The Adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser: Swords and Deviltry (Paperback)

from CarltonC

Originally read over 30 years ago, these are highly enjoyable short stories regarding the beginnings of Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser characters followed by a longer short story, Ill met in Lankhmar, which brings the two heroes together in memorable fashion. Good clean fun, highly entertain...

from wjohnston

I had read 'Ill Met in Lankhmar' previously, and thought I should get around to reading the other Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories. I was unaware that 'Ill Met' is actually one of the later stories in the series. Anyway...the stories are presented in internal chronological order. 'Ill Met' is the s...

from aethercowboy

Meet Fafhrd, a barbarian from the cold north, and the Gray Mouser, an apprentice wizard and journeyman thief. In this first volume containing the collected shorter fiction of this well-known Swords and Sorcery duo, we see the backstory on our two heroes, including Fafhrd's past, before he left th...

from DinadansFriend

I am very fond of these guys and they are superior to Conan or Elric, if one is looking for a good swashbuckling read. The magic is suitably unreliable, and the motives are simply immature enough to attract fans of the Jason Bourne movies. the pacing seems oddly similar. These are the first stori...

from Shimmin

On the whole, an enjoyable set of stories, with a rather wild and savage setting, but characters who aren't (yet?) very savage themselves. The adventures were quite fun: one narrow escape from a brutal-but-subtle autocracy, one inefficient revenge, and one tale of hubristic tragedy. I quite liked...