Heroes and Horrors

Leiber, Fritz (edited by Stuart Schiff) (Introduction by John Jakes)

ISBN 10: 091837202X / ISBN 13: 9780918372024

Edité par Whispers Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1978

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B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by Leiber on the half title page, with a personalized inscription. This copy has also been signed by Schiff , and Tim Kirk (with a picture of a dragon). This is a First Trade edition - following a limited, numbered edition. The book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The brown cloth book covers have some spots of light fading to the top edges of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is in mostly clean, bright condition, with the exception of some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners. "Leiber was heavily influenced by H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Graves, John Webster, and Shakespeare in the first two decades of his career. Beginning in the late 1950s, he was increasingly influenced by the works of Carl Jung, particularly by the concepts of the anima and the shadow. In the mid-1960s, he began incorporating elements of Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces. These concepts are often mentioned in his stories, especially the anima, which becomes a method of exploring his fascination with, but estrangement from, the female. Leiber liked cats, which are featured in many of his stories. Tigerishka, for example, is a cat-like alien who is sexually attractive to the human protagonist yet repelled by human customs in the novel The Wanderer. Leiber's "Gummitch" stories feature a kitten with an I. Q. Of 160, just waiting for his ritual cup of coffee so that he can become human, too. "(from Wikipedia) ; Signed by All Authors.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Heroes and Horrors
• Éditeur: Whispers Press, Chapel Hill, NC
• Date de parution: 1978
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 091837202X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780918372024
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Illustrated by Tim Kirk
• Édition: 1st Trade Edition; 1st Printing.
• État de l'article: Very Good+
• État de la jaquette: Very Good+

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Book by Leiber Fritz