And that reminds me I still need to see the movie. Yes, movie and Jack Palance is in it so go figure.
When I first saw the articles or made me want to go and read the books so I understood the characters. Zelazney, Howard, and Lovecraft was the first. C.J Cherryh came next.
When they did the article on Kurtz' Deryni (a race of psionic mage's) I went to waldenbooks and picked up the first series and loved it. Because of X2 (Castle of Amber) I picked up what I could find then of Clark Ashton Smith's works.
[Note: they have gone back and collected all of his works. The Houston library has copies, may want to check your local one]