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b'The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 41 - Adept\\u2019s Gambit by Fritz Leiber\\n\\n\\xa0\\nwww.nobleknight.com\\n\\xa0\\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. 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\\n\\u201cAdept\\u2019s Gambit\\u201d first appeared in\\nNight\\u2019s Black Agents\\npublished 1947 by Arkham House\\n\\xa0\\nand later in\\nSwords is the Mist\\nfirst published 1968 by Ace Books\\nthird of seven volumes\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\nCo-hosts:\\nJeffrey Wikstrom\\nwebsite -\\xa0jeffwik.com\\ntwitter - @jeff_wik\\n\\xa0\\nGeoffrey Winn\\ntwitter - @geoffreydwinn\\n\\n\\xa0\\nGeoffrey Winngdwinn@comcast.net'