The Best of Fritz Leiber Author:Fritz Leiber, Jonathan Strahan (Editor), Charles Brown (Editor) The collection contains twenty-two fantasy, science fiction and horror novelettes and short stories. Fritz Leiber's work bridges the gap between the pulp era of H. P. Lovecraft and the Paperback era of P. K. Dick, and arguably, is as influential as both these authors. — From a historical context, Leiber in fact knew both of the au... more »thors, and his work can be seen as a bridge connecting the many different flavors of genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Edited by award-winning editors Jonathan Strahan and Charles Brown, this new collection of the grand master's fiction covers all facets of his work, and features an Introduction by Neil Gaiman and an Afterword by Michael Chabon.
Contents:
Introduction • essay by Neil Gaiman
Preface: The Wizard of Nehwon • essay by Poul Anderson)
Gonna Roll the Bones (1967) / novelette by Fritz Leiber
Sanity (1944) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Wanted - An Enemy (1945) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Man Who Never Grew Young (1947) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Ship Sails at Midnight (1950) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Enchanted Forest (1950) / novelette by Fritz Leiber
Coming Attraction (1950) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Poor Superman (1951) / novelette by Fritz Leiber (variant of Appointment in Tomorrow)
A Pail of Air (1951) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Foxholes of Mars (1952) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Big Holiday (1953) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Night He Cried (1953)
The Big Trek (1957) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch the Cat] (1958) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Try and Change the Past [Change War] (1958) / short story by Fritz Leiber
A Deskful of Girls [Change War] (1958) / novelette by Fritz Leiber
Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee [Simon Grue] (1958) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Little Old Miss Macbeth (1958) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Mariana (1960) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity (1962) / short story by Fritz Leiber
The Good New Days (1965) / short story by Fritz Leiber
America the Beautiful (1970) / short story by Fritz Leiber
Best known for the Fafrd and Grey Mouser series, Leiber has been putting out cutting edge short stories for most of his career. Some are great, some are puzzling but none will bore you.