tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post6911067979330144914..comments2024-03-28T18:47:26.087-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Conan Article in Ares #2James Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-10716988112202020462010-12-16T16:22:37.627-05:002010-12-16T16:22:37.627-05:00Not to sound snarky, but instead of thanking Crom,...<i>Not to sound snarky, but instead of thanking Crom, we can actually thank the "young lady" herself, Novalyne Price, who set the record straight about REH in her book, later made into the movie The Whole Wide World. Any fan of Howard's writings, or any fan of a good drama, would find great pleasure and insight into Howard's life, as told by the woman he dated, more factual by leaps and bounds than any psychoanalysis by writing hacks De Camp and Lin Carter</i><br /><br>True! Mind you, the re-evaluation of Howard and his writings <i>contra</i> the De Campian caricature of them has a lot of unsung heroes, including Novalyne Price Ellis. Both Glenn Lord and Karl Edward Wagner, for example, don't get the credit they deserve, I think, and both were instrumental in laying the foundations for modern studies of REH.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-77155595491110091042010-12-16T09:57:53.660-05:002010-12-16T09:57:53.660-05:00Howard Fan Site
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D...Howard Fan Site<br /><br />http://rehtwogunraconteur.com/<br /><br />De Camp not held in any great regardRandolphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03643391983738506935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-30048676180525225882010-12-15T23:56:11.121-05:002010-12-15T23:56:11.121-05:00I've been reading the The Coming of Conan late...I've been reading the The Coming of Conan lately and it's been very refreshing enjoying the original works (as published, in order) instead of the later facsimiles we've been inundated with during our impressionable youth. So, well said James!toddroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05668825555921002430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-54095733948353853462010-12-15T23:13:04.817-05:002010-12-15T23:13:04.817-05:00What does he even mean by a "normal" int...What does he even mean by a "normal" interest in sex?<br /><br /><i>I genuinely got the sense that De Camp enjoyed Howard's writings, even if he was utterly baffled by the man who produced them.</i><br /><br />That's my impression. De Camp is like one of those fussy old professors who can be extremely knowledgeable in a specific field, but when he encounters something he doesn't understand, he's more likely to simply dismiss it than to assume it's a deficiency on his part. He also has a tendency to claim authority in fields he has no business to (like amateur psychology) simply because he has an MSc in engineering. After all, if he could master aeronautics, then he could master anything!<br /><br />Similarly, because he can't see the deeper philosophical undertones and social commentary, rather than assuming he missed them, he assumes they simply aren't there. Not to mention he changed "The Black Stranger" to "The Treasure of Tranicos" because he felt there were too many Conan stories with "black" in the title - though that didn't stop him from using "shadow" in even more stories, even ones that didn't have "black"!Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-45584537129826639752010-12-15T18:38:52.007-05:002010-12-15T18:38:52.007-05:00Not to sound snarky, but instead of thanking Crom,...Not to sound snarky, but instead of thanking Crom, we can actually thank the "young lady" herself, Novalyne Price, who set the record straight about REH in her book, later made into the movie <i>The Whole Wide World</i>. Any fan of Howard's writings, or any fan of a good drama, would find great pleasure and insight into Howard's life, as told by the woman he dated, more factual by leaps and bounds than any psychoanalysis by writing hacks De Camp and Lin Carter,uwarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14317203334211498424noreply@blogger.com