tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post1306303483047073653..comments2024-03-29T07:58:31.156-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The Frost-Giant's DaughterJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-56717165788984063462020-12-06T06:47:50.065-05:002020-12-06T06:47:50.065-05:00I have never read it, but I know of its existence ...I have never read it, but I know of its existence and the general ways that it differs from the other versions of the same story. James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-69614141562008868752020-12-06T00:21:30.616-05:002020-12-06T00:21:30.616-05:00James, have you read The Frost King's Daughter...James, have you read The Frost King's Daughter? I have it in the collection Swords of the North,published by the REH Fundation. The story has one notable difference from the The Frost Giant's Daughter, other than the name of the protagonist. I can accept that The Frost Giant's Daughter is Conan's first adventure, chronologically. REH said as much, in his letter to P. Schuyler Miller. However, Amra is a more experienced warrior. He tells Atali that he has wandered, "...from Zingara to the Sea of Vilayet, in Stygia and Kush, and the country of the Hyrkanians..." Of course, Howard had not fully created his Hyborian World when he first wrote this story. Were these locales inserted in the text to differentiate Amra from Conan? We can only speculate.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07474232677152016337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-19124235128796742452020-11-25T19:09:57.908-05:002020-11-25T19:09:57.908-05:00This is a great story - I had never thought of th...This is a great story - I had never thought of the implication that he was truly spell-bound. I believe that this is a great interpretation of the story, as we find in other Conan stories that he is not a rapist or a blood crazed murderer. He is savage and unpredictable, but honorable in his own way. Quinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847507721334122401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-3593689532017189222020-10-27T01:10:18.780-04:002020-10-27T01:10:18.780-04:00Old Norse specialist Jackson Crawford has a video ...Old Norse specialist Jackson Crawford has a video where he discusses valkyries. Crawford's thesis is that the figure of the valkyrie combines the concepts of sexual lust and battle lust, which seems relevant to the Conan story. https://youtu.be/VMrYEq_jNVsJon Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483110614579754014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39778924539182931802020-10-26T21:19:56.931-04:002020-10-26T21:19:56.931-04:00I agree with your interpretation of the story, and...I agree with your interpretation of the story, and it's one of my favorites of the Conan tales.Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-91469948054679426182020-10-26T19:52:11.796-04:002020-10-26T19:52:11.796-04:00I wholeheartedly agree. From the very first senten...I wholeheartedly agree. From the very first sentence the reader is transported into the story and it unfolds like a perfectly choreographed movie. Howard at his best!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03049640975721868358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-92010545258626613722020-10-26T06:39:19.162-04:002020-10-26T06:39:19.162-04:00I'm someone who has lived a life seemingly in ...I'm someone who has lived a life seemingly in the background, I must say this final indignity I have suffered almost too much to endure. You see, I have been sickly and weak since the day I was born and doomed to go through all my life a weakling. I seemed to have always suffered from one illness or another and could never play with the other children as I so desperately wanted to. Mother always made such a big fuss over me, also, making the situation worse as the other boys teased me mercilessly after they saw it. 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To have wealth, health, and longevity? contact the vampires creed today via email: Vampirelord7878@gmail.comAlandrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564958616469735697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-20897506485787916892020-10-26T01:00:24.118-04:002020-10-26T01:00:24.118-04:00One of my favorite REH Conan stories!!!One of my favorite REH Conan stories!!!ThrorIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10576112896575184085noreply@blogger.com