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Fritz Leiber

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    (December 24, 1910-September 5, 1992)
    Wrote 'The Big Time,' 'Conjure Wife,' 'The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich,' 'Destiny Times Three,' 'Gather, Darkness!,' 'The Green Millennium,' 'Our Lady of Darkness,' 'The Silver Eggheads,' 'The Sinful Ones,' 'A Spectre is Haunting Texas,' 'Tarzan and the Valley of Gold' and 'The Wanderer'
    Won 8 Hugo Awards (1958, 62, 65, 68, 70, 71, 75, 76)
    Won 4 Nebula Awards (1967, 70, 75, 81)
    Won an August Derleth Award (1976)
    Won 3 World Fantasy Awards (1976, 76, 78)
    Won 3 Gigamesh Awards (1986, 86, 87)
    Won a British Fantasy Award (1980)
    Won a Bram Stoker Award (1988)
    Won an Anne Radcliffe Award (1988)
    Won a Clark Ashton Award (1980)
    Won a Balrog Award (1981)
    Won a Locus Award (1985)
    Member of the Science Fiction Writers of America

Why he might be annoying:

    After his first wife died in 1969, he became an alcoholic for three years.
    Months before he died he remarried.
    He enjoyed science, metaphysics, history, backgammon, chess (rated expert), poetry and cats.
    Along with J.R.R. Tolkein and Robert E. Howard, his works spawned many clichéd 'sword and sorcery' type stories.

Why he might not be annoying:

    His best works were short stories.
    He attend University of Chicago.
    His first wife passed away (1969).
    His parents were Shakespearean actors.
    He cites H.P. Lovecraft, Robert Graves, and Carl Gustav Jung as his influences.

Credit: Jeff


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 26 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 42 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 66 Votes: 56.06% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 123 Votes: 45.53% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 219 Votes: 43.84% Annoying