I’ll admit it: I’m obsessed with Fritz Leiber’s novel Our Lady of Darkness. It’s pretty much the best book I’ve ever read about my hometown, San Francisco – but it’s also just a great work of urban ...

Edited by David G. Hartwell and Jacob Weisman. Tachyon (IPG, dist.), $15.95 (480p) ISBN 978-1-61696-069-8 Heroes and their mighty deeds populate the pages of this delightfully kitschy, yet absorbing ...

Boring characters, sludgy writing, sex scenes with alien cats … Fritz Leiber's The Wanderer is not just bad, it's dire Any book that is less than wonderful would seem like a sad comedown after the ...

Fritz Leiber and H.P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark, edited by Ben J.S. Szumskyj and S.T. Joshi, collects Lovecraft's letters to Leiber and his wife; Leiber's short stories and poems influenced by ...

J.R.R. Tolkien deserves recognition in the fantasy genre for creating a fully imagined realm, but he wasn’t the only one . . . or the first. Back in 1939, Fritz Leiber gave us Nehwon -- a land ...

The deal brings the characters into Harvinger Studios’ Savage Crucible line, a 6-inch-scale collectible figure series that ...

More the literary equivalent of a set of DVD extras than a true collection, these stories, poems, and fragments might intrigue Leiber completists, but won't offer much to readers looking for ...

The versatility of SFWA Grand Master Leiber (1910–1992) is ably demonstrated by these 17 superb stories, each of which has “wonder blazing at its core.” “Smoke Ghost” places a classic ghost story in a ...

The colourful alcohol-soaked career of Fritz Leiber began in theatre. His father, Fritz Leiber Sr, was a veteran actor (notable for having his portrait painted every time he took on a new role), and ...

Fritz Reuter Leiber Sr. was an American actor. A Shakespearean actor on stage, he also had a successful career in film. He was the father of science fiction and fantasy writer Fritz Leiber Jr., who ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. J.R.R. Tolkien certainly deserves recognition in the fantasy genre for ...