Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser and the Unknown debut of Fritz Leiber 

By Crom, please do! I asked Steve about it in a live stream over the weekend, and he said HE hasn't even done any yet! February ain't getting any longer!

@@jscottphillips503 I have a particular anthology in mind. It might actually cover most of the week’s themes.

Killing four rocs with one stone! Fantastic!

Ah! The Gnome Press edition would be a nice one to have! That's a VERY early Leo Dillon solo cover, without Diane, a bit of a rarity. The Mignola illustration is fantastic, really nice use of a modern medieval style, perfect for the mood of the stories. Sounds like you have a very nice collection. Glad you enjoyed the video!

I'm not sure I've seen Fritz Senior in anything, but I've seen Alan Hale, Sr. in many movies. The Skipper was definitely a chip off the old block.

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.

Cool! I look forward to your F&GM videos. Always fun to go back and re-read old favorites!

Yes! I saw an embarrassing interview with Fritz where the host was badly prepared, knowing nothing of him or his work. He introduced him as Fritz LEE-ber and cited FAW-ferd and the Gray Mouser with a hard "S." Fritz very politely corrected his pronunciation on all scores. Thanks for watching!

It's always amazing to learn things like this but I shall forever call him Faw Ferd in my head as I read this when I was eleven and there was no internet for clarification. :D

@@dndmat Yeah. I always said Faw Feed myself until I looked it up and found that interview just before I made this video, only because I try to be as accurate as I can in telling these back stories . I've always heard it both ways, but figured it didn't really matter. Science Fiction and Fantasy are full of these invented words and names that we can only guess at how to pronounce. To be fair, we are rarely given a pronunciation guide in these stories so, naturally, we take our best guess. Faw Ferd is as good as any and, after a lifetime of pronouncing such a name to ourselves, why change? A crazy example is Lovecraft's Cthulhu. Almost EVERYone pronounces it now as Ku-THOO-loo, but Lovecraft himself said that it should be Khlûl′-hloo. What the...? How in the world is anyone supposed to figure THAT one out? And in fact, a lot of Lovecraft fans KNOW how he wanted it pronounced, but just go on with their own lifetime of saying Ka-THOO-loo anyway. It's pretty much accepted that way now, even by the most ardent fans. Don't even get me started on Superman's Mr. Mxyzptlk!

@@jscottphillips503 that’s what I love about books, our mind fills in the gaps. With a movie it’s all done for you. Two people can read the same book but have some fairly different views on the same topic. :)

@@dndmat Not only that, but often with books, you can sometimes have different views yourself on a re-read.

Ah! Do you believe M. Isip intentionally modeled his drawing after reference shots of Leiber? If so, that would have been quite an Easter egg for its day ... one that probably wouldn't be fully appreciated for some time, when Leiber's likeness would be more recognizable. Or perhaps, just a happy coincidence? Either way, a cool observation. And how cool to have hung out with Fritz at some point! Great memories. Thanks for watching!

There's still time!

I've never seen those! Maybe if the devil pops up again, I'll ask for a mint run.

Thanks, Tony! I don't have particular plans yet for either Shadow of Kane. I've thought of doing The Shadow at some point, and touched ever so slightly on artist Graves Gladney's pulp Shadow covers in my video on "The Black Destroyer." The Shadow would certainly be deserving of its own video. Same with Solomon Kane, but would probably hit Conan before that. Both definitely have some fantastic artwork to explore.

Thanks for watching!

Me too! Thanks, Walter.

If you do, be careful. Sorcery may be involved. Thanks for watching!

Understandable! If you haven't seen Michael K. Vaughan's response video to this, you should watch it. Hilarious, and hits that nail directly on its flat, little head. And if you're reading science fiction, you're still in the right place!

@@jscottphillips503 yes, Michael's video is what sent me over. 👍♥️

Interesting suggestion. Probably not for 2023 February Fantasy Stories, but could be non-event related at some point. Any CAS favorites?

@@jscottphillips503 Anything from the Averoigne stories.

Yeah. I first got to know of the series back in the '70s. A close friend and I enjoyed a lot of the same books and we always pronounced it as FAW-ferd. But I've since seen an interview with Fritz Leiber where the interviewer was stumbling over the pronunciation himself, and Leiber corrected him, pronouncing it clearly as "FAFF-erd," so I've gone with that ever since.

Fafhrd, cada quien lo pronuncia como puede. Yo digo Faferd.

No wonder they are so enjoyable!