Sword and sorcery's frequent depictions of smoky taverns and smelly back alleys draw upon the picaresque genre; for example, Rachel Bingham notes that Fritz Leiber's city of Lankhmar bears considerable similarity to 16th century Seville as depicted in Cervantes' tale Rinconete y Cortadillo [REF].
Sword and sorcery proper only truly began in the pulp fantasy magazines, where it emerged from "weird fiction."[REF]