Just added The Broken Sword to my Amazon cart, as they have it available in a cheap paperback.  Will read it once I finish re-reading the Dark Elf trilogy by Salvatore.  I haven't read much by Anderson; just his Conan book and some of the short stories from Thieves' World as I recall.

Now that I've read it, I figured I'd post the review I already posted on Amazon here.  Oddly I found that I enjoyed the Drizzt novels more than this one.  Who'd have thought?  And where John Carter evoked Vin Diesel, this one evoked "The Avengers" movies for me.

Grounded in Norse and Celtic myths, infused with fantasy, tragedy, and romance, this novel, The Broken Sword, was a tremendous influence on both later fantasy writers and the creators of Dungeons & Dragons.  Indeed, in reading it, many of the tropes found in D&D and its offspring, such as Dungeon Crawl Classics, are found in the text.  So, for those reasons alone, fans of the game and of related writers such as Michaekl Moorcock should check this out.

That being said, it's not exactly a great read.  It bounces all over the place geographically and moves freely between fictitious realms and fantasy versions of Europe.  There are lots of characters, but several don't matter much.  Pretty much none of them are likable, which is kind of the point.  So it felt very much like watching one of those Avengers movies, where there are tons of characters, backstories and connections, but it's hard to keep them all straight.  Likewise, there are tons of battle scenes but they tend to be along the lines of those ridiculous things you see in comic books or superhero movies.  Since many of the heroes are literal or virtual gods, I suppose that's to be expected.  But it gets a bit tiresome after awhile.  If that's your jam, you'll love this.  

So read this if you're into over the top classic twentieth century fantasy steeped in European mythology.  If your tastes run more towards the Forgotten Realms novels, you might not like this as much.