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The Second Book of Lankhmar (2001)

by Fritz Leiber

Series: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser (Omnibus 5-7)

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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.… (more)
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    Gentlemen of the Road: A Tale of Adventure by Michael Chabon (LamontCranston)
    LamontCranston: Amram and Zelikman are clearly based on Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, the story the sort of adventure they might have got up to.
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    The First Book of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber (LamontCranston)
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Ho, Fafhrd tall! Hist, Mouser small!
Why leave you the city Of marvelous parts?
It were a great pity To wear out your hearts
And wear out the soles of your feet,
Treading all earth, Foregoing all mirth,
Before you once more Lankhmar greet.
Now return, now return, now!

Swords Against Death is the second collection of stories about Fafhrd, the big northern barbarian, and The Gray Mouser, the small thief from the slums. For the past three years, the two have grown so close that they are now (as Neil Gaiman suggests in his introduction to the audio version) like two halves of the same person. They’ve been traveling the world together... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/swords-against-death-2/ ( )
  Kat_Hooper | Apr 6, 2014 |
An omnibus edition containing Sword of Lankhmar, Swords and Ice Magic, and Knight and Knave of Swords. Writing was better than I remember, but much more ribald. I can't recall it being so risque when I read them before. Perhaps I just didn't understand the references. That's my story and I'm sticking with it anyway. ( )
  stuart10er | Nov 5, 2013 |
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The Swords of Lankhmar
'I see we're expected,' the small man said, continuing to stroll toward the large open gate in the long, high, ancient wall.
Swords and Ice Magic
Sitting on his dark-cushioned, modest throne in his low, rambling castle in the heart of the Shadowland, Death shook his pale head and pommeled a little his opalescent temples and slightly pursed his lips, which were the color of violet grapes with the silverly bloom still on, above his slender figure armored in chain mail and his black belt, studded with silver skulls, tarnished almost as black, from which hung his naked, irresistible sword.
The Knight and Knave of Swords
On the world of Nehwon and the land of Simorgya, six days fast sailing south from Rime Isle, two hansome silvery personages conversed intimately yet tensely in a dim and irregularly lit hall of pillars open overhead to the darkness.
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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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Collects the following books:
The Swords of Lanhkmar
Swords and Ice Magic
(collects these stories: "The Sadness of the Executioner," "Beauty and the Beasts," "Trapped in the Shadowland," "The Bait," "Under the Thumbs of the Gods," "Trapped in the Sea of Stars," "The Frost Monstreme," and "Rime Isle")
The Knight and Knave of Swords (collects these stories: "Sea Magic," "The Mer She," "The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars," and "The Mouser Goes Below")
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