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Fritz Leiber

Lifespan
1910 – 1992
Nationality
American
Active
1943 – 1963
Works held
29

Fritz Leiber (1910–1992) was one of the genre's true stylists, equally at home in science fiction, fantasy and horror. He coined the term 'sword and sorcery' and, in Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, wrote the stories that defined it. His urban horror ('Smoke Ghost', Conjure Wife) updated the supernatural tale for the modern city, and his SF won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Few writers of his era matched his wit or his range.

The works

  1. 1963
    Cover of No Great Magic No Great Magic Cover of X Marks the Pedwalk X Marks the Pedwalk
  2. 1962
    Cover of The 64-Square Madhouse The 64-Square Madhouse Cover of The Big Engine The Big Engine Cover of The Creature from Cleveland Depths The Creature from Cleveland Depths Cover of The Snowbank Orbit The Snowbank Orbit
  3. 1961
    Cover of Kreativity For Kats Kreativity For Kats
  4. 1960
    Cover of The Night of the Long Knives The Night of the Long Knives
  5. 1959
    Cover of Pipe Dream Pipe Dream
  6. 1958
    Cover of A Hitch in Space A Hitch in Space Cover of Bread Overhead Bread Overhead Cover of Bullet with His Name Bullet with His Name Cover of The Big Time The Big Time Cover of The Last Letter The Last Letter
  7. 1957
    Cover of Friends and Enemies Friends and Enemies Cover of Time In the Round Time In the Round Cover of What's He Doing in There? What's He Doing in There?
  8. 1953
    Cover of A Bad Day for Sales A Bad Day for Sales Cover of The Green Millennium The Green Millennium
  9. 1952
    Cover of Dr. Kometevsky's Day Dr. Kometevsky's Day Cover of The Moon is Green The Moon is Green Cover of Yesterday House Yesterday House
  10. 1951
    Cover of A Pail of Air A Pail of Air Cover of Appointment In Tomorrow Appointment In Tomorrow Cover of Nice Girl with 5 Husbands Nice Girl with 5 Husbands
  11. 1950
    Cover of Coming Attraction Coming Attraction Cover of Later Than You Think Later Than You Think Cover of Martians, keep out! Martians, keep out!
  12. 1943
    Cover of Conjure wife Conjure wife

Wrote across

1940s1950s1960s

Recurring themes

Social SFDystopiaPost-ApocalypticFirst ContactSpace OperaTime TravelArtificial IntelligenceMilitary SF

Kindred authors shared themes

Randall GarrettH. Beam PiperH. G. WellsJim HarmonNelson S. BondRobert AbernathyRobert SilverbergStephen Marlowe

Contemporaries writing in the same era

Randall GarrettGeorge O. SmithStephen MarloweMurray LeinsterBryce WaltonNelson S. BondH. Beam PiperMack ReynoldsAlan Edward NourseRobert Silverberg

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