Las Vegas is pretty sword-and-sorcery

Kind of like Lankhmar, but a little less stabby.I've been to Las Vegas at least a half dozen times, all for work, and have emphatically decided that I'm a Vegas guy. Sin City is a "love it or hate it" destination, and I'm decidedly in the former camp. I would gladly visit every other year or so. Take in a show, gamble, watch the train wreck of humanity slouching down the strip, stay up late drinking until I join the train wreck of humanity slouching down the strip. 
... but only for 3 days at a stretch, after which no shower can get me clean and I need to head straight into mental and physical detox. Which is all very sword-and-sorcery.
Anyways, I'm back after three nights at the Palms Casino Resort for a healthcare conference. I managed to fit in some fun, including 3-4 hours of gambling my last night there. I set a cheap $100 cap and was up as much as $155 at the blackjack table, gave about all of that back at roulette, and called it a night after breaking even.
In addition, the long flights from my home on the east coast to the west and back again afforded me some rare sustained reading time that I took advantage of.
I managed to finish That Hideous Strength, the third and final volume of C.S. Lewis' space trilogy, which I started this year and can now cross off the bucket list. I feel rather guilty saying it, considering how celebrated these books are, but they didn't do a whole lot for me. Some great ideas in here, but I found the execution lacking. Lewis left a lot of drama on the table and it was all too dialogue-heavy, even plodding in places. But, I loved the concepts and appreciated the modern-day parallels with N.I.C.E. (the National Institute of Co-ordinated Experiments).
On the way back I started reading David C. Smith's Sometime Lofty Towers and man, this is simultaneously grim, dark, personal, and well-done, at least through the first 60 pages. Looking forward to finishing it and giving it a proper review.
On the subject of reviews, I have admittedly not kept up with contemporary S&S and am planning to rectify that this year. Here is a partial list of works I either want to purchase and read, or already have purchased and are part of my 2023 TBR list:Worlds Beyond Worlds, John FultzThe Penultimate Men: Tales from Our Savage Future (Schuyler Hernstrom and others)Sometime Lofty Towers, David C. SmithArminius Bane of Eagles, Adrian ColeFrolic on the Amaranthyn, Chase FolmarA Gathering of Ravens, Scott OdenSwords of the Four Winds, Dariel QuiogueS&S magazines including New Edge #0 (full read), and my backlog of Tales from the Magician’s Skull issuesAs previously noted I've started the year with S.M. Stirling's Blood of the Serpent.
I also backed the New Edge kickstarter (and recommend you do too), and am 100% confirmed for Robert E. Howard Days, with lodging lined up. 
More on that later, once I complete my Vegas detox.