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Everyone has their own tastes in literature of course, but I think the
books best suited to the Diablo mindset are the Elric series by Michael
Moorcock.  Very few authors really get into the slashing/hacking dying
aspects of combat and though a few may be dark and somber like the Elric,
none of them are as consistant and well developed as Michael Moorcock's. 
The main character, Elric, makes Diablo and Lazarus look like cub scouts
by comparison.  If you are looking for a master of fantasy though, you
have to read Jack Vance  (Dying Earth, Eyes of the Overworld, Green Magic,
 Cugel's Saga).  No one even comes close to his mastery of language, nor
his concise yet vivid evocations of imaginary realms.


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