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== Works: ==
== Works: ==
   
   
=== Stories: ===
=== Stories: ===
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* 1939: ''Two Sought Adventure'' (''[[Unknown]]'', August 1939)
* 1939: ''Two Sought Adventure'' (''[[Unknown]]'', August 1939)
* 1940: ''The Bleak Shore'' (''[[Unknown Fantasy Fiction]]'', November 1940)
* 1947: ''Adept's Gambit'' (in ''[[Night's Black Agents]]'')
* 1947: ''Adept's Gambit'' (in ''[[Night's Black Agents]]'')
* 1952: ''I'm Looking For Jeff'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', Fall 1952)
* 1952: ''I'm Looking For Jeff'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', Fall 1952)
* 1958: ''Try and Change the Past'' (''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', March 1958)
* 1958: ''Try and Change the Past'' (''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]'', March 1958)
* 1958: ''The Big Time'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', 2 parts: March-April 1958)
* 1958: ''A Deskful of Girls'' (''[[Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', April 1958)
* 1958: ''A Deskful of Girls'' (''[[Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', April 1958)
* 1958: ''The Number of the Beast '' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1958)
* 1958: ''The Number of the Beast '' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1958)
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* 1960: ''The Oldest Soldier'' (''[[Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', May 1960)
* 1960: ''The Oldest Soldier'' (''[[Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', May 1960)
* 1960: ''When the Sea-King's Away''  (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1960)
* 1960: ''When the Sea-King's Away''  (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1960)
* 1961: ''Scylla's Daughter'' (''[[Fantastic]], May 1961'')
* 1961: ''Scylla's Daughter'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1961)
* 1961: ''The Big Time'' (translated by [[Vanna Lombardi]] as ''Il grande tempo'', [[Galaxy Magazine|''Galaxy'' (Italian edition)]], 4 parts: November 1961 - February 1962)
* 1962: ''The Unholy Grail'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', October 1962)
* 1962: ''The Unholy Grail'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', October 1962)
* 1963: ''The Cloud of Hate'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1963)
* 1963: ''The Cloud of Hate'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1963)
* 1963: ''No Great Magic'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1963)
* 1963: ''No Great Magic'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1963)
* 1964: ''The Lords of Quarmall (''[[Fantastic]]'', January and February 1964)
* 1964: ''The Lords of Quarmall'' (''[[Fantastic]]'', January and February 1964)
* 1964: ''Adept's Gambit'' (abridged by the author) (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1964)
* 1964: ''Adept's Gambit'' (abridged by the author) (''[[Fantastic]]'', May 1964)
* 1965: ''Knight's Move'' (?)
* 1967: ''Black Corridor'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1967)
* 1970: ''The Snow Women'' (''[[Fantastic]], April 1970'')
* 1970: ''The Snow Women'' (''[[Fantastic]], April 1970'')
* 1970: ''Ill Met In Lankhmar'' ''[[Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', 1970)
* 1970: ''Ill Met In Lankhmar'' (''[[Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', 1970)


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* 1961: ''The Big Time'' (expanded from the ''[[Hugo Awards|Hugo]]''-winning version serialized in ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', March and April 1958), part of the [[Change War|''Change War'' series]]
* 1961: ''The Big Time'' (expanded from the ''[[Hugo Awards|Hugo]]''-winning version serialized in ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'', March and April 1958), part of the [[Change War|''Change War'' series]]
* 1961: ''The Silver Eggheads'' (expansion of the 1959 version in ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'')
* 1961: ''The Silver Eggheads'' (expansion of the 1959 version in ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'')
* 1961: ''The Big Time'' / ''The Mind Spider and Other Stories'' (Ace Double, #D-491)
* 1964: ''The Wanderer''
* 1964: ''The Wanderer''
* 1966: ''Tarzan and the Valley of Gold'' (novelisation of a screenplay by [[Clair Huffaker]])
* 1966: ''Tarzan and the Valley of Gold'' (novelisation of a screenplay by [[Clair Huffaker]])
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* 1977: ''Our Lady of Darkness''
* 1977: ''Our Lady of Darkness''
* 1977: ''Swords and Ice Magic''
* 1977: ''Swords and Ice Magic''
* 1978: ''The Change War'' (December 1978, Gregg Press, 0-8398-2493-9)
* 1980: A rewritten version of ''The Sinful Ones''
* 1980: A rewritten version of ''The Sinful Ones''
* 1983: ''Changewar'' (May 1983, Ace, 0-441-10259-X) (a different collection from ''The Change War'')
* 1988: ''The Knight and Knave of Swords''
* 1988: ''The Knight and Knave of Swords''
* 1997: ''The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich'' (Novella in the style of [[H. P. Lovecraft]], written in 1936 and lost for decades)
* 1997: ''The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich'' (Novella in the style of [[H. P. Lovecraft]], written in 1936 and lost for decades)


Work in progress.
Work in progress.

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Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910 - Sepember 5, 1992) was a science fiction, horror and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, of whose adventures there are seven books.

Works:

Stories:

In approximate order of publication:

Work in progress.

Books:

  • 1943: Conjure Wife (originally appeared in Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
  • 1943: Gather, Darkness! (serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, May, June, and July 1943)
  • 1945: Destiny Times Three
  • 1953: The Sinful Ones (rewrite of You're All Alone, an abbreviated version of which appeared in 1950 Fantastic Adventures)
  • 1953: The Green Millennium
  • 1961: The Big Time (expanded from the Hugo-winning version serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction, March and April 1958), part of the Change War series
  • 1961: The Silver Eggheads (expansion of the 1959 version in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
  • 1961: The Big Time / The Mind Spider and Other Stories (Ace Double, #D-491)
  • 1964: The Wanderer
  • 1966: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (novelisation of a screenplay by Clair Huffaker)
  • 1968: Swords in the Mist
  • 1968: Swords Against Wizardry
  • 1968: The Swords of Lankhmar
  • 1969: A Specter is Haunting Texas
  • 1970: Swords and Deviltry
  • 1970: Swords Against Death
  • 1977: Our Lady of Darkness
  • 1977: Swords and Ice Magic
  • 1978: The Change War (December 1978, Gregg Press, 0-8398-2493-9)
  • 1980: A rewritten version of The Sinful Ones
  • 1983: Changewar (May 1983, Ace, 0-441-10259-X) (a different collection from The Change War)
  • 1988: The Knight and Knave of Swords
  • 1997: The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (Novella in the style of H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1936 and lost for decades)

Work in progress.