Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: (tears) Swords and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 02:44:49 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 02:44:49 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="6905"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1812 Lines: 23 In article , Tony Nance 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. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll