Hm. #Cthulhu-Geschichten von #FritzLeiber. Hm. 🤔

orichalcum - an unknown metal referenced in several ancient texts, meaning "mountain copper" in greek. Thought to be platinum, for a time. In 2015 ingots of orichalcum were discovered in a shipwreck; analysis revealed these to be a mixture of copper and zinc.

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Fritz Leiber's short story The Jewels in the Forest. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser seek treasure with guidance from a passage of marginalia.

#AppendixN #FritzLeiber #FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser #Lankhmar

ambuscade - an ambush

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheFay from Fritz Leiber's short story The Jewels in the Forest. Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser grip their horses' side harnesses as arrows buzz across the road above them.

#AppendixN #FritzLeiber #FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser #Lankhmar #RoadEvent

levinbolt - a lightning strike or bolt

#AppendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Fritz Leiber's Swords Against Death, from the story The Circle Curse. Lightning illuminates Sheelba's robes, filled with empty blackness, as she gives a message to Fafhrd and the Mouser.

#AppendixN #FritzLeiber #FafhrdAndTheGrayMouser #sffbookclub #swordandsorcery

Warum gibt es die Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Geschichten von Fritz Leiber nicht auf Deutsch als eBook. Ich prangere das an!
#pnpde #Lankhmar #fritzleiber #ebookde

Für diese Mittagspause habe ich mal meinen Erstkontakt mit Fritz Leibers Lankhmar, Nehwon sowie Fafhrd und dem Grauen Mausling aus dem Regal gezogen:

Mythen & Legenden für #ADnD2E

Noch läuft die Vorbestellung ( #crowdfunding ) von der Lankhmar Box für das fantastische #dccrpg bei @systemmatters ! 😉

https://www.system-matters.de/shop/dcc-lankhmar-box/

Und es gilt das Projekt (mit vielen tollen Stretchgoals) zu stemmen! 💪

#WERBUNG #lankhmar #pnpde #ttrpg
#fritzleiber #fafhrdandthegraymouser

Zeit die Klingen zu wetzen und die Schwerter für Lankhmar zu recken! ⚔️

Denn die Vorbestellung ( #crowdfunding ) von der Lankhmar Box für das fantastische #DCCrpg läuft bei @systemmatters . 🤠

Bitte einsteigen und mein Träumchen wahr werden lassen! 😘

https://www.system-matters.de/shop/dcc-lankhmar-box/

#WERBUNG #lankhmar #pnpde #ttrpg
#fritzleiber #fafhrdandthegraymouser

claque - a group of people hired to applaud (or heckle) a performer or public speaker. Or, a group of sycophantic followers.

#appendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Leiber's Swords of Lankhmar. The Gray Mouser fixes things in Fafhrd's favor amongst the sailors.

#appendixN #fafhrdAndTheGrayMouser #lankhmar #fritzLeiber

#ThroneOfTheCrescentMoon by #SaladinAhmed is so good-written and so much fun I am reading it for the third time this year.

Because of him writing only for the comic book industry these days, I am even thinking about re-reading #FritzLeiber's #Lankhmar stuff I have read as a teen - low fantasy seems such a fun genre for me right now!

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/309569/throne-of-the-crescent-moon-by-saladin-ahmed/

baluster - a short pillar or column, typically decorative in design, in a series supporting a rail or coping

#appendixNLocutionOfTheDay from Michael Curtis's adventure module No Small Crimes in Lankhmar. The stair railing to the third floor of Hisvin's city manse depicts a line of crouched rats.

#appendixN #dungeonCrawlClassics #dccrpg #dccLankhmar #Lankhmar #fritzLeiber

hist - interjection used to attract attention or call for silence

#appendixnlocutionoftheday from Leiber's Swords of Lankhmar. Hisvin reprimands his daughter, Hisvet.

#appendixn #fafhrdandthegraymouser #lankhmar #fritzleiber

@Robfromca @karlthefog I guess this is the Sutro Heights tower #FritzLeiber wrote about in Our Lady of Darkness? I see now what he was getting at. Even the same color scheme.

jakes - a lavatory, especially an outdoor one

#appendixnlocutionoftheday from Leiber's Swords of Lankhmar. A spy's identity is sussed out by the shape, color and consistency of his dung.

#appendixn #fritzleiber #lankhmar #fafhrdandthegraymouser

vizard - a mask or disguise

#appendixnlocutionoftheday from Leiber's Ill Met in Lankhmar.

#appendixn #fafhrdandthegraymouser #lankhmar #logophilia #fritzleiber

Soon, he graduates to assassin, and discovers something he likes even better: *killing* Dragareans.

If you enjoy witty, fast-moving sword-and-sorcery - say, the works of #FritzLeiber - you will *love* those early Vlad books. If you like the wordplay and propulsive plotting of #RogerZelazny, those early books will knock your socks off.

5/

@bookstodon I should probably mention something I've read myself. I don't remember which book it was in the series (I don't have them anymore) but one of the Fafhard and the Grey Mouser books by #FritzLeiber has a scene involving rats that made quite the impression on a younger me.
Not into rats normally...

“when the Earth got cold, all the water in the air froze first and made a blanket ten feet thick or so everywhere, and then down on top of that dropped the crystals of frozen air, making another white blanket sixty or seventy feet thick maybe.”
-A Pail of Air, #FritzLeiber #bookstodon #scifibooks #QuoteToot

Erstes #DCC -Abenteuer (relativ) erfolgreich abgeschlossen:
„Aramandias Abgrund“ (Soloabenteuer aus dem Entfesselten Ettin Nr. 1 von @Glgnfz und Martin vom #Eskapodcast ).
Der Autor (Ma.) hat gleich zu Beginn ein leichtfertiges Wort eingeflochten: LANKHMAR ⚔️
Nachdem mein Charakter das Zeitliche gesegnet hatte, zog ich also den AD&D 2e-Band „Mythen & Legenden“ aus dem Regal. Da steht nämlich ein netter Überblick zu den Schöpfungen von #FritzLeiber drin! 🤠
#pnpde #ttrpg #fanzine #fantasy #art #osr

I’m reading one of the bleakest stories I’ve ever read, it’s #FritzLeiber A Pail of Air. It’s narrated by a kid telling the story of how a passing star pushed the Earth away from the Sun and the devastating after effects. Earth is nearly a frozen tundra with little breathable air. The boy built a little shelter for his family. Every once in a while the kid goes outside with a bucket and thaws frozen air over a fire so their atmosphere is breathable. #bookstodon #scifi #shortstory #ballantine

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FRITZ LEIBER!

#Fantasy #swords #SwordsAnd Sorcery #FritzLeiber #sciencefiction #SciFi