A review by freder1ck
Swords Against Death by Fritz Leiber

3.0

Folks have been recommending to me since I played D&D in high school. A collection of short stories, loosely tied together with a certain amount of repetition in terms of plot: i.e., beautiful treasure beckons and it wants to kill me. The best stories are set in the city of Lankhmar. Thieves' House, Claws from the Night, Bazaar of the Bizarre. The House of Pain-Ease is a kind of a hybrid which is a bit more explicit about its Petrarchan death/desire paradox. Glad to have read it, but won't be reading more.