This is so exciting for me to see Fritz! I have never seen anything other than photopraphs of a man who helped me to leave this boring world for a short, yet exciting, time!!
@dmacleod274 жыл бұрын
Man... I'm hanging on to every word Leiber speaks. What a pleasure to see him, even if he's slowed down here, still sharp as an oiled blade.
@nemo9xiphos9 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace One of the best authors ever
@roarshockchannel2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see and hear Fritz today on his 111 Birthday, December 24, 2021. Thanks for posting this.
@intrepidojaguar11202 жыл бұрын
this man interacted with H.P. Lovecraft through letters in the 1930s amazing interview thank you
@Persephone9ish10 жыл бұрын
I LOVED reading Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser books!! It is delightful to see and hear him. I once found a book at the library about him and his equally lovable wife and wish I'd run into it again because it revealed what a fascinating and appealing couple they were and the charming life they enjoyed.
@ChristianGustafson10 жыл бұрын
You lucky fuck, you got to talk to the man. He was gone but six months later.
@TheMikester3076 жыл бұрын
Wow! I didn't know there was video of him! I corresponded with his son about 20 years ago (a couple of e-mails!) and he recommended the story "Four Ghosts In Hamlet," as having a lot of his Dad in it.
@josephskiles5 жыл бұрын
Four Ghost in Hamlet is a great story, I have a book of short ghost stories in which it is included and have always loved it
@nemo9xiphos9 жыл бұрын
I have two hand written letters from this great writer. He mentioned once that Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser were two halves of an older, greater hero. He told me that the Heros name was The Growler, and that he intended writing about him or including him in a storyline- likely through one of Ningaubles many caves. Sadly he didn't live to do it
@jgrahn92608 жыл бұрын
+nemo9xiphos I'm pretty sure the Growler got a mention in one of the late stories, probably one of those collected in "The Knight and Knave of Swords".
@dchanging11 жыл бұрын
Fritz is one of the all-time greats. His writing has such incredible savvy and wit. Too bad this interviewer is a bit lacking in those departments, ha ha... he tries hard but has not done his research. I was fortunate to attend Fritz's funeral in SF in 1992... I don't know if I can say exactly where because that info is apparently not public. It was as much a celebration as a remembrance.
@scottclinton20619 жыл бұрын
His was the first 'really' atmospheric series I ever read. This interview is, quite unique in so many ways...
@redwatch.10 жыл бұрын
Wonderful genius. The questions, of course, were general but brought ought a lot of insight into his personality. I fucking love Fritz. I always identified with his first person protagonists.
@tanuki200112 жыл бұрын
What a pleasure to see! Wish it had been even longer! Many thanks to Wilum for point me to it - I doubt I would have found it otherwise and would have missed a real treat!
@charlessmyth10 жыл бұрын
Good to see interviews like this. I've read a great many of Fritz's publications, and enjoyed them all.
@LiamsLyceum2 жыл бұрын
Amazing to hear him
@MrWilum12 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see this. I wish you had mentioned that Fritz was a late correspondent with H. P. Lovecraft, who influenced his early writing. Fritz has written some of the finest tales of Lovecraftian weird fiction, and some of the finest essays concerning Lovecraft as a writer.
@jeanetteminor60537 жыл бұрын
This was taped just months after he had his first stroke.He recovered from it rather well. But it scared the hell out of Margo Skinner and me at the time.
@chicksandwich6 жыл бұрын
Man-- wish we could have swapped out the interviewer: still glad to see this.
@RenlangRen6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for putting up this video. I loved his books and his short stories. His short stories are some of the best.
@whisper8742 Жыл бұрын
The Voice of an enduring fantasy adventure! "Mouser, we must flee!"
@cpthurme4 жыл бұрын
I agree with Fritz, Lean Times In Lankhmar is a true classic.
@richlandwoman2 жыл бұрын
It's really great that this even exists! Thanks very much for sharing it.
@Theanchoritegarlic10 жыл бұрын
The man brings up Lovecraft and the interviewer steers the conversation elsewhere. Shame.
@Shagamaw-1002 жыл бұрын
Woah, what a cool guy.
@andrewpmckim6 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
@atomictraveller11 жыл бұрын
wish the interviewer were a counterculturalist or otherwise had an education, enough to acknowledge who he was speaking with. of course, how often does that happen..
@TheWizaard Жыл бұрын
Ha ha, that poor hapless nerd interviewing a genius and just throwing questions at him from a list.
@ianwilliams60429 жыл бұрын
His clothes don't fit. His trousers are too short as are the sleeves on his jacket. Wonderful man though.
@marx0071007 жыл бұрын
Were you always a certified ass hole? Fritz couldn't afford nice clothes, because most writers can't live on what they make in selling stories and books. Fritz was forced into using food stamps to buy groceries at times, so pointing his lack of good garb tells me that you Ian Williams are usually full of shit. How do you live with yourself? Does anyone like you? I rather doubt it.
@Fortress3334 жыл бұрын
Leiber's clothes fit him perfectly. He just put a spell on you, so you think his clothes don't fit. Witchcraft and deviltry, beware!