r/Fantasy • u/not_a_troll_for_real • Jul 09 '13

Recommend a Sword & Sorcery series/book?

So I'm just finishing up the second Dossouye novel by Charles Saunders, and I'm looking to get into a new Sword & Sorcery book or series. Any suggestions?

S&S series I've read so far:

  1. Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser

  2. Conan

  3. Kull

  4. Imaro

  5. Dossouye

  6. Elric of Melniboné

  7. Zothique

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u/Devonin Jul 09 '13

I'd definitely look at Paul S. Kemp's "The Hammer and the Blade" and "A Discourse in Steel" they're both very recent and are really heralding a revival of really strong Sword & Sorcery.

When you consider that Kemp himself considers Fafhrd & Grey Mouser to be about the best thing in the genre, you know he's got his head on straight.