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READER'S GUIDE TO SWORD & SORCERY PRECURSORS    
Robert
E. Howard pulled elements from many different writers to created Sword & Sorcery.
Here are some of the stories that inspired him. Though not Sword & Sorcery
exactly, they offer some great story-telling: Edgar
Rice Burroughs    
A
Princess of Mars (All-Story,
February-July 1912) Gods
of Mars (All-Story,
January-May 1913) Warlord
of Mars (All-Story,
December 1913-March 1914) Thuvia,
Maid of Mars (All-Story
Weekly, April 1916) Chessmen
of Mars (Argosy
All-Story Weekly, February-March 1922) The
Mastermind of Mars (Amazing Stories Annual, 1927) Fighting
Man of Mars (Blue
Book, April-September 1930) Swords
of Mars (Blue
Book, November 1934-April 1935) Synthetic
Men of Mars (Argosy
Weekly, January-February 1939) Llana
of Gathol (Amazing
Stories, March-October 1941) "John
Carter and the Giant of Mars" (Amazing Stories, January 1941) "Skeleton
Men of Jupiter" (Amazing Stories, February 1943) Lord
Dunsany   
"Distressing
Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller" "The
Hoard of the Gibbelins" "The
Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth" "Chu-Bu
and Sheemish"
Harold
Lamb    
The
Flame of Islam "The
Golden Empress" "Protection" "An
Edge to a Sword" "Said
Afzael's Elephant" "Rose
Face" H.
P. Lovecraft    
"Celephais" "The
Doom That Came to Sarnath" "The
Dreamquest of Unknown Kadath" "The
Other Gods" "The
Quest of Iranon" "The
Silver Key" "The
White Ship" Talbot
Mundy   
Tros
of Samothrace Caesar
Dies Rafael
Sabitini   
The
Sea Hawk Captain
Blood Scaramouche The
Tavern Knight
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