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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I think setting is one of the main appeals of sword and sorcery to me.
So much fantasy apes Tolkien in style, settings, characters, etc.
Sword and sorcery is very different, probably because it came first (Kull appeared in 1929 and Conan 1932).
The settings aren't typical medieval European kingdoms.
The stories don't typically rely on tropes like dwarfs and elves.
Wizards and magic in general tend to be mysterious and dangerous.
The structure of the stories tend to be less epic and 'traditional fantasy'.
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I tried to read Fafrd and the Grey Mouser but couldn't get interested in it; I think that's the only sword and sorcery book I've read (and didn't finish). So given my limited exposure, which is also from seeing lots of Frazetta book covers, my impression is that with sword and sorcery the sword guy is the good guy and the sorcery/sorcerer is the bad "guy". I was also thinking that in fiction sorcerers are generally bad guys but wizards can go either way.
I could imagine that I might be more likely to enjoy a book if the sword guy had a wizard, magician, healer, etc. as a side kick. (Like a dnd game.)