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Title: Adept's Gambit Title Record # 45118
Author: Fritz Leiber
Date: 1947-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novella
Series: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Language: English
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Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
1947 Adept's Gambit [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
Year Language Title
1975Translated by Ivain Rodriguez de León
Dutch Het adeptengambiet
1976Translated by Thomas Schlück
German Das Spiel des Adepten
1982Translated by Jacques de Tarsac
French
Le jeu de l'initié?Le jeu de l'initie
1991Translated by Kerstin Kvisler
Swedish Mästarens spelöppning
2005Translated by Joachim Körber
German Adepten-Gambit
2006Translated by Jean Claude Mallé
French Le gambit de l'initié

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Night's Black Agents 1947-00-00 Fritz Leiber, Jr. Arkham House  
$3.00?$: US dollar
x+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Ronald Clyne Checkmark
Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1964 1964-05-00 ed. Cele Goldsmith Ziff-Davis Publishing Company  
$0.50?$: US dollar
132
digest?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
mag Emsh Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1968-09-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books H-90
$0.60?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1973-12-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 79181
$0.95?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1974-06-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 79182
$1.25?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1975-00-00 Fritz Leiber, Jr. Neville Spearman 0-85978-013-9
£2.25?£: UK pound
x+
237
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll David L. Fletcher Checkmark
Zwaarden in de mist 1975-12-00 Fritz Leiber Meulenhoff (M=SF #98) 90-290-0490-8 ƒ10.00 215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Schwerter im Kampf 1976-00-00 Fritz Leiber Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #3501) 3-453-30391-1
DM 3.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
156
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bob Haberfield Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1976-07-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 79183
$1.50?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1977-06-00 Fritz Leiber Sphere 0-7221-5476-3
£0.85?£: UK pound
240
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll  
Swords in the Mist 1977-12-00 Fritz Leiber Gregg Press (The Saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser #3) 0-8398-2400-9
$8.50?$: US dollar
190
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1977-12-00 Fritz Leiber George Prior Publishers 0-86043-163-0
£4.95?£: UK pound
190
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1978-03-00 Fritz Leiber Berkley Books 0-425-03669-3
$1.75?$: US dollar
xii+
275
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1979-00-00 Fritz Leiber Mayflower 0-583-13088-7
£0.85?£: UK pound
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Peter Elson Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1979-08-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-79184-0
$1.95?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1980-05-00 Fritz Leiber Berkley Books 0-425-04322-3
$1.95?$: US dollar
275
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Wayne Barlowe Checkmark
Night's Black Agents 1980-09-00 Fritz Leiber Gregg Press 0-8398-2640-0
$14.95?$: US dollar
xv+
[7]+
275
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1981-04-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-79185-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Zwaarden in de mist 1981-09-00 Fritz Leiber Meulenhoff (M=SF #98) 90-290-0490-8 ƒ13.50 215
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Bruce Pennington Checkmark
Epées et brumes 1982-08-00 Fritz Leiber Temps Futurs (Temps Futurs - Heroic Fantasy) 2-86607-018-6
F55.00?F: French frank
248
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Andreas  
Swords in the Mist 1982-12-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-79186-7
$2.50?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1983-10-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-79188-3
$2.75?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Epées et brumes 1985-10-07 Fritz Leiber Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5213) 2-266-01603-2   217
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
Schwerter im Nebel 1986-00-00 Fritz Leiber Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4287) 3-453-31328-3
DM 12.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
640
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
omni Boris Vallejo  
Swords in the Mist 1986-09-00 Fritz Leiber Grafton 0-583-13088-7
£2.50?£: UK pound
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Geoff Taylor Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 1987-00-00 Fritz Leiber Grafton 0-583-13088-7
£2.50?£: UK pound
189
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Geoff Taylor Checkmark
Echoes of Valor 1987-02-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner Tor 0-812-55750-6
$2.95?$: US dollar
286
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Ken Kelly Checkmark
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds 1987-07-00 ed. Pamela Crippen Adams, Robert Adams, Martin H. Greenberg Signet / New American Library 0-451-14894-0
$3.95?$: US dollar
366
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Ken Kelly Checkmark
Robert Adams' Book of Alternate Worlds 1987-07-00 ed. Pamela Crippen Adams, Robert Adams, Martin H. Greenberg Signet / New American Library of Canada 0-451-14894-0 / AE4894
C$4.95?C$: Canadian dollar
366
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
anth Ken Kelly Checkmark
Epées et brumes 1988-07-00 Fritz Leiber Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5213) 2-266-02350-0   217
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
The Three of Swords 1989-05-00 Fritz Leiber Nelson Doubleday / SFBC 14707
$7.98?$: US dollar
xii+
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Dean Morrissey Checkmark
Epées et brumes 1990-07-00 Fritz Leiber Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5213) 2-266-02350-0   217
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
Swords in the Mist 1990-09-00 Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-79192-1
$3.95?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones Checkmark
Svärd i dimman 1991-04-17 Fritz Leiber Target Games (Drakar & demoner #33) 91-7898-115-8 / R 9107 001-9233
skr 35?skr: Swedish krona (crown)
181+
[1]
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Greg Hildebrandt Checkmark
Schwerter im Nebel 1995-00-00 Fritz Leiber Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy #4287) 3-453-31328-3
DM 14.90?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
640
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
omni Boris Vallejo Checkmark
Lean Times in Lankhmar 1996-04-00 Fritz Leiber Borealis / White Wolf Publishing 1-56504-927-6 / WW 12001
$21.99?$: US dollar
viii+
291
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Mike Mignola Checkmark
Epées et brumes?Epees et brumes
1996-09-00 Fritz Leiber Presses Pocket (Presses Pocket - Science Fiction #5213) 2-266-02350-0   218
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll W. Siudmak  
Lean Times in Lankhmar 1999-08-00 Fritz Leiber Millennium / Orion 1-85798-816-7
£6.99?£: UK pound
viii+
407
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
omni Geoff Taylor Checkmark
The First Book of Lankhmar 2001-06-00 Fritz Leiber Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #18) 1-85798-327-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
762
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Chris Moore  
The Three of Swords 2002-11-00 Fritz Leiber Science Fiction Book Club 0-7394-3016-5 / 54003
$13.99?$: US dollar
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Julie Bell  
The First Book of Lankhmar 2003-00-00 Fritz Leiber Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #18) 1-85798-327-0
£8.99?£: UK pound
762
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Chris Moore Checkmark
Fritz Leiber and H. P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark 2003-00-00 Fritz Leiber Wildside Press 0-8095-0077-9
$39.95?$: US dollar
323
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Checkmark
Fritz Leiber and H. P. Lovecraft: Writers of the Dark 2004-02-00 Fritz Leiber Wildside Press 0-8095-0078-7
$19.95?$: US dollar
323
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Swords in The Mist/Swords and Ice Magic: Fafhrd and The Gray Mouser 2005-01-00 Fritz Leiber ibooks 0-7434-9804-6
$14.00?$: US dollar
448
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni  
Die Herren von Quarmall 2005-07-00 Fritz Leiber Edition Phantasia (Phantasia Paperback Fantasy #2004) 3-937897-10-0
€19.90?€: Euro
352
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Lars Nestler  
Epées et brumes 2006-05-00 Fritz Leiber Bragelonne 2-915549-85-0
€17.00?€: Euro
239
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Sarry Long  
Swords in the Mist 2007-08-00 Fritz Leiber Dark Horse Books 978-1-59582-081-5
$12.95?$: US dollar
219
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll Heidi Fainza Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 2008-00-00 Fritz Leiber Audible Studios      
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
coll Checkmark
Lankhmar 2008-04-03 Fritz Leiber Gollancz 978-0-575-08274-8
£7.99?£: UK pound
704
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 2012-07-02 Fritz Leiber Gateway / Orion 978-0-575-12388-5
£2.99?£: UK pound
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Adept's Gambit: The Original Version 2014-00-00 Fritz Leiber Arcane Wisdom     197
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
chap Alex McVey Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 2014-04-01 Fritz Leiber Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-1692-9
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Swords in the Mist 2014-10-07 Fritz Leiber Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-4976-9994-6
$11.99?$: US dollar
168
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
coll  
Lankhmar: L'intégrale, tome 1 2015-06-17 Fritz Leiber Bragelonne 978-2-35294-869-8
€10.00?€: Euro
576
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Pascal Casolari  
Swords in the Mist 2019-04-07 Fritz Leiber Centipede Press 978-1-61347-177-7
$85.00?$: US dollar
278
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Grant Griffin Checkmark
Swords in the Mist 2019-04-23 Fritz Leiber Centipede Press 978-1-61347-177-7
$300.00?$: US dollar
232
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
coll Grant Griffin Checkmark
Swords in the Mist date unknown Fritz Leiber Ace Books 0-441-79185-9
$2.25?$: US dollar
190
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
coll Jeff Jones  
The First Book of Lankhmar date unknown Fritz Leiber Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #18) 978-1-85798-327-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
762
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Chris Moore Checkmark
The First Book of Lankhmar date unknown Fritz Leiber Gollancz / Orion (Millennium / Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks #18) 978-1-85798-327-2
£9.99?£: UK pound
762
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
omni Chris Moore  
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