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Swords and Deviltry
- The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Neil Gaiman (introduction)
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
In the ancient city of Lankhmar, two men forge a friendship in battle. The red-haired barbarian Fafhrd left the snowy reaches of Nehwon looking for a new life, while the Gray Mouser, apprentice magician, fled after finding his master dead. These bawdy brothers-in-arms cement a friendship that leads them through the wilds of Nehwon, facing thieves, wizards, princesses, and the depths of their desires and fears.
The late Fritz Leiber's tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser launched the sword-and-sorcery genre, and were the inspiration for the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons.
BONUS AUDIO: Includes an exclusive introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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"Fritz Leiber's tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are virtually a genre unto themselves. Urbane, idiosyncratic, comic, erotic and human, spiked with believable action and the eerie creations of a master fantasist!" (William Gibson)
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- glen southern
- 07-04-13
A timeless classic
I've read and re read this series many many times and I'm still finding them riveting. They have all the element of top class fantasy and you an instantly see how younger writers have been influenced by Leibers work. While the magic is not gratuitous it features heavily throughout the books but is somehow believable and always logical. I have just introduced my sons to Leiber in written form whist I am enjoying him in the audio format for the first of many times. All in all a must listen series of books.
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- Alex Bowling
- 16-01-17
true classic!
you'll never know how many of your favourite fantasy novels owe homage to this timeless classic until you read it, but I'll bet there are dozens. it's a stark reminder of how stale the genre has become that in its infancy, an author can produce characterises and plot that feel like they were created yesterday.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-04-13
Nothing beats great old fantasy!
Great characters, inventive plots, unforgettable villains, old realms, merciless gods, beautiful women... what can we ask more to a fantasy novel?
Maybe good style and quick pace? Fritz Leiber has all of these and more. Sadly we cannot say the same of most of his followers.
The adventures are narrated in an Howardian style, maybe with a better language, but the protagonist are more cunning and cynical.
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- Kai
- 12-09-16
Good classic fantasy
This book is perfect for fans of classic fantasy. It has all the tropes you could want in sword and sorcery, from giant seven foot barbarians to apprentice mages playing with forbidden magics.
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- J. B. Collins
- 02-06-16
Wish I'd read these earlier
I mean, they're odd stories - wonderfully so, beautifully told. Playful, naughty and did I mention odd?
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- Trish Bowen
- 01-05-21
Underwhelmed
Very hard to get into. The writing style is wordy and erratic, venturing into Shakesperian prose in one moment then to basic reporting of events in the next. The main characters are not particularly appealing and the female characters sound like they were devised by a reclusive teenage boy. No explanation as to why the main characters are so skilled despite being very youthful. The dialogue is stilted and clunky. At the 3 hour mark when nothing much had yet happened, I nearly chucked it in. Stuck with it as others have praised later books in the series and I figured I'd need this background if I end up trying one of them. Narrator does a solid job, with good differentiation of characters, though even he tripped over some of the unwieldy long sentences. Can't recommend it when there's so many other good books in this genre.
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- MR D P Steinhausen
- 21-05-23
Had it’s moments
Some good scenes but the story lacked a lot of depth. The characters may develop in sequels?
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- Red Orchestra
- 11-03-23
Good story, mixed performance
I'd heard about this for a few decades but just got round to "reading". Like a lot of classics, it's hard to appreciate its originality as a lot of its ideas have been copied so many times. A reasonably compelling story and characters. The performance isn't bad but the louder voice sounds like an American attempting to imitate a cockney and occasionally getting cockney.
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- Cyrous
- 30-05-22
Brilliant
Absolutely brilliant. Great narration. Amazing story. Can't wait to start the next one.. and the next...
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- Amy Hamman-Williamson
- 11-03-22
Of its age, but good.
Enjoyed it, well read, though definitely of its era. Some of the ideas in it were excellent and it's nice to see one of the bases of the genre.. The language at times is a little difficult to follow however, but over all I'd recommend it.
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