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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (tears) Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 02:44:49 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vq7q57$21him$4@dont-email.me>,
Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 3/2/25 9:09 AM, James Nicoll wrote:
>> Swords and Deviltry  (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, volume 1) by Fritz Leiber
>> 
>> Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, together again for the first time.
>> 
>> https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/two-sought-adventure
>
>I was fortunate to run across Orion's First and Second books of Lankhmar 
>at a used book store. Between the two, they contain all seven collections.
>
>This was one of the collections that taught me it would be better (for 
>me) to sprinkle short stories between other works, because reading a 
>bunch of these in a row was really not working.
>
A trick I'd love to acquire is being able to set themed anthologies
or collections aside for a few days or weeks before picking them up
again. 
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