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There can be no doubt that Fritz Leiber is one of the foremost talents writing Science Fiction and Fantasy today. The unique ideas and techniques he has created for his novels and stories have earned him an impressive reputation -- both in and out of the Science Fiction world. The stories... read more

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Six stories of science fiction, fantasy and horror from the Hugo and Nebula Award winner.

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  • “That's where it's been," Grayl continued, "locked in the heart of the Antarctic, dreaming its centuries-long dreams of escape and revenge, waking now and again to rage against its captivity and rack its minds with a thousand schemes -- and searching, searching, always searching! Searching for telepathic contact with creatures capable of operating the locks of its prison. And now, waking after its last fifty year trance, finding them!”

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Years ago my window at the University of Chicago overlooked the west stands of Stagg Field.

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Forward
The Haunted Future
Damnation Morning
The Oldest Soldier
Midnight in the Mirror World
The Number of the Beast
The Mind Spider

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  1. Fritz Leiber, Jr. (Author)

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