• more about #fritzleiber
    braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: That settles it, I guess. I shall write a theatrical adaptation of this book. more »
    Moff: Just a quick note: Does Fritz Leiber not LOOK FUCKING AWESOME? Like, doesn't that portrait make you think: "That dude is gonna science-fiction the fu... more »
    Grey_Area: Loving your Hugo posts, Moffie. Have you ever read Leiber's 1968 A Spectre is Haunting Texas? Been out of print for too long but very worth hunting do... more »
    fyngyrz: I also really liked the "conservation of reality" idea. The opposite of what most timeline change presumes. Very nice. Quite aside from enjoying SF wo... more »
    RyanF: I can't say that I enjoyed this one. In fact, I think it's among my least favorite of the Hugos I've read (but at least not as bad as _They'd Rather ... more »
    KeithZG: I don't know at what point you decided "let us blog about books that made a big impression on KeithZG during his childhood", but good choice ;) I dun... more »
    birdtongue: i love Leiber's style, though i know him mostly through the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser stories. i'll have to dig this up. more »
    Austin Grossman: I haven't thought about that the Change War in forever! Is it me or is Leiber kind of a forgotten man of SF/F literature? Because of his sexual poli... more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Without rules, SF becomes fantasy. And not in a good way. Without rules, every resolution can be a deus ex machina. Since we are dealing with new worl... more »
    Guang: I have this book filed under first of a series, but not sure if I've read it or not. Wikipedia has no further info - was this a trilogy or something l... more »
  • #bloggingthehugos

    The Big Time Is a Mystery Morpheus Would Approve Of

    All the Change World's a stage, and one man in his part plays many times — though Fritz Leiber's The Big Time is less a time-travel tale and more Agatha Christie-style Matrix, in play form. More »
  • #interview

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