Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" discussion

Not entirely sure I'm sold on the cover art (which, since I'll be getting on Kindle, is no big deal), and not sure why they're recycling the title from the Offutt series, but this table of contents is impressive as hell and I'll probably be getting this as soon as it's available.

http://www.prime-books.com/shop/print...

Content

Paula Guran, Introduction: “Knowledge Takes Precedence Over Death”

Forging & Shaping

Robert E. Howard, “The Tower of the Elephant”
C. L. Moore, “Hellsgarde"
Clark Ashton Smith, “The Dark Eidolon”
Jack Vance, “Liane the Wayfarer”
Leigh Brackett, “Black Amazon of Mars”
Fritz Leiber, “Ill Met in Lankhmar”
Michael Moorcock, “While the Gods Laugh”

Normalizing & Annealing

Tanith Lee, “Hero at the Gates”
C. J. Cherryh, “A Thief in Korianth”
Karl Edward Wagner, “Undertow”
Katherine Kurtz, “Swords Against the Marluk”
Mercedes Lackey, “Out of the Deep”
Michael Shea, “Epistle from Lebanoi”
James Enge, “Payment Deferred”
John Balestra, “The Swords of Her Heart” (original)

Tempering & Sharpening

Joanna Russ, “Bluestocking”
Samuel R. Delany, “The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers”
Elizabeth Moon, “First Blood”
Saladin Ahmed, “Where Virtue Lives”
Scott Lynch, “The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats”
Steven Erikson, “Goats of Glory”
Elizabeth Bear, “The Ghost Makers”
Kameron Hurley, “The Plague Givers”

should be called SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS V. love the lineup, only missing Gemmell. yes, weird cover art choice.