Ill Met in Lankhmar - Plot

Plot

One murky night in Lankhmar, Fissif and Slevyas, members of the Thieves' Guild, steal valuable jewels from Jengao the gem merchant. Whilst returning to Thieves' House, they are ambushed and attacked by Gray Mouser and Fafhrd simultaneously who steal the gems. Recognising kindred spirits, they agree to share the loot. They return to Mouser's lodgings, where Fafhrd is introduced to Mouser's woman Ivrian and Ivrian meets Fafhrd's woman, Vlana.

Somewhat drunk, Mouser persuades Fafhrd to join him in a quest to infiltrate the headquarters of the Thieves' Guild, in the guise of members of the Beggar's Guild. They are initially successful, but their disguise comes unstuck when their glib story is seen through by Krovas, Grandmaster of the Thieves, and the Beggarmaster. Fleeing, they return to Mouser's hovel, only to find to their horror that both girls have been killed and partially eaten by giant rats and by Slivikin, a fast-moving evil witch-beast conjured up by Krovas's warlock, Histromilo.

In grief and anger, they return to Thieves' House and charge in, causing panic and chaos. They kill Histromilo, then flee from the city.

Hugo Award for Best Novella
Retro Hugos
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell (1946)
  • The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein (1951)
  • A Case of Conscience by James Blish (1954)
1968–1980
  • Riders of the Purple Wage by Philip José Farmer and Weyr Search by Anne McCaffrey (1968)
  • Nightwings by Robert Silverberg (1969)
  • Ship of Shadows by Fritz Leiber (1970)
  • Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber (1971)
  • The Queen of Air and Darkness by Poul Anderson (1972)
  • The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin (1973)
  • The Girl Who Was Plugged In by James Tiptree, Jr. (1974)
  • A Song for Lya by George R. R. Martin (1975)
  • Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny (1976)
  • By Any Other Name by Spider Robinson and Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr. (1977)
  • Stardance by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson (1978)
  • The Persistence of Vision by John Varley (1979)
  • Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear (1980)
1981–1990
  • Lost Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson (1981)
  • The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson (1982)
  • Souls by Joanna Russ (1983)
  • Cascade Point by Timothy Zahn (1984)
  • Press Enter by John Varley (1985)
  • 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai by Roger Zelazny (1986)
  • Gilgamesh in the Outback by Robert Silverberg (1987)
  • Eye for Eye by Orson Scott Card (1988)
  • The Last of the Winnebagos by Connie Willis (1989)
  • The Mountains of Mourning by Lois McMaster Bujold (1990)
1991–2000
  • The Hemingway Hoax by Joe Haldeman (1991)
  • Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress (1992)
  • Barnacle Bill the Spacer by Lucius Shepard (1993)
  • Down in the Bottomlands by Harry Turtledove (1994)
  • Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge by Mike Resnick (1995)
  • The Death of Captain Future by Allen Steele (1996)
  • Blood of the Dragon by George R. R. Martin (1997)
  • ...Where Angels Fear to Tread by Allen Steele (1998)
  • Oceanic by Greg Egan (1999)
  • The Winds of Marble Arch by Connie Willis (2000)
2001–present
  • The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson (2001)
  • Fast Times at Fairmont High by Vernor Vinge (2002)
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2003)
  • The Cookie Monster by Vernor Vinge (2004)
  • The Concrete Jungle by Charles Stross (2005)
  • Inside Job by Connie Willis (2006)
  • A Billion Eves by Robert Reed (2007)
  • All Seated on the Ground by Connie Willis (2008)
  • The Erdmann Nexus by Nancy Kress (2009)
  • Palimpsest by Charles Stross (2010)
  • The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang (2011)
  • The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (2012)
Nebula Award for Best Novella (1965–1980)
1965–1970
  • The Saliva Tree by Brian W. Aldiss and He Who Shapes by Roger Zelazny (1965)
  • The Last Castle by Jack Vance (1966)
  • Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock (1967)
  • Dragonrider by Anne McCaffrey (1968)
  • A Boy and His Dog by Harlan Ellison (1969)
  • Ill Met in Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber (1970)
1971–1980
  • The Missing Man by Katherine Maclean (1971)
  • A Meeting with Medusa by Arthur C. Clarke] (1972)
  • The Death of Doctor Island by Gene Wolfe (1973)
  • Born with the Dead by Robert Silverberg (1974)
  • Home Is the Hangman by Roger Zelazny (1975)
  • Houston, Houston, Do You Read? by James Tiptree, Jr. (1976)
  • Stardance by Spider Robinson and Jeanne Robinson (1977)
  • The Persistence of Vision by John Varley (1978)
  • Enemy Mine by Barry B. Longyear (1979)
  • Unicorn Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (1980)
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  • 1965–1980
  • 1981–2000
  • 2001–present


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