“Night Passage” takes us on a dark journey into a Las Vegas where Earthlings and extra-terrestrials mingle and gamble - and where one man takes a moonlit ride with a mystery woman from Mercury, tailed by some very scary pursuers. “Space-Time for Springers” is told through the glaring eyes of Gummitch, a cat who happens to possess a genius IQ and a voracious appetite for scientific knowledge. “The Foxholes of Mars” is a literary assault: a frightening, nitro-fueled tale of war on Mars, with one soldier questioning the futility and purpose of the battle against bug-eyed aliens - a distant mirror-image of our own times. It’s a comprehensive, page-turning cache that captures Leiber’s thoroughly original style - altogether mystical, beautiful, and sometimes disturbing. This book goes deep into Leiber’s underrated science fiction oeuvre. His writing crossed all boundaries, from horror to sword and sorcery. Poet, actor, playwright, chess expert, master of fantastic fiction.
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