The Fritz Leiber Short Story Collection

by Fritz Leiber

Overview

Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (December 24, 1910 - September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert. With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of sword and sorcery fantasy. Moreover, he excelled in all fields of speculative fiction, writing award-winning work in fantasy, horror, and science fiction.This volume contains the following great stories: The Night of the Long Knives, The Big Time, The Creature from Cleveland Depths, The Moon is Green, Bread Overhead, No Great Magic, What's He Doing in There

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781502564160
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/03/2014
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.76(d)

About the Author

Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) was an American author, actor, and chess expert. He wrote primarily in the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. He is best remembered for his fantasy series Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser which is credited with originating the Sword and Sorcery genre. In 1958 his book The Big Time won the Hugo Award for best novel, which he would go on to win again in 1964 withThe Wanderer. He was posthumously inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2001.