What are you reading right now?

Personally, I've recently started The Jewel in the Skull by Michael Moorcock, the first book in The History of the Runestaff series featuring the character of Dorian Hawkmoon. I have read the complete series of Elric of Melniboné novels, but this is my first foray into other Moorcock books. It seems so far, to be a much easier read than the Elric stories, which is good. I found the latter to be rather dense and difficult to push through.

Hawkmoon, like Elric, is an aspect of Moorcock's Eternal Champion concept. In most of Moorcock's stories, the main character is an incarnation of a hero who exists in all planes of the Multiverse. There are literally dozens of such heroes. In this particular series, Hawkmoon is a nobleman in a far future Europe where magic and arcane technology coexist. The dark and decadent empire of Granbretan controls all of Europe except for one small country called Kamarg, in what was once France. Though small, Kamarg is powerful and it is led by a cunning ruler named Count Brass. Unable to conquer Kamarg by force, Granbretan seeks to employ subterfuge, using sorcery to bring Hawkmoon under its control and sending him forth to infiltrate Kamarg. Obviously, the effort fails, but Granbretan is not so easily deterred and the future of Kamarg is far from certain.

-Rognar-

The Greatest Fantasy Films of All Times

Ok, here's your quest. A total newbie to the world of swords and sorcery wants to rent the 10 definitive films of the genre. Assume this person has never seen any before, not even The Lord of the Rings. What 10 films should he rent?

I will give you a list of some possibilities that don't totally suck, but feel free to add others (no animated or "muppet" films, please).

Dragonslayer
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Destroyer
Excalibur
The Beastmaster
The Sword and the Sorcerer
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Princess Bride
Ladyhawke
The Sword and the Sorcerer
Red Sonja
Krull
Dragonheart
The Scorpion King
Willow
Kull the Conqueror
Legend

-Rognar-