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b'The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 35 - Tales of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser by Fritz Leiber, Part 1\\n\\n\\n\\nThree tales of thrilling adventure from the Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy. Join the most famous duo in swords and sorcery literature as they search for treasure and travel to the ends of the earth.\\n\\n\\n\\nwww.nobleknight.com\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFritz Reuter Leiber, Jr.\\nDecember 24, 1910 (Chicago) - September 5, 1992\\n\\u201cAmerican writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright and chess expert.[b] With writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock, Leiber can be regarded as one of the fathers of sword and sorcery fantasy, having in fact created the term. Moreover, he excelled in all fields of speculative fiction, writing award-winning work in fantasy, horror, and science fiction.\\u201d - Wikipedia\\n\\n\\nintroduced Fafhrd and Grey Mouser in August, 1939 in\\xa0Unknown\\xa0magazine, edited by John W. Campbell\\nearly influences were H. P. Lovecraft and Robert Graves; received a letter of encouragement from Lovecraft in 1936\\nearned little money as a writer; addicted to alcohol and downers\\nactually received royalty checks from TSR for games based on Lankhmar\\n1975 - named Gandalf Grand Master of Fantasy by the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon)\\n\\n\\nFafhrd was based on Leiber himself; Grey Mouser based on Harry Otter Fischer\\nnotable for growing, taking on more responsibilities, getting married, etc.\\n\\n\\nTwo Sought Adventure\\npublished 1957 by Gnome Press\\n\\n\\nSwords Against Death\\nfirst published 1970 by Ace Books\\nsecond of seven volumes\\n\\n\\n\\u201cThe Jewels in the Forest\\u201d 1939 \\u2014 original title \\u201cTwo Sought Adventure\\u201d\\n\\u201cThe Bleak Shore\\u201d 1940\\n\\u201cThe Howling Tower\\u201d 1941\\n\\n\\nMy guests:\\n\\nPeter Foxhoven\\n\\nwebsite -\\xa0http://www.cromcountthedead.com\\n\\n\\nJeremiah McCoy\\nwebsites -\\xa0http://jeremiahmccoy.com\\xa0&\\xa0http://thebasicsofthegame.wordpress.com\\n\\n\\n\\nChris Constantin\\nDark Revelations the Roleplaying Game -\\xa0http://drevrpg.com\\n\\n\\nCo-hosts:\\nJeffrey Wikstrom\\nwebsite -\\xa0jeffwik.com\\nemail -\\xa0jeffwik@gmail.com\\n\\n\\nGeoffrey Winn\\ntwitter - @geoffreydwinn\\n\\n\\nEmail us with your comments!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nhttp://www.thetomeshow.com\\nthetomeshow@gmail.com'