The Leiber Chronicles Fifty Years of Fritz Leiber

The year 1939 was a turning point for science fiction and fantasy. It saw the first publication of stories by Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt and Theodore Sturgeon, who, with a few others, virtually created modern science fiction, and by Fritz Leiber, one of the fathers of modern fantasy. In celebration of his 50-year career, this hefty volume features 44 of his best shorter works. Included are his first story, ``Two Sought Adventure,'' which introduced the swashbucklers Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, of ancient, imaginary Lankhmar, as well as three other stories about this colorful duo; four horror stories, including ``The Girl with the Hungry Eyes,'' an eerie meditation on the connections between sex, death and advertising; the science-fictional ``Sanity,'' ``A Pail of Air'' and the cautionary ``Coming Attractions''; the hilarious spoof of Mickey Spillane, ``The Night He Cried''; and the joyful, chilling ``Gonna Roll the Bones,'' about a confrontation with the Devil over a gambling table, for the highest of stakes.

Collection of 44 Short Stories

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

• Two Sought Adventure [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · nv Unknown Aug ’39
• The Automatic Pistol · ss Weird Tales May ’40
• Smoke Ghost · ss Unknown Oct ’41
• The Hound · ss Weird Tales Nov ’42
• Sanity · ss Astounding Apr ’44
• Wanted—An Enemy · ss Astounding Feb ’45
• Alice and the Allergy · ss Weird Tales Sep ’46
• The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · ss The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon, 1949
• The Man Who Never Grew Young · ss Night’s Black Agents, Arkham, 1947
• Coming Attraction · ss Galaxy Nov ’50
• A Pail of Air · ss Galaxy Dec ’51
• Poor Superman [“Appointment in Tomorrow”] · nv Galaxy Jul ’51
• Yesterday House · nv Galaxy Aug ’52
• The Moon Is Green · ss Galaxy Apr ’52
• A Bad Day for Sales · ss Galaxy Jul ’53
• The Night He Cried · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
• What’s He Doing in There? · ss Galaxy Dec ’57
• Try and Change the Past [Change War] · ss Astounding Mar ’58
• Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-Tah-Tee [Simon Grue] · ss F&SF May ’58
• The Haunted Future [“Tranquility, or Else!”] · nv Fantastic Nov ’59
• Mariana · ss Fantastic Feb ’60
• The Beat Cluster · ss Galaxy Oct ’61
• The 64-Square Madhouse · nv If May ’62
• The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity · ss F&SF Mar ’62
• Bazaar of the Bizarre [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · nv Fantastic Aug ’63
• 237 Talking Statues, Etc. · ss F&SF Sep ’63
• When the Change-Winds Blow [Change War] · ss F&SF Aug ’64
• Four Ghosts in Hamlet · nv F&SF Jan ’65
• Gonna Roll the Bones · nv Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
• The Inner Circles · ss F&SF Oct ’67
• Ship of Shadows · na F&SF Jul ’69
• Endfray of the Ofay · ss If Mar ’69
• America the Beautiful · ss The Year 2000, ed. Harry Harrison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970
• Ill Met in Lankhmar [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · na F&SF Apr ’70
• The Bait [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · vi Whispers Dec ’73
• Midnight by the Morphy Watch · ss Worlds of If Jul/Aug ’74
• Belsen Express · ss The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, DAW, 1975
• Catch That Zeppelin! · nv F&SF Mar ’75
• The Glove · ss Whispers Jun ’75
• The Death of Princes · ss Amazing Jun ’76
• A Rite of Spring · nv Universe 7, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1977
• The Button Molder · nv Whispers Oct ’79
• Horrible Imaginings · na Death, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982
• The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] · na Heroic Visions, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace, 1983

Limited Edition: 500 signed, numbered and slipcased copies

Lettered Limited to 52 signed and slipcased (wooden slipcase) copies this is copy T and has some edgeware on the jackeet and a few small white spots, otherwise book is fine and unread

Advanced Uncorrected Proof: uncorrected proof comsisting of 601 1/2 x 11 spiralbound pages as pictured below