The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 38 - The Sunken Land and Thieves House by Fritz Leiber

Published: Jan. 27, 2017, 8:30 a.m.

b'Return to Nehwon for two more tales of thrilling adventure with Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. Whether on the high seas or in the big city, these two can\\u2019t seem to escape danger.\\n\\xa0\\n\\nwww.nobleknight.com\\n\\xa0\\n\\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\\xa0\\nintroduced Fafhrd and Grey Mouser in August, 1939 in Unknown magazine, 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\\xa0\\nFafhrd was based on Leiber himself; Grey Mouser based on Harry Otter Fischer\\nnotable for growing, taking on more responsibilities, getting married, etc.\\n\\xa0\\nTwo Sought Adventure\\npublished 1957 by Gnome Press\\n\\xa0\\nSwords Against Death\\nfirst published 1970 by Ace Books\\nsecond of seven volumes\\n\\xa0\\n\\u201cThe Sunken Land\\u201d - 1942, Unknown\\n\\u201cThieves\\u2019 House\\u201d - 1943, Unknown\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nMy guests:\\n\\n\\n\\nDarcy Ross\\n\\nwebsite - http://www.gnomestew.com\\xa0and http://www.contessa.rocks\\n\\xa0\\nJeremiah McCoy\\n\\n\\n\\nwebsites -\\xa0http://jeremiahmccoy.com\\xa0&\\xa0http://thebasicsofthegame.wordpress.com\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nCo-hosts:\\nJeffrey Wikstrom\\nwebsite -\\xa0jeffwik.com\\nemail -\\xa0jeffwik@gmail.com\\n\\xa0\\nGeoffrey Winn\\ntwitter - @geoffreydwinn\\n\\xa0\\nEmail us with your comments!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\nhttp://www.thetomeshow.com\\nthetomeshow@gmail.com'