The Worlds of Fritz Leiber

The Worlds of Fritz Leiber
Cover of 1st edition
AuthorFritz Leiber
Cover artistPatrick Woodroffe
LanguageEnglish
SeriesWorlds of ... series
GenreScience fiction
PublisherAce Books
Publication date1976
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages[x], 340
OCLC3057365
Preceded byThe Worlds of Poul Anderson 
Followed byThe Worlds of H. Beam Piper 

The Worlds of Fritz Leiber is a collection of science fiction novellas by American author Fritz Leiber. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in November 1976 as the seventh volume in its Worlds of ... series. The first hardcover edition was published by Gregg Press in June 1979.[1]

Summary

The book collects twenty-two short works of fiction, together with an introduction by the author. In the Gregg Press hardcover, the introduction was replaced by a new introduction by the author's son Justin Leiber.[1]

Contents

  • "Introduction" (Fritz Leiber) [original edition only]
  • "Introduction" (Justin Leiber) [hardcover edition only]
  • "Hatchery of Dreams" (1961)
  • "The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet" (1961)
  • "Far Reach to Cygnus" (1965)
  • "Night Passage" (1975)
  • "Nice Girl with Five Husbands" (1951)
  • "When the Change-Winds Blow" (1964)
  • "237 Talking Statues, Etc." (1963)
  • "The Improper Authorities" (1959)
  • "Our Saucer Vacation" (1959)
  • "Pipe Dream" (1959)
  • "What's He Doing in There?" (1957)
  • "Friends and Enemies" (1957)
  • "The Last Letter" (1958)
  • "Endfray of the Ofay" (1969)
  • "Cyclops" (1965)
  • "Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum" (1974)
  • "The Bait" [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1973)
  • "The Lotus Eaters" (1972)
  • "Waif" (1974)
  • "Myths My Great-Granddaughter Taught Me" (1963)
  • "Catch That Zeppelin!" (1975)
  • "Last" (1957)

Recognition

The collection placed third in the 1977 Locus Poll Award for Best Single Author Collection.[1]

Reception

C. Ben Ostrander in The Space Gamer No. 8 described Leiber as a "total master of the written word" and recommended that readers "[d]on't miss this book".[2]

The collection was also reviewed by Michael Bishop in Delap's F & SF Review, April 1977.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Worlds of Fritz Leiber title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ↑ Ostrander, C. Ben (October–November 1976). "Books". The Space Gamer (8). Metagaming: 16.
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