What To Read Instead of Jim Theis

ANYTHING ELSE.

Okay, I jest... no, I don't. I don't read a lot of Sword&amp;Sorcery. In fact, I read almost none of it, because it's.... just not my sort of stuff. But I know just enough to recommend something other than this story. Here's what I have to recommend:

Robert E. Howard

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_jiVVtHCEmc/VZqGT7TfpgI/AAAAAAAAK1Y/uRPo2-ljtmA/s400/robert%2Bhoward%2B-%2Bconan%2Bthe%2Bcimmerian.jpg

This is the guy who first came up with the infamous sword-and-sorcery type of story, as well as the noble barbarian Conan. I haven't read this guy in a long time, but creating any iconic character is pretty impressive, and he was very good at what he did.

Fritz Leiber

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rpjqUWrCGlI/VZqGXGrE6mI/AAAAAAAAK1g/X9ZLKYg8wN8/s400/fritz%2Bleiber%2B-%2Bswords%2Bmaster.jpg

This is one of the few S&amp;S series that I have read, mainly because it has such strong, well-developed characters and such a murky raw quality to its writing. In fact, even though one of the characters is this big brawny guy, you can't even really compare it to Conan-wannabe stories like Theis - it's just so rich and well-developed.