Story Sorcing

Been trying to write something that I call sword and sorcery despite not having read in the genre so far as I can recall, which makes me a bit uncomfortable[1]. Think I've rambled about that before and concluded since I am not aspiring to rigid genre adherence as an end in itself,  but rather am wanting to write something self-satisfactory inspired by popular conceptions of the genre, that isn't strictly necessary.

I do want to learn the genre for itself at some point however, and thanks to aiming to collect and read Gollancz's SF and Fantasy Masterworks series there are already a few volumes of major works on my desk to read (Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, a collection of Elric stories. not sure if others count, but looking forward to getting a copy of The First Book of Lankhmar next time there's money to spare). May even get round to reading these in several years if good fortune holds. Also been wanting a copy of Swords and Dark Magic when I can manage it.

Something else has been percolating recently. Namely that there have been major works of sword and sorcery (and planetary romance) by women that will be missed if I stick with that approach. The Fantasy Masterworks series does include Sea Kings of Mars and Otherworldly Stories by Leigh Brackett [2] but there is no trace in either series of Joanna Russ' Alyx stories of C. L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry. What I'm wondering is whether additional to these there are any other works by women that I should be looking at.

[1] Although, thinking about it now, Berserk probably counts. And according to Wikipedia, Thieves' World, which have read a couple of volumes of.

[2] Incidentally Brackett's "So Pale, So Cold, So Fair" is an excellent work of hard-boiled detective fiction, and I should really look at her other novels and film work sometime.