Swords and Deviltry

Swords and Deviltry is a

The book collects three short stories originally published in the magazines Fantastic for April 1970, Fantastic Stories of Imagination for October 1962, and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction for April 1970, together with an "Induction" that originally appeared in the 1957 Fafhrd and Gray Mouser collection Two Sought Adventure (later expanded, minus the induction, as Swords Against Death (1970).

Contents

• "Induction" (1957)
• "The Snow Women" (1970)
• "The Unholy Grail" (1962)
• "Ill Met in Lankhmar" (1970)

Plot

The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories concern the lives of two larcenous but likable rogues as they adventure across the fantasy world of

"Ill Met in Lankhmar" won the 1970 Nebula Award and the 1971 Hugo Award for best novella. "The Unholy Grail" was nominated for the 1963 Hugo Award for Short Fiction.

Sequel

Robin Wayne Bailey later wrote an authorized sequel to this book, Swords Against the Shadowland (1998).

References

Referenced in Dodge Rolls “Enter the Gungeon”, “Grey Mauser” Weapon which is unlocked by completing the quest given by the NPC with the same name and also in Terry Pratchett's Discworld showing up in the first two novels ("The Colour of Magic" and "The Light Fantastic"). They are referred to as Bravd and Weasel and make a few minute appearances.

External links

• An omnibus collection of Leiber's short fiction at Standard Ebooks
• Fantastic Fiction entry
• Swords and Deviltry title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database