Hugo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (1965) Winner
Fritz Leiber
フリッツ・ライバー
Fritz Leiber
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1910-12-24 （Chicago, Illinois, United States）
- Died
- 1992-09-05 age 81
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Actor
- Active Years
- 1936-1992
- Influenced
- Gary Gygax
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Hugo Award (novel) | The Wanderer | 長編 | Hugo Awards | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Nebula Award (novelette/novella) | Ill Met in Lankhmar | 中短編 | Nebula Awards | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Hugo Award (short fiction) | Ill Met in Lankhmar | 中短編 | Hugo Awards | 受賞 |
| 1971 | Locus Award | Ill Met in Lankhmar | 中短編 | Locus Awards | 受賞 |
| 1970 | Hugo Award (short story) | Ship of Shadows | 短編 | Hugo Awards | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Hugo Award (short story) | Catch That Zeppelin! | 短編 | Hugo Awards | 受賞 |
| 1976 | Nebula Award (short story) | Catch That Zeppelin! | 短編 | Nebula Awards | 受賞 |
| 1978 | World Fantasy Award (novel) | Our Lady of Darkness | 長編 | World Fantasy Awards | 受賞 |
| 1976 | World Fantasy Life Achievement | — | 生涯功績 | World Fantasy Awards | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Hugo Award (short fiction) | Gonna Roll the Bones | 短編 | Hugo Awards | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Nebula Award (short fiction) | Gonna Roll the Bones | 短編 | Nebula Awards | 受賞 |
Hugo Award (novel)
1964
Work:
The Wanderer
Category:
長編
Organization:
Hugo Awards
Result:
受賞
Nebula Award (novelette/novella)
1970
Work:
Ill Met in Lankhmar
Category:
中短編
Organization:
Nebula Awards
Result:
受賞
Hugo Award (short fiction)
1971
Work:
Ill Met in Lankhmar
Category:
中短編
Organization:
Hugo Awards
Result:
受賞
Locus Award
1971
Work:
Ill Met in Lankhmar
Category:
中短編
Organization:
Locus Awards
Result:
受賞
Hugo Award (short story)
1970
Work:
Ship of Shadows
Category:
短編
Organization:
Hugo Awards
Result:
受賞
Hugo Award (short story)
1976
Work:
Catch That Zeppelin!
Category:
短編
Organization:
Hugo Awards
Result:
受賞
Nebula Award (short story)
1976
Work:
Catch That Zeppelin!
Category:
短編
Organization:
Nebula Awards
Result:
受賞
World Fantasy Award (novel)
1978
Work:
Our Lady of Darkness
Category:
長編
Organization:
World Fantasy Awards
Result:
受賞
World Fantasy Life Achievement
1976
Category:
生涯功績
Organization:
World Fantasy Awards
Result:
受賞
Hugo Award (short fiction)
1968
Work:
Gonna Roll the Bones
Category:
短編
Organization:
Hugo Awards
Result:
受賞
Nebula Award (short fiction)
1968
Work:
Gonna Roll the Bones
Category:
短編
Organization:
Nebula Awards
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Geffen Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
Our Lady of Darkness
1977 Dark fantasyA dark fantasy novel mixing urban setting and occult elements, exploring personal loss and supernatural forces.
OccultUrban uncannyPersonal loss
The Wanderer
1964 Science fictionA science fiction novel about a giant celestial body appearing near Earth and the social upheaval that follows.
Civilizational collapseExtraterrestrial intrusionHuman relationships under stress
The Big Time
1961 Science fiction (space/time)An experimental-structured SF novel about war waged within a confined space and the bonds between people.
TimeWarClosed environments
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (selected)
1939 Heroic fantasy (sword and sorcery)A series of stories and novels about a realistic duo of adventurers; seminal works that helped define the 'swords & sorcery' subgenre.
AdventureFriendshipUrban otherworld (Lankhmar)
Space-Time for Springers (selected stories)
1958 Short fiction / SFA selection of short fiction notable for cat-themed stories and pieces exploring time and parallel worlds.
CatsTime & parallel worldsBlend of fantasy and SF
Bibliography
- Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series (short stories & novels)
- The Wanderer
- Our Lady of Darkness
- Space-Time for Springers (collection)
Translations of Works
- The Wanderer (Japanese translation)
- Gather, Darkness (Japanese translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Technically skilled prose blending fantasy and SFPhantasmagoric, often dark toneUses irony and humor
- Recurring Motifs
- Parallel universesAlternate historyMagic/occult elementsUrban otherworld (Lankhmar)Cats
Legacy
Fritz Leiber is highly regarded as a technically accomplished writer blending SF and fantasy. He helped popularize the term 'swords & sorcery' and established a new style of heroic fantasy with the Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser stories. He won many major awards (World Fantasy, Hugo, Nebula) and influenced popular culture, including tabletop RPGs.
In Popular Culture
- Influenced Gary Gygax and contributed to the formation of tabletop RPGs such as Dungeons & Dragons
Quotes
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"Swords & Sorcery" is a phrase that succinctly captures the kind of heroic adventures we imagine.
Trivia
- His father Fritz Leiber Sr. was a film actor.
- His son Justin Leiber is a philosopher specializing in cognitive science.
- He helped popularize the term 'swords & sorcery'.
- Received the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 1976.