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| + | '''Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser''' are two antiheroes created by [[Fritz Leiber]] and [[Harry Otto Fischer]] for a series of [[fantasy]] stories, beginning with "Two Sought Adventure," published in the August 1939 issue of ''[[Unknown]]''. | ||
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| + | Fafhrd is a [[mighty-thewed barbarian]] and the Mouser a former wizard’s apprentice turned thief. The “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series is the quintessential [[Sword & Sorcery]]. | ||
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| + | They are the protagonists of Leiber's best-known stories. One of his motives in writing them was to have fantasy heroes closer to true human nature than previous fictional heroic characters. | ||
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Revision as of 04:24, 1 November 2020
(Did you mean a Ed Cox fanzine or a Ron Ellik fanzine?)
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are two antiheroes created by Fritz Leiber and Harry Otto Fischer for a series of fantasy stories, beginning with "Two Sought Adventure," published in the August 1939 issue of Unknown.
Fafhrd is a mighty-thewed barbarian and the Mouser a former wizard’s apprentice turned thief. The “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” series is the quintessential Sword & Sorcery.
They are the protagonists of Leiber's best-known stories. One of his motives in writing them was to have fantasy heroes closer to true human nature than previous fictional heroic characters.
| Fiction | 1939—1988 |
| This is a fiction page, describing fictional ideas and characters |
