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"The Snow Women" was originally published in the April 1970 issue of Fantastic, under a cover painted by Jeff Jones

"The Snow Women" is a sword and sorcery novella by American writer Fritz Leiber, recounting the early history of Fafhrd, a future member of the adventurous duo Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1971 (although Leiber withdrew it in favor of "Ill Met in Lankhmar"),[1] and finished second in the annual Locus poll for short fiction.[2]

First published in 1970 in Fantastic magazine, it's in the nature of a prequel, as Leiber had by that time been chronicling the pair's adventures for thirty years. The story forms part two of the collection Swords and Deviltry.

Plot summary

Fafhrd an eighteen-year-old youth[3]: 7  rescues Vlana, a dancer, from the frozen snowballs of the Snow Clan women, who are led by his own mother.[3]: 8  The Snow Clan live within the plains of the Cold Waste, but, once every year, they travel south to the Cold Corner,[3]: 3  where they trade with merchants and attend the Show[3]: 5  performed by a troop of traveling actors. Fafhrd, who dreams of learning more about civilization,[3]: 25  warns Vlana of a plot by a male member of the clan, Hringorl, to kidnap her. He wants to travel south with her. Vlana agrees but leaves with Vellix and runs into an ambush where she is saved by Fafhrd for a second time. They leave the Cold Waste for the southern kingdoms.

Characters

Location

The Cold Wastes are a part of the ancient world of Nehwon. [3]: 1 

References

  1. ^ travel with Vlana er SF Awards Database
  2. ^ ISFDB
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Leiber, Fritz (2014). Swords and Deviltry. Open Road Integrated Media. ISBN 9781497699922.

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