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That Other American Tolkien

Lev Grossman · 18 Nov 2025

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  1. Our reading

    Fritz Leiber's handling of race and gender is unenlightened.

    Their wordsAnd now a major caveat: Leiber’s handling of race and in particular gender is, to say the least, unenlightened.

  2. Our reading

    It is a shame that Fritz Leiber is barely in print, though a few of his stories deserve to disappear.

    Their wordsLeiber is barely in print now—I believe he’s only published by a reprint press—and I think that’s a shame, but there are a few of his stories (like “The Sadness of the Executioner”) that truly deserve to disappear forever.

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