Resources
Useful books and webpages about Sword & Sorcery
anon., Miskatonic University 
“… an unique on-line venue for students of weird literature, science, anthropology, sociology, library sciences, etc. to expand your knowledge and add to the knowledge of others.”
John Clute and John Grant (editors), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy , ISBN 1-85723-368-9, Orbit (1993)
A monumental reference volume with a few of its 1,049 pages covering sword & sorcery! Online corrigenda
William G. Contento (compiler), The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
“An index created from the monthly Books Received column in Locus Magazine, ed. Charles N. Brown. The contents of anthologies, single-author collections, and magazines are added by William G. Contento, who also wrote the programs used to generate these pages.”
―, Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections, Combined Edition
“An index to 3,900 SF anthologies and single-author collections published before 1984, containing over 38,000 stories by 3,880 authors.”
Howard Andrew Jones (managing editor), Sword & Sorcery
The home of the quarterly Flashing Swords ezine and a growing body of works about sword and sorcery and its related genres.
Michael Moorcock, Wizardry and Wild Romance: A study of epic fantasy, 0-575-04146-3, Victor Gollancz (1987), rev. 1-93226-507-4, MonkeyBrain (2004)
A slim, rather patchy, but often insightful volume that advocates the ironic point of view in the author’s own fantasy tales.
David Pringle (editor), The Definitive Illustrated Guide to Fantasy: From the legend of King Arthur to the magic of Harry Potter , ISBN 1-84442-930-X, Carlton Books (2003)
Dale Rippke, Heroes of Dark Fantasy
With pages on Conan, Elric, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Kull, Kane, et al.
Al von Ruff (isfdb), Internet Speculative Fiction DataBase
“An effort to catalog works of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, yearly fiction indexes, and forthcoming books.”
William Thom, Coming Attractions
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