Rime Isle

by Fritz Leiber, Tim Kirk (Illustrator)

This Fafhrd and Gray Mouser novel unites the talents of two science fiction giants, Fritz Leiber and Tim Kirk.

Genres: Fantasy

185 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. was one of the more interesting of the young writers who came into HP Lovecraft's orbit, and some of his best early short fiction is horror rather than sf or fantasy. He found his mature voice early in the first of the sword-and-sorcery adventures featuring the large sensitive barbarian Fafhrd and the small street-smart-ish Gray Mouser; he returned to this series at various points in his career, using it sometimes for farce and sometimes for gloomy mood pieces--The Swords of Lankhmar is perhaps the best single volume of their adventures. Leiber's science fiction includes the planet-smashing The Wanderer in which a large cast mostly survive flood, fire, and the sexual attentions of feline aliens, and the satirical A Spectre is Haunting Texas in which a gangling, exo-skeleton-clad actor from the Moon leads a revolution and finds his true love. Leiber's late short fiction, and the fine horror novel Our Lady of Darkness, combine autobiographical issues like his struggle with depression and alcoholism with meditations on the emotional content of the fantastic genres. Leiber's capacity for endless self-reinvention and productive self-examination kept him, until his death, one of the most modern of his sf generation.

Used These Alternate Names: Maurice Breçon, Fric Lajber, Fritz Leiber, Jr., Fritz R. Leiber, Fritz Leiber Jun., Фриц Лейбер, F. Lieber, フリッツ・ライバー

Reviews

[Per · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Steve Joyce · Rating 2 out of 5]

Have had this book for years because I once bought one of the original Tim Kirk interior illustrations. Just finished forcing myself to skim through it. Rime Isle was written for an audience which I just do not belong to.

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[Curt Lorde · Rating 4 out of 5]

The second set of the two best thieves in Lhankmar,are showing their age, but not a bit of introspective crankiness as once again they find themselves dealing with blood mad Mingol barbarians, two ancient gods, lovely and clever young women,all on the rustic Rime Isle. Class A storytelling.