While writing about that book, I discovered that an earlier version of the story had been published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Late last year, I read Fritz Leiber’s Our Lady of Darkness. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January/February 1977 Let me know if you have any recommendations. Part of me wants to just read the horror ones, but I’m sure that’s dumb. I don’t know if there’s a specific collection that I should go for. I’ve heard that his short stories are some of his best work, so I’ll probably look at them next. That itself is enough to impress me, but the books I’ve read by him are awesome too. Dick, and apparently he corresponded with both.
I read somebody describe him as the link between Lovecraft and Philip K. It seems to me that Leiber had a very clear understanding of the nature of magic.įritz Leiber was a cool guy. While some of the magic in here is rather fantastic, a lot of it is the kind of stuff that I don’t entirely disbelieve in. This book is only demeaning to women if you think of witchcraft as a bad thing. The tension in the book, and there’s loads of it, is largely created by the unwillingness of the male protagonist to believe what is happening to him. I read somebody comment that the novel’s description of women isn’t “generous”, but I don’t agree. The conflict is mainly psychological, occurring in the protagonist’s head. It’s a pretty simple premise, but Leiber makes it work really well.
Now, the title ‘witch’ don’t apply to all women,īut all women have a little witch in ’em Fritz Leiber It turns out that his wife isn’t the only witch on campus. Shortly after this, he realises that her magic has been protecting him from the spells of the other witches.
He thinks this is a shameful load of nonsense, so he tells her to stop. It’s the story of a college professor who discovers that his wife has been practicing witchcraft behind his back. Conjure Wife was first published in 1949. I really enjoyed Our Lady of Darkness ( both times I read it), and I felt like it was time to revisit Fritz Leiber. Penguin – 1969 (Originally published 1949)
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