''The Book of Fritz Leiber'' is a collection of short stories and articles by American writer

Fritz Leiber Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. ( ; December 24, 1910 – September 5, 1992) was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. He was also a poet, actor in theater and films, playwright, and chess expert. With writers such as Robert ...

. It was first published in paperback in January

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...

by DAW Books. It was later gathered together with '' The Second Book of Fritz Leiber'' into the hardcover omnibus collection ''The Book of Fritz Leiber, Volume I & II'' (

Gregg Press Gregg Press was founded about 1965 by Charles Gregg in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey to distribute in the United States the antiquarian reprints published in the UK by Gregg Press International. Gregg decided he wanted to publish scholarly repri ...

, 1980). The book consists of ten

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

and

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short stories alternating with nine related articles, together with a foreword by the author. Some pieces were original to the collection. Others were originally published in the magazines ''

Rogue A rogue is a person or entity that flouts accepted norms of behavior. Rogue or rogues may also refer to: Companies * Rogue Ales, a microbrewery in Newport, Oregon * Rogue Arts, a film production company * Rogue Entertainment, a software com ...

'' for January 1963, ''

Worlds of Tomorrow ''Worlds of Tomorrow'' is an anthology of science fiction stories edited by American writer August Derleth. It was first published by Pellegrini & Cudahy in 1953. Many of the stories had originally appeared in the magazines '' Worlds Beyond'', ...

'' for August 1963, '' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'' for December 1951 and April 1963, ''

Galaxy Science Fiction ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editi ...

'' for August 1952 and February 1968, and ''

Broadside Magazine ''Broadside'' magazine was a small mimeographed publication founded in 1962 by Agnes "Sis" Cunningham and her husband, Gordon Friesen. Hugely influential in the folk-revival, it was often controversial. Issues of what is folk music, what is folk ...

'' for December 1965, and the collection ''

The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces ''The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces'' is a collection of stories, poems and essays by American author H. P. Lovecraft and others, edited by August Derleth. It was released in 1966 by Arkham House in an edition of 3,460 copies. The dustjacket ...

'' (1966).

*"Foreword" *"The Spider" (1963) *"Monsters and Monster Lovers" (1965) *"A Hitch in Space" (1963) *"Hottest and Coldest Molecules" (1952) *"Kindergarten" (1963) *"Those Wild Alien Words: I" (1974) *"Crazy Annaoj" (1968) *"Debunking the I Machine" (1949) *"When the Last Gods Die" (1951) *"King Lear" (1934) *"Yesterday House" (1952) *"After Such Knowledge" *"Knight to Move" (1965) *"Weird World of the Knight" (1960) *" To Arkham and the Stars" (1966) *"The Whisperer" Re-examined" (1964) *"Beauty and the Beasts" *"Masters of Mace and Magic" *"Cat's Cradle"

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