The next fortnightly book is Poul Anderson's Three Hearts and Three Lions. Published in 1961, as an expansion on a 1953 novella, Three Hearts and Three Lions is a pastiche fantasy, i.e., a fantasy novel that throws together a bit of everything -- parallel universes, knights, elves, dwarves, swan maidens, cannibal hillmen, the Wild Hunt, and so forth. It has, however, been immensely influential on the fantasy in general, being a significant influence on movie fantasy, popular fantasy works, and early role-playing fantasy games.
In connection with this, it is worth reading Anderson's famous essay on fantasy writing, "On Thud and Blunder".
