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The First Book of Lankhmar

Leiber, Fritz
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fantasy sword and sorcery past tense third limited POV ~241 pp high worldbuilding
features extracted 2026-04-12

Vibe

darkly whimsical mythic gritty

A fantasy. Expect rich worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, epic scope. Contains notable violence, humor.

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Prose density 75
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 40
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 90
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 65
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 55
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 85
intimateepic

Content

Violence 90%
noneextreme
Sexual content 40%
noneexplicit
Humor 60%
seriouscomedic
Romance 50%
nonecentral
Speculative hardness soft/vibes → hard sci-fi / rigorous magic

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count60,251
Page count~241 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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