, Michael Moorcock, Elric, The Eternal Champion Cycle, C.L. Moore, Catherine Moore, Jirel of Joiry, Northwest Smith, difference between imitation and inspiration, the deep sources of inspiration, the conceptual mind versus the instinctual, why Blue is blue, Native American archetype, The Blue Lamp, Voyage to the End of Time, One Night in Merth, Sails on Scarlet Sands, Citadel of the Seven Doors, inspiration for stories from actual life, theater, bubble stories and episodes, Shakespeare, The Globe Theater, The Twilight Theater, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, sailing, ship adventures, Alan Villiers, Sons of Sindbad, arab dhow, Northern Africa, Freya Stark, The Southern Gates of Arabia, Flaubert in Egypt, late 19th and early 20th Century travel memoirs, alternate universes, alternate dimensions, alternate selves, physics, surreal dreamlike settings, heroes seeking the meaning of life, interludes, experimental novel, poetry, Francois Villon, poetry, The Recollections and Admonitions of Dareon Vin, writing in non-chronological order, A Night in the Library, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Scyell, audiobook dramas, audio dramas, audio the next big thing in storytelling, audio is actually the oldest way of storytelling, medieval armored combat, graphic design, illustrations in books, Kiplying Just So Stories, games, gaming, game figures, Fiore dei Liberi, The Flower of Battle, fencing, game printing on demand, The Characteristics of Games, Frazetta chess set, ancient Persian figures, deserts are great places to get lost in, Red Rock Canyon, feeling in the solar plexus, spiritual experiences, Satori experiences, The Farmer’s Daughter, young woman, white wolf, dreams, You Can’t Push the River Faster Than It’s Meant to Go, waiting for the story, mysterious unconscious creative process, channeling from the subconscious or the collective unconscious Rogues of Merth Book 2, grace, being in the present moment, an act of violence against your story and yourself, doing the work, The Diamond Stars, write what you would want to read by your favorite authors, write stories because you want to read them, Paul Andersen, The Lord of the Rings, love of the land, love of nature, Fellowship of the Ring, write what you know and love, maps, Plemora, California, Northern Africa, the Mediterranean, Persia, Stronger Than Blood, amber, It Never Rains in California, synchronicity, coincidence of events, sense of wonder in the world, sense of mystery, the truly mysterious, the numinous, not being afraid to let the wondrous mystery of life in, Joseph Campbell, art that is transparent to transcendence, writing something that has value and meaning as a doorway to joy or mystery or bliss, childhood.

This Pulp Event Podcast features "Two Sought Adventure." It's a look at the 80 years of Fritz Leiber's characters Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Presenting are Jason Aiken and Morgan Holmes. The talk was recorded on Aug. 15, 2019, at PulpFest 2019, in Pittsburgh Pa.

00:01 Introduction; 00:10 Hitting the ground hurts; 00:20 A game that includes Monster; 00:35 A game that includes Claws; 01:25 Michigan politics and finance; 02:15 Suffrage game; 04:05 The right person to approach a subject; 05:00 Tobacco game; 05:15 Shackleton game; 05:35 Abstracts; 07:00 Two player shenanigans train game; 07:35 Multiplayer train game series; 07:55 The Winsome Question; 09:20 The future of Hollandspiele; 10:35 Cats and dogs; 12:25 Solo games for 2019; 14:35 We miss Ania; 16:25 Tom's compensation; 16:40 Release schedule; 19:00 Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser; 21:05 Shields & Swords Ancients update; 21:55 Favorite films; 23:00 The first time we met; 23:30 The pillow story.

Angus explores Appendix N Literature's Characters In Comics fresh off of his Gary Con XI experience. Three characters in particular are profiled: Robert E. Howard's Conan The Barbarian, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser, and Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné. Please drop us a message on the anchor app or send us an mp3 or email to kirbyskidspodcast@gmail.com. Please join us on our March graphic novel read of Elric of Melniboné: Elric Vol. 1: The Ruby Throne https://www.comixology.com/Elric-Vol-1-The-Ruby-Throne/digital-comic/136126 Elric Vol. 2: Stormbringer https://www.comixology.com/Elric-Vol-2-Stormbringer/digital-comic/205206 Leave a message via the anchor app at Kirby's Kids. www.anchor.fm/kirbyskids Join the Community Discussions https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2019 https://www.kirbyskids.com/2018/11/kirbys-kids-graphic-novel-reading-list.html For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com

Special guest Joey Royale of Drinking & Dragons joins us to discuss Fritz Leiber’s Swords in the Mist! (Please also see the Episode 3 and Episode 18 show notes for additional information about the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser) Swords in the Mist (Ace Books, 1968) by Fritz Leiber was originally published in paperback as the third book in Ace Books’ complete seven volume saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. The stories is this volume are “The Cloud of Hate” (1963), “Lean Times in Lankhmar” (1959), “Their Mistress, the Sea” (1968), “When the Sea-King’s Away” (1960), “The Wrong Branch” (1968), and “Adept’s Gambit” (1947). “Adept’s Gambit” was the very first Fafhrd and Gray Mouser story written in 1936, only to be rejected for publication in Weird Tales magazine. It did not appear in print until after World War II in the hardcover collection Night’s Black Agents (Arkham House, 1947). H.P. Lovecraft himself read “Adept’s Gambit” in manuscript after Leiber’s wife Jonquil opened a correspondence between the Leibers and Lovecraft that lasted until Lovecraft’s death in early 1937. Lovecraft became a great champion of “Adept’s Gambit”, calling it “remarkably fine & distinctive bit of cosmic fantasy”. The draft that Lovecraft read and critiqued is now lost, but we do know that Leiber removed the overt Cthulhu Mythos references in the story and eventually created the world of Nehwon rather than continuing to set Fafhrd and the Mouser’s adventures in the Mediterranean and Near East of Antiquity. The other particularly notable story in Swords in the Mist is “Lean Times in Lankhmar”, which was originally commissioned by Cele Goldsmith for the all-Leiber November 1959 issue of Fantastic magazine. Leiber’s career had hit the doldrums in mid-1950s partly due to alcohol problems, so Goldsmith’s commissioning of “Lean Times in Lankhmar” was significant step in bringing back Fafhrd and the Mouser. New tales of Nehwon would appear regularly after that up until the late 1980s, enshrining the Twain as Leiber’s most beloved creations. Jeffrey Catherine Jones provided the cover art for Swords in the Mist, opting to create an overall mood of mystery and epic adventure rather than a literal depiction of a scene from any of the stories. Once again though, the trade dress of later printings constrained and compromised the overall effect: TSR continued to hold the role-playing game license for Lankhmar during the 1990s, publishing the following adventures for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 2nd Edition: LNA1: Thieves of Lankhmar (1990), LNA2: Newhon (1990), LNA3: Prince of Lankhmar (1991), LNQ1: Slayers of Lankhmar (1992), LNR1: Wonders of Lankhmar (1990), and LNR2: Tales of Lankhmar (1991). Additionally, Lankhmar: City of Adventure was updated for AD&D 2E in 1993 and it was followed by the sourcebook Rogues in Lankhmar in 1995. TSR’s last Lankhmar product was the boxed set Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar: The New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser (1996), which was both a campaign setting and a stand-alone game featuring a stripped-down version of the AD&D 2E ruleset. TSR self-destructed shortly thereafter in 1997 so that was the end of Lankhmar in Dungeons & Dragons. That wasn’t the end of Fafhrd and the Mouser’s adventures in roleplaying though, but once again that’s a story for another day…. Reading Resources: Swords in the Mist (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 3) (trade paperback/Kindle ebook) Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser publication order reading list - Michael Curtis and the Goodman Games crew have compiled an original publication order reading list for the DCC Lankhmar Kickstarter, helpfully highlighting stories they consider “essential reading”. Additional Reading: Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Cloud of Hate and Other Stories collects the 1973 DC Comics series Sword of Sorcery, featuring adaptations and original tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by comics legends Denny O'Neil, Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson, and Jim Starlin.

Swords Against Death (Ace Books, 1970) by Fritz Leiber was originally published in paperback as part of Ace Books’ complete seven volume saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Although Swords Against Death is second in the series chronology, it was actually the fifth book published. The stories is this volume are “The Circle Curse” (1970), “The Jewels in the Forest” (1939), “Thieves’ House” (1943), “The Bleak Shore” (1940), “The Howling Tower” (1941), “The Sunken Land” (1942), “The Seven Black Priests” (1953), “Claws from the Night” (1951), “The Price of Pain-Ease” (1970), and “Bazaar of the Bizarre” (1963). “The Jewels in the Forest” was the very first Fafhrd and Gray Mouser story to appear in print, under its original title “Two Sought Adventure” in Unknown magazine in 1939. The subsequent four stories also appeared in Unknown, which was cancelled in 1943 due to wartime paper shortages. A further handful of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories including “Claws from the Night” and “The Seven Black Priests” trickled out over the next two decades. In 1957 all of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories to date except “Adept’s Gambit” (1936/1947) were collected in the Gnome Press hardcover Two Sought Adventure. This collection was later expanded to provide the spine of Swords Against Death.

Catch My Breath: https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Disney-Animation-Studios-Showcase/dp/1484728378 The Color of Pixar: https://www.amazon.com/Color-Pixar-Tia-Kratter/dp/1452159203 Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafhrd_and_the_Gray_Mouser Andrew Kolb: http://www.kolbisneat.com StartUp Podcast: https://gimletmedia.com/startup/ Kingsman: The Golden Circle: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4649466/ IN TENEBRIS LUX: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2129541221/in-tenebris-lux

Swords and Deviltry (Ace Books, 1970) by Fritz Leiber was originally published in paperback as part of Ace Books’ complete seven volume saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Although Swords and Deviltry is first in the series chronology, it was actually the fourth book published. Leiber and his lifelong friend Harry Otto Fischer created Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser in an exchange of letters in 1934, basing the pair loosely on their own friendship, with Fischer as the diminutive Mouser and Leiber as the towering Fafhrd. The first story featuring the Twain (as they are often called) to appear in print was “Two Sought Adventure” AKA “The Jewels in the Forest” in 1939 in Unknown magazine. A handful of further Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories trickled out over the next two decades until Cele Goldsmith commissioned brand-new stories for Fantastic magazine starting in 1959, which lead to the Ace paperback collections of the late 1960s. Other than the continued interest in Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories, this new appreciation of Leiber’s fantasy fiction was one of the biggest contributors to the sword and sorcery renaissance of the 1960s. In fact, Leiber is credited with coining the term “sword and sorcery” in 1961 when Michael Moorcock called for a name for the type of fantasy fiction that Howard, Leiber and others were coming to exemplify. By the time Swords and Deviltry was published Leiber had been writing tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser for over 30 years, but it is only in this book that he revealed their full origins in the stories “Induction” (1957), “The Snow Women” (1970), “The Unholy Grail” (1962), and “Ill-Met in Lankhmar” (1970). Swords and Deviltry featured a typically moody Jeffrey Catherine Jones cover, although the effect is compromised by the trade dress of later printings: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser’s gaming history actually predates their first publication, as Leiber and Fischer created a complex three-dimensional board game in 1937 to amuse themselves and help them visualize the Twain’s stomping grounds of the city of Lankhmar and the world of Nehwon. This game was later re-developed and published by TSR as Lankhmar in 1976. Leiber and Fischer weren’t mere hands-off IP licensors, however. Leiber would contribute a witty conversation with Fafhrd and the Mouser about wargaming in the very first issue of The Dragon (1976), followed by the short story “Sea Magic” in issue 11 (1977). Fischer’s short story “The Childhood and Youth of The Gray Mouser” then appeared in issue 18 (1978). Lawrence Shick and Tom Moldvay gave Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser their first Advanced Dungeons & Dragons write-up in issue 27 of The Dragon (1979). The Twain and various other denizens of Nehwon were given a whole chapter in James M. Ward’s and Robert J. Kuntz’s Deities & Demigods (1980), with memorably gritty illustrations by Jennell Jaquays. Future notes on the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series will cover later TSR Lankhmar publications, post-TSR licensees and other games that have been directly influenced by the city of Lankhmar. Stay tuned!

Gänget tar sig an den digra uppgiften att lista världens bästa fantasy! Kommer de att komma levande ur detta?   Länklista   The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole, 1764) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_of_Otranto   The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant (Stephen R. Donaldson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Thomas_Covenant   Lord Foul´s Bane (1977) The Illearth War (1978) The Power that Preserves (1979) The Wounded Land (1980) The One Tree (1982) White Gold Wielder (1983) The Runes of the Earth (2004) Fatal Revenant (2007) Against All Things Ending (2010) The Last Dark (2013)   Mistborn (Brandon Sanderson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistborn_series   The Final Empire (2006) The Well of Ascension (2007) The Hero of Ages (2008) The Alloy of Law (2011) Shadows of Self (2015) The Bands of Mourning (2016) Stormlight Archive (Brandon Sanderson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stormlight_Archive   The Way of Kings (2010) Words of Radiance (2014)   Jonathan Strange & Mr Norell (Susanna Clarke, 2004) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Strange_%26_Mr_Norrell Fafhrd och Gråkatt (Fritz Leiber) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Leiber#Fafhrd_and_the_Gray_Mouser_series   Svärd i Lankhmar (1992) Svärd och köldmagi (1992)   The Wheel of Time (Robert Jordan)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time   New Spring (2004) The Eye of the World (1990) The Great Hunt (1990) The Dragon Reborn (1991) The Shadow Rising (1992) The Fires of Heaven (1993) Lord of Chaos (1994) A Crown of Swords (1996) The Path of Daggers (1998) Winter´s Heart (2000) Crosssroads of Twilight (2003) Knife of Dreams (2005) The Gathering Storm (Brandon Sanderson, 2009) Towers of Midnight (Brandon Sanderson, 2010) A Memory of Light (Brandon Sanderson, 2013)   The Kingkiller Chronicle (Patrick Rothfuss) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kingkiller_Chronicle   The Name of the Wind (2007) The Wise Mans Fear (2011)   The Hobbit (J. R. R. Tolkien, 1937) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit   The Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings   The Fellowship of the Ring (1954) The Two Towers (1954) The Return of the King (1955)   The Silmarillion (J. R. R. Tolkien, 1977) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion   Sagan om Isfolket (Margit Sandemo, 47 böcker, 1982-1989) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagan_om_Isfolket   Discworld (Terry Pratchett, 41 böcker, 1983-2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld   The Colour of Magic (1983) The Light Fantastic (1986) Wyrd Sisters (1988)   “Dödstweets” från Terry Pratchett (d. 2015) http://time.com/3742565/terry-pratchetts-last-tweet-twitter/   A Song of Ice and Fire (George RR Martin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire   A Game of Thrones (1996) A Clash of Kings (1999) A Storm of Swords (2000) A Feast for Crows (2005) A Dance with Dragons (2011) The Winds of Winter (ej släppt) A Dream of Spring (ej släppt)   The Belgariad (David Eddings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Belgariad   Pawn of Prophecy (1982) Queen of Sorcery (1982) Magicians's Gambit Castle of Wizardry Enchanter's End Game   The Mallorean (David Eddings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Malloreon   Guardians of the West (1988) King of Murgos (1988) Demon Lord of Karandra (1988) Sorceress of Darshiva (1989) The seeress of Kell (1991)   The Elenium (David Eddings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elenium   The Diamond Throne (1989) The Ruby Knight (1991) The Sapphire Rose (1992)   The Tamuli (David Eddings) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tamuli   Domes of Fire (1992) The Shining Ones (1994) The Hidden City (1995)   Conan the Barbarian (Robert E. Howard, flera kortare berättelser, 1932 - 1936) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian   Mio, min Mio (Astrid Lindgren, 1954) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mio,_min_Mio   Bröderna Lejonhjärta (Astrid Lindgren, 1973) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%B6derna_Lejonhj%C3%A4rta   Ronja Rövardotter (Astrid Lindgren, 1981) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronja_Rövardotter   Earthsea (Ursula K. Le Guin) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthsea   A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) The Tombs of Atuan (1971) The Farthest Shore (1972) The Winds Twelve Quarters (1975) Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea (1990)Tales from the Earthsea (2001) The Other Wind (2001)   Perdido Street Station (Chine Miéville, 2000) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdido_Street_Station   Dragonlance Chronicles (Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonlance_Chronicles   Dragons of Autumn Twilight (1984) Dragons of Winter Night (1985) Dragons of Spring Sawning (1985)   Icewind Dale-trilogin (R.A. Salvatore ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy   The Crystal Shard (1988) Streams of Silver (1989) The Halfling’s Gem (1990)   The Witcher-sagan (Andrzej Sapkowski) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher Sword of Destiny (1992)The Last Wish (1993)Blood of Elves (1994)Time of Contempt (1995)Baptism of Fire (1996)The Swallow's Tower (Engelsk översättning kommer 2016)Lady of the Lake (1999, engelsk översättning kommer 2017)   American Gods (Neil Gaiman, 2001) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods   Malazan Book of the Fallen-serien (Steven Erikson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malazan_Book_of_the_Fallen Gardens of the Moon (1999) Deadhouse Gates (2000) Memories of Ice (2001) House of Chains (2002) Midnight Tides (2004) The Bonehunters (2006) Reaper's Gale (2007) Toll the Hounds (2008) Dust of Dreams (2009) The Crippled God (2011)   The Gentleman Bastards-serien (Scott Lynch)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Lynch#The_Gentleman_Bastard_SequenceThe Lies of Locke Lamora (2006)Red Seas Under Red Skies (2007) The Republic of Thieves (2013)   The Book of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_New_Sun The Shadow of the Torturer (1980)The Claw of the Conciliator (1981)The Sword of the Lictor (1982)The Citadel of the Autarch (1983)The Urth of the New Sun (1987)   The Book of the Long Sun (Gene Wolfe)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Long_Sun Nightside the Long Sun (1993)Lake of the Long Sun (1994)Caldé of the Long Sun (1994)Exodus from the Long Sun (1996) The Book of the Short Sun (Gene Wolfe)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Short_Sun On Blue's Waters (1999)In Green's Jungles (2000)Return to the Whorl (2001)  

Time magazine book critic and New York Times Bestselling author Lev Grossman joins Jen to talk about his Magicians trilogy. The final installment of the series, The Magician's Land, hit number one on the New York Times Bestseller list this month, and Lev chats with Jen about wrapping up the trilogy, where the idea for the series first came from, bringing realism to the depiction of fantastical worlds and the use of magic, the forthcoming TV adaptation, and much more. Be warned there are some mild spoilers if you haven't finished the trilogy! If you're enjoying PrePopCulture, please rate/review it on iTunes, and like it on Facebook! You can also follow PrePopCulture on Twitter. Want to suggest a topic for an episode? Email prepopculture@gmail.com! Show notes: Follow Lev on Twitter and see him at Dragon Con in the Fantasy Literature Track and the Young Adult Literature Track The Magicians The Magician King The Magician's Land Lev's work at Time magazine Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series, beginning with A Wizard of Earthsea Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Lev's recommendations: Larry Niven's stories The Magic Goes Away and Not Long Before The End (which can be found in the collection The Magic Goes Away), Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser books, Metric, the Mountain Goats, the Eels, and webcomic Achewood Theme song Alps by Motorama is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) License.

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Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser was originally published in the early 90s as part of Marvel’s Epic imprint. Drawn by Mike Mignola (of Hellboy fame) and adapted by Howard Chaykin from the classic sword and sorcery stories by Fritz Leiber, these stories heavily influenced an entire generation of fantasy, from novels of Terry Pratchett to Dungeons and […]

Hosts: Jim, Jon & KentGuest: John "Scooter" Weaver In this episode we create a burgeoning city full of humans making its way in the world on the edge of three nonhuman lands. In this fantasy world, the human kingdoms do all they can to get a leg-up on their competition, and political backstabbing is the norm. And all the while, the elves, dwarves and orcs watch them as they move closer and closer to danger.RECOMMENDATIONS: Jim recommends Trader Tales: Quarter Share by Nathan Lowell. Jon recommends Giant in the Playground & Order of the Stick.Mentioned in this Episode:Dungeons & DragonsThieves' WorldFritz Leiber / Fafhrd & the Gray MouserBlack Hills Gold RushConvicts in AustraliaDUNE / The SpiceBalance of TerrorThe Fisher KingHouses of the BloodedWicker ManBritanniaChivalry / Courtly LoveThe Bishop!LeviathanStar Trek / Kirk WomanizingDark SunChargé d'affairesHoovervilleDyson Sphere / Dyson Vacuum CleanersLowe'sStilgar / House Atreides / Muad'dibPresidio / The PresidioSolomon's Porch / ColonnadePrimate / Metropolitan / MagisteriumCaratacusLichMagusNathan Lowell / Quarter ShareGiant in the Playground / Order of the Stick Episode 18 - Accord Download