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Title	:	Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #1)
Author	:	Fritz Leiber
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 208 pages
Published	:	December 1st 2006 by DH Press (first published January 1st 1970)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Heroic Fantasy. Sword and Sorcery. Short Stories. Classics

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For the first time-the story of how the greatest heroes in fantastic literature first met.

'The two thieves had themselves been robbed by two youths, who eyed each other suspiciously over the sprawled, senseless bodies.

Fafhrd said: 'Our motives for being here seem identical.' 'Surely, they must be!' the Mouser answered curtly, fiercely eyeing his huge, potential foe.

Fafhrd glanced down at the belts and money-pouches of the fallen thieves. Then he looked up at the Mouser with an honest, open, ingenuous smile.

'Sixty-sixty?' he suggested.

Thus was born the most improbable relationship in the whole history of swords and sorceries.

Contains:

7 • Induction • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1957) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
11 • The Snow Women • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1970) • novella by Fritz Leiber
91 • The Unholy Grail • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1962) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
123 • Ill Met in Lankhmar • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1970) • novella by Fritz Leiber

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Original Title:	Swords and Deviltry
ISBN:	1595820795 (ISBN13: 9781595820792)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #1
Characters:	Fafhrd, Gray Mouser

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The book contains three shorter works. The first features Fafhrd before he leaves the North. I have read it before, but it was slow going until near the end of the story. The next tale deals with Mouse before he becomes Gray Mouser, more enjoyable than the first story. The gem in this collection is Ill Met in Lankhmar,a tale well deserving its awards.

Well this was a fun romp. I have a weakness for anti heroes, for partners in crime, and these two fit the bill. I was at times reminded of Guy Gavriel Kays writing, the language was exquisite, classical, just old enough to make you feel like youve properly stepped into a different era altogether. The stories themselves are perhaps a bit naive or simplistic - I had to snicker a few times at the unlikely plot twists in Ill Met in Lankhmar - but nomatter, I was entertained by this plucky short

Fritz Leiber is another of the early defining authors in fantasy, mostly because of the coining of the term 'Sword & Sorcery'. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is the tale of a companionship between a mountain tribe barbarian and a failed wizard's apprentice, and their journeys together in Lankhmar and the surrounding lands.Swords and Deviltry is the first book (actually first collection of short stories) in the series, and introduced the two protagonists with one origin story each, then ends with

Great group of stories which introduces the two main characters in Lieber's most popular books...

Not entirely sure what I think of this one. I can give it a bit of latitude due to its era, etc, but it's ridiculously and stereotypically male oriented. There's a point where a seemingly spineless girl does something immensely brave and difficult -- I nearly cheered. But that's pretty short-lived. Otherwise, there's a bunch of stereotyped controlling women, and a bunch of violence. It's... okay, with some lovely bits of prose and touches of humour, but. Eh. I know these books are classics so

Well, that was a jolly enough origin story for the duo, I suppose.Included were some glaring gender politics (the usual resulting mix of world/personalities portrayed, era of conception and originally intended target audience), and drunken stupor used to promote charismatic personality (again, as a part of the characters portrayed, but which in me personally tends to cause more irk/pity rather than mirth).The most enjoyable aspect of the whole was by far the originality of the prose; the almost