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Lee Broderick
Fritz Leiber's final Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser book follows directly on from Swords and Ice Magic and is one of the most cohesive volumes in the series. For that reason, I found it to be better than some of the others and, indeed, far better than its immediate predecessor. Lieber's all-too-human heroes settled down in that volume and here we're given pause to ponder what that means exactly. Do heroes ever retire? For that matter, what of all their past sexual conquests? Presumably some of t ...more
Charles
Jul 29, 2008 rated it liked it
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Although I like Fritz Leiber's work, some of his fantasy skirts along the edge of sexual behaviors that I find rather disturbing. It's nothing graphic, only suggestive, but it suggests things that I don't particularly care for. ...more
Jason
Apr 24, 2008 rated it it was ok
Colin Leidner
Jun 29, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Jim Kuenzli
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Kirk Johnson
Sep 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Robin
Mar 25, 2011 rated it it was amazing
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Levi
May 25, 2011 marked it as to-read
Steven Harbin
Apr 08, 2012 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Dennis
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Aaron Meyer
Jul 29, 2020 rated it really liked it
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Wayne
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Wayne
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Gerald Black
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Verin
Dec 07, 2014 marked it as to-read
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John Adkins
Feb 06, 2015 rated it it was amazing
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Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"