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by Fritz Leiber (Author)
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  • Paperback: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz; paperback / softback edition (6 Dec 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575073586
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575073586
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 234,073 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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After their legendary adventures in the northern wastes and beyond, Fafhrd, the giant barbarian warrior, and the Gray Mouser, master thief, novice wizard and expert swordsman, are back home in Lankhmar again, and looking for an easy time. But Lankhmar is under attack from a strange horde of invaders, including a two-headed dragon and an army of miniature wanderers . . . Once those threats are seen off, a quest to the farthest reaches of Nehwon is in prospect. And then, in the last book of their adventures, Fafhrd goes sailing through the clouds, and the Mouser takes to the seas, before we finally bid a fond, if sad, farewell to Lankhmar. THE SECOND BOOK OF LANKHMAR includes the last three volumes of the hugely enjoyable series.


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SALES POINTS * 24 in the Millennium Fantasy Masterworks series, a library of the most original and influential fantasy ever written * 'Some of the finest heroic fantasy ever written.' SF Chronicle * 'One of my very favourite books, by one of my very favourite writers, starring two of the most delightful characters in the history of fantastic fiction.' Neil Gaiman * 'Most fantasy writers, if asked, admit that Fritz Leiber is our spiritual father, and for the most part we're sweating to keep up, let alone overtake him.' Raymond E. Feist * 'A writer who is, in my opinion, still the greatest of us all.' Michael Moorcock; * 'The most literate and important sword and sorcery series.' Mike Ashley
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4.0 out of 5 stars Still good, but not as good., 22 Dec 2001
By S. Flaherty "steve3742" (Nottingham) - See all my reviews
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I first read this book, or rather the series of books which have been compiled together to make this volume, many years ago. Coming back to a cherished fantasy novel of years gone by can often be quite a painful process as the book hasn't aged as well as you have. But this is not true of Leiber and Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. The stories are still wonderful examples of "sword and sorcery" fantasy, not as highbrow as The Lord of the Rings but nevertheless with a wicked cynical edge to them. They can be called pulp fantasy, but that is misleading as the term is so often used to denigrate. These are excellent stories.
having said that, this volume is where Leiber started to lose his edge. Starting with a rat invasion of Lankhmar, the stories go downhill, the ones following this being largely cameos of a few pages in length with only 3 reasonable length stories in the middle part of the book (the "Swords and Ice Magic" section. I remember the mixture of disappointment and sadness I felt on first reading them and realising that Leiber had lost his edge.
The final section isn't much of an improvement, the action confined to Rime isle and our heroes on the verge of retirement. It is a disappointing end to a gret series. ..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Farewell to the Master, 13 Jan 2002
Fritz Leiber's wake, according to those who attended, was around an open coffin. Leiber had a cigarette in one hand, a glass of scotch in the other. A smile on his face, too, no doubt, for he had a genuine relish for what he called 'gallows humor'. What lifts these books above almost everything else in the genre is Leiber's tolerance for death, his constant flirting with the Grim Reaper whom he seemed to know as an old friend from the beginning. Here's the inspiration for Terry Pratchett and for Roger Zelazny. They are unique of their kind and as distinctive and enjoyable as The Once and Future King or The Lord of the Rings. No adult fantasy reader can fail to be charmed by them. Congratulations to the publisher for putting all this fine books back in our hands again.
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