![]() ![]() ![]() Written in the antiquated style meaning a very loose Point of View (POV), lots of narration (telling instead of showing) limited to no character arch / development, worldbuilding relies on previous knowledge and is also rather limited. Remember this was compiled in pre-computer times, so it involved hundreds and hundreds of hours spent writing on index cards a true labor of love! Anyone who can enjoy a Bond story not written by Fleming or a non-Doyle Holmes should give a de Camp a chance. The last seventy pages of the book is a listing of the names used in the Conan stories, and it's a useful and handy reference. It's fan fiction in the truest sense of the phrase, but I thought it was very well done for the most part. (Yeah, I know, but just go with it.) The book contains seven stories by de Camp in collaboration with Bjorn Nyberg (twice) and Lin Carter (for the other five), as well as uncredited contribution from his wife, Catherine de Camp. Howard from pulp Weird Tales magazine.) There is no original fiction content from Howard here, but his influence is obvious, and you can hear his voice if you squint. ![]() (Following his seven-volume series from Gnome Press from the 1950's, and, of course, all built on the originals by Robert E. This was the first of six (seven if you count the film adaptation) volumes in a series of Conan books that Bantam published as a follow-up to the Lancer (later Ace) twelve volume series that de Camp packaged in the 1960's- '70's. ![]()
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