Lankhmar: City of Adventure

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  • @athenassigil5820
    @athenassigil5820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    These two characters and their great setting, the city of Lankhmar is the stuff of what fantasy is made of. Most modern folk don't realise what legacy and heavy influence of this world and stories are mirrored in our current lineup of rpgs, films, books etc. And honestly, most are but pale reflections...great conversation, by the way! I merely stumbled on this and glad I gave a listen. I found these books in the early 80s, devoured them and realized how rich the mythos and world is....I also read the Elric books at the same time.....Thanks Deities and Demigods!

  • @kennethdickinson2591
    @kennethdickinson2591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ah, this brings back memories! I still have my copy of “Lankhmar, City of Adventure” on my bookshelf. Also, Fritz Leiber pronounced his name “LIEber,” not “LEEber,” according to an interview he gave not long before his death.

  • @s1nistergnome
    @s1nistergnome 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Underrated as hell.

  • @SimonAshworthWood
    @SimonAshworthWood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Coincidentally, "To Have a Sandwich and Get Laid" was the first Lankhmar story ever written.

  • @ver87ona
    @ver87ona 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just finished reading the original FGM books. Without a doubt one of my favorite series.

  • @pricerowland
    @pricerowland ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found out you two had a YT channel, glad to see it

  • @marxmeesterlijk
    @marxmeesterlijk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there is also a DCC release of Lankhmar now. Which I really want, but is kinda hard to get overseas.
    As for the novels, its been a while, but I really enjoyed one of the first one (maybe it's even the very first) where Fafhrd is still iving in his northern cold barbarian village, getting in to trouble and doing fetch quests. My favourite were the women in the village who were almost all magic users who kept sneaking around trowing snowballs at their unfaithful husbands and doing minor magics.

  • @SimonAshworthWood
    @SimonAshworthWood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, this video has inspired me to consider buying the "Lankhmar: City of Adventure" book and borrowing the Lankhmar novels from libraries.

  • @pe003
    @pe003 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Best fantasy books ever written, if any one has any recommendations of any books that even come close, let me know

  • @TylerSkylionChilders
    @TylerSkylionChilders 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I've had a few players press me about what the difference is between High and Low Fantasy. So I came up with the following:
    High Fantasy is Queen, "Princes of the Universe"
    Low Fantasy is Tom Waits, and you are in a dirty back alley fighting over a can of beans.
    Have a sammich and get laid is better.

  • @sullyb23511
    @sullyb23511 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can find the first Lankhmar compilation here: archive.org/details/swordsdeviltryla00frit/page/n5/mode/2up

  • @theodoredansen6152
    @theodoredansen6152 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All hail Greg Stafford!

  • @EruditeDM
    @EruditeDM 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dying alone in a bed covered in books in a shabby apartment is the fate of many devoted rpg players/GMs! Lol😂

  • @Raycheetah
    @Raycheetah 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    3:58 I'm sorry, but organized guilds of thieves (such as we understand them) actually have historical precedent in medieval Europe, including the use of a form of "thieves' cant," an argot devised to confound outsiders and the authorities, as well as rules and codes of conduct. Leiber may have popularized the ideas in modern literature, but he did not invent them. ='[.]'=