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Ghost Light (1984)

Tekijä: Fritz Leiber

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His admirers include Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, John Jakes and Peter Straub. The New York Times called his work "fast moving, ironic and delightful." He is the winner of every major American accolade in the field of fantastic literature: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Convention's Grandmaster Award. This incredible volume includes some of his greatest tales, a startling novella about ghosts in modern California, and a brilliant look at his own distinguished career. Here is Fritz Leiber at his best....… (lisätietoja)
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3.5 Originally posted at FanLit
http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/the-ghost-light/

Fritz Leiber??s The Ghost Light, recently produced in audio format by Audible Frontiers, is a collection of nine short stories and novelettes and an autobiographical essay by Fritz Leiber. Only the first novelette, ƒ??The Ghost Light,ƒ? and the essay, ƒ??Not so Much Disorder and Not so Early Sex: an Autobiographical Essay,ƒ? are original to this collection. Most of the previously printed stories were nominated for, or won, major SFF awards. Hereƒ??s what youƒ??ll find in The Ghost Light:

ƒ??The Ghost Lightƒ? ƒ?? Young Tommy and his parents are visiting Cassius, his estranged grandfather, in California. Thereƒ??s something creepy about the painting of Tommyƒ??s dead grandmother that hangs in the living room and Tommy knows the bluish green nightlight in his bedroom has something to do with it. This is a spooky tale that I mostly enjoyed, even though it (not surprisingly) features a dirty old man lusting after his young female family members. ƒ??The Ghost Storyƒ? is original to this collection.

ƒ??Coming Attractionƒ? ƒ?? A British man visits post-WWIII Manhattan where radiation levels are high and society has completely changed. After he saves a masked woman from being hit by car, she invites him out and begs him to take her back to England so she can escape her abusive boyfriend. This story was bleak and depressing, but I will never forget the opening line: ƒ??The coupe with the fishhooks welded to the fender shouldered up over the curb like the nose of a nightmare.ƒ? ƒ??Coming Attractionƒ? was originally published in 1950 in Galaxy Science Fiction and was nominated for a Retro Hugo Award in 2001.

ƒ??A Deskful of Girlsƒ? ƒ?? A man manages to get an evening invitation to visit the lab of a famous psychologist and to see his work in the field of the psychophysiology of sex. This story is brimming with the blatant sexism and bad psychology of 1950s pulp magazines, but the excellent twist at the end appeased me. Unfortunately, Iƒ??ll never be able to listen to Tchaikovskyƒ??s The Nutcracker with happy innocence again. ƒ??A Deskful of Girlsƒ? was originally published in 1958 in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novelette.

ƒ??Space-Time For Springersƒ? ƒ?? This delightful story, written from the perspective of a kitten named Gummitch, was my favorite. Kitty has some funny ideas about the world, and heƒ??s got data to back them up. This adorable story was first published in 1958 in Frederik Poulƒ??s Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 and has been reprinted many times since then. A must-read for all cat lovers.

ƒ??Four Ghosts in Hamletƒ? ƒ?? The ladies in a company of Shakespearean actors start playing with a Ouija board backstage and then notice there are too many ghosts in their production of Hamlet. This is a good story with plenty of humor and suspense. This 1965 novelette, first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, was nominated for a Nebula Award.

ƒ??Gonna Roll the Bonesƒ? ƒ?? Joe Slattermill is a poor miner who would rather spend his evenings drinking, gambling, and whoring than sitting at home listening to his domineering wife and mother. But when he goes out this night, he finds a new gambling parlor and ends up dicing with Death. This folksy story is an unusual style for Leiber and though Iƒ??m not sure I got all the symbolism and allegory, I appreciated the imagery and atmosphere. ƒ??Gonna Roll the Bonesƒ? was originally published in Harlan Ellisonƒ??s highly decorated anthology Dangerous Visions in 1967. It won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for Best Novelette.

ƒ??Bazaar of the Bizarreƒ? ƒ?? I loved this novelette when I read it in Leiberƒ??s Lankhmar collection Swords Against Death. In this story, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are sent by their patron gods to destroy a magic bazaar where customers are enchanted into believing that the trash for sale is valuable. When the Gray Mouser gets there first and falls under its spell, Fafhrd must save him while still carrying out the godsƒ?? commands. This story has been in many collections but was first printed in 1963 in Fantastic Stories of Imagination.

ƒ??Midnight by the Morphy Watchƒ? ƒ?? Fritz Leiber loved to play chess, so itƒ??s not surprising that heƒ??d write a ghost story about what happened to chess champion Paul Morphyƒ??s famous missing watch. Chess enthusiasts will enjoy this novelette. It was first published in Jim Baenƒ??s Worlds of If in 1974 and was nominated for a Hugo Award.

ƒ??Black Glassƒ? ƒ?? First published in Peter Westonƒ??s Andromeda 3 in 1978, this story begins as a man is walking through Manhattan musing that the black glass being used to construct the new sky scrapers could symbolize the doom of New York City as it experiences rising levels of violence and crime, filth and pollution, drugs and porn, and even union strikes and junk food. As he continues walking, he seems to travel to the future and discovers that things will be much worse than he imagined. The climax of this story occurs in the twin towers of the World Trade Center, which makes this story even sadder than Leiber intended.

ƒ??Not so Much Disorder and Not so Early Sex: an Autobiographical Essayƒ? ƒ?? This is a long (5.5 hours on audio) autobiographical piece written when Leiber was 71 years old. He begins by talking a little about his German ancestors and describing his parentsƒ?? work (his father owned a traveling Shakespearean theater) and his upbringing with his aunts in Chicago. He goes on to talk about his studies at the University of Chicago, his short careers as an actor and then a priest, his writing, his love of chess, his marriage to Jonquil, their cat (the real Gummitch), and his trouble with alcoholism. Throughout the essay he describes his boyhood fascination with womenƒ??s breasts, his long-lasting naivet?? about female anatomy and the sex act, and his obsession with understanding what nobody would talk about in an era of sexual repression and lack of sex education. Heƒ??s quite candid about this hang-up and he explains how this issue, along with his experiences in the theater and with chess and cats, give a lot of context to the stories in The Ghost Light. ƒ??Not so Much Disorder and Not so Early Sex: an Autobiographical Essayƒ? is original to The Ghost Light and was later reprinted in his autobiography Fafhrd & Me and in his novel Conjure Wife.

I listened to the audio version of The Ghost Light which was produced by Audible Frontiers and is read by a team of excellent narrators. The print version has some interior art (each story features an illustration by a different artist) and personal photographs which I missed, but I didnƒ??t mind because I enjoyed the narration so much. ( )
1 ääni Kat_Hooper | Apr 6, 2014 |
This is an unusual collection. It starts with a new (as of the books publication in ’84) novella. This is followed by a collection of stories identified as Leiber’s “finest stories”. Then, the last 112 pages of the 365 page collection is Leiber’s autobiography. The autobiography is almost a microcosm of the book. At times interesting, at times of passing interest, and at times material to be waded through in order to get to the other side.

The novella “The Ghost Light” which leads the collection is good enough. It is not a particular classic, but it is a decent ghost story. Then the reader wanders into one of the blockbusters - “Coming Attraction” – Leiber’s story of an America where things are going and have gone wrong. I hadn’t thought of this story in a long time, and coming across it here was great. Then a few more stories (that were fine as far as they go) followed by “Gonna Roll the Bones”, Leiber’s unforgettable submission for Harlan Ellison’s Dangerous Vision collection. Then a couple more stories (including a Grey Mouser tale.) (And, I’ll jump in at this point and ask, if this is considered his finest stories, how can it not include “Catch That Zeppelin”?)

Finally, the autobiography. It looks as though it is meant to be a rambling account, and it does succeed in rambling. Yes, we learn about Leiber. And we learn about the genesis of some of the stories in the collection. And it is apparent that the author is an interesting person who has had interesting times. However, the telling is less than interesting, and trying to get through the autobiography turned into one of the most trying aspects of reading this collection.

There are great stories here (but not all the great ones), there are good stories here, and there are some that are just okay. And there is that autobiography that could have been so much, but turned into so little. This book does not do justice to the greatness that is Fritz Leiber’s writing. ( )
  figre | Jan 17, 2010 |
http://www.fireandsword.com/Reviews/ghostlight.html

Fritz Leiber was one of those freight trains, not easy to start, possible to derail, but hard as hell to stop. This collection showcases some of his best stories, reaching back to work he did in the 1950s and sweeping forward to "The Ghost Light", written in 1984.
  DaveHardy | Dec 27, 2006 |
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His admirers include Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, John Jakes and Peter Straub. The New York Times called his work "fast moving, ironic and delightful." He is the winner of every major American accolade in the field of fantastic literature: the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award and the World Fantasy Convention's Grandmaster Award. This incredible volume includes some of his greatest tales, a startling novella about ghosts in modern California, and a brilliant look at his own distinguished career. Here is Fritz Leiber at his best....

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