Moved for you!  Although I may never play the actual game the source material may be worthwhile.

First of all, keep in mind that Edwards slants much of his material towards players who are planning on running a SORCERER game.

"Chapter One: Fantastic Adventure" talks about role playing in a Swords & Sorcery genre.

"Chapter Two: The Literature" goes back to discuss literary inspirations, and this is the part that folks here may find most interesting. He breaks it down into three eras:
(1) the originals: 1920's through 1950's
(2) the fans: 1960's through 1970's
(3) betrayal: late 1970's and beyond

"Chapter Three: the Setting" talks about what makes a good S&S campaign setting and how to create the right atmosphere.

Most of the rest of the book is SORCERER specific.

Not of much interest on this board, but I might point out that Edwards also wrote a supplement called THE SORCERER'S SOUL which does the same thing for pulp detective fiction as SORCERER & SWORD did for swords & sorcery fiction. I had never ready any Raymond Chandler or Ross Macdonald prior to discovering THE SORCERER'S SOUL but now have gotten hooked on the genre. I think he does a good job in his research, even if you don't play SORCERER.

Agreed, but it took me 45 years or so of life before I found him. I never would have tracked his stuff down at all if it wasn't for THE SORCERER'S SOUL. (And I still don't "get" the SORCERER RPG, by the way.)