Tag Archives: Conan

Vintage Science Fiction Month: Conan the Valorous by John Maddox Roberts

Posted on January 20, 2022 by H.P.

I’ve said before that John Maddox Roberts is neck-and-neck with Robert Jordan for best writer of Conan pastiches, but that he gets Conan better than any other writer of pastiches I have read.  Conan the Valorous helps firm up my … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Conan the Rogue by John Maddox Roberts

Posted on June 10, 2021 by H.P.

John Maddox Roberts is probably my favorite of the Conan pastiche authors, but Conan the Rogue isn’t my favorite of his Conan books.  It is a fun book, and the concept of Conan as the greatest rogue of all in … Continue reading →

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John Bullard on the Texas Frontier and REH’s Beyond The Black River at Adventures Fantastic

Posted on April 10, 2020 by H.P.

I commented when I first read Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories two and a half years ago (has it been so long?) that Beyond the Black River was one of my favorite of his stories.  I also commented that it … Continue reading →

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Robert Jordan’s Previously Unpublished Warrior of the Altaii to be Published in Fall 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019 by H.P.

Tor Books has just announced that they will be publishing Warrior of the Altaii by Robert Jordan in fall 2019.  Warrior of the Altaii is the book that started Jordan’s career, but it has never been published.  Expect something more … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: EDSBT Longlisted for the REH Foundation Awards

Posted on March 22, 2018 by H.P.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation has announced the preliminary ballot for the 2018 REH Foundation Awards and I have been nominated for The Cimmerian—Outstanding Achievement, Essay (Online).  Specifically, the foundation nominated my three posts on the Del Rey collection of … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Amazon Announces Option on Conan TV Show

Posted on February 8, 2018 by H.P.

If there was any fantasy movie boom post-Lord of the Rings, it was a disappointing one.  Will Game of Thrones produce a fantasy TV boom that fares any better?  It has taken several seasons, but it looks like a boom … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog: Conan was dumb, and 4 other common misconceptions by David Thomas

Posted on November 15, 2017 by H.P.

Conan is obviously intelligent in the Robert E. Howard stories, and an expert at his profession (war). I wouldn’t even go so far as to call him naive. If you’re going to tell a sword and sorcery story, the default … Continue reading →

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Summer of Conan: Leonard Carpenter’s Conan the Hero

Posted on September 21, 2017 by H.P.

Today we close the books on The Summer of Conan.  You can find all of my Conan posts here.  Over the course of three months, I read every Conan story Robert E. Howard wrote, watched all three Conan movies, and … Continue reading →

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Summer of Conan: Roland Green’s Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza

Posted on September 14, 2017 by H.P.

Roland Green wrote seven Conan pastiches.  He also wrote most of the infamous Richard Blade books.  I have four of his Conan books—Conan at the Demon’s Gate, Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza, Conan and the Mists of Doom, … Continue reading →

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Summer of Conan: The John Maddox Roberts Pastiches

Posted on September 7, 2017 by H.P.

John Maddox Roberts wrote eight Conan books.  I have three—Conan the Champion, Conan the Bold, and Conan and the Amazon.  He is best known for his SPQR series, historical fiction mysteries set in Rome at the dawn of the empire.  … Continue reading →

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