![]() ![]() The novel is set in actual San Francisco locations, including Corona Heights and the Sutro Tower behind it. Like the author, Westen is an amateur astronomer who is looking for ways to re-engage with the life around him, and who lives at the address (811 Geary St) where Leiber lived at the time. Like the protagonist Franz Westen, Leiber was recovering from his wife's death a number of years previously and descending into alcoholism. It was originally published in shorter form as "The Pale Brown Thing" ( Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January/February 1977). The novel is distinguished for three elements: the heavily autobiographical elements in the story, the use of Jungian psychology that informs the narrative, and its detailed description of "Megapolisomancy", a fictional occult science. Our Lady of Darkness (1977) is an urban fantasy novel by American author Fritz Leiber. ![]() Cover of the first edition, published by Berkley Books. ![]()
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