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<blockquote data-quote="Warrior Poet" data-source="post: 2283219" data-attributes="member: 1057"><p>Interesting.</p><p></p><p>I never saw that in the books. I think Howard was trying to write Conan's life as somewhat enviable (in a way), something people aspire to, with the freedom, and the adventure, and answering to no one, (and the lusty women, especially as painted by Frank Frazetta . . . ahem), but I also think he was just trying to write some fun adventure.</p><p></p><p>Can you talk a little about what you see as the heavy-handed moralism, and examples of good fantasy (of the Sword and Sorcery model) that doesn't have that element?</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I also recommend the Larry Niven Sword and Sorcery stories like "What Good is a Glass Dagger?" and <em>The Magic Goes Away</em>. Niven's magic and the power behind it is cool, the world (ours, essentially) is really intersting, and he does a great job of creating memorable characters, from warlocks (The Warlock, really) to werewolves to sword-wielders and giants.</p><p></p><p>For pure over-the-top bulging muscles and sinister sorcery Sword and Sorcery, try James Silke's Death Dealer series, based on Frazetta's legendary paintings of the awesome axe-wielder. So bad it's good. Very much fun. Huge battles, dark magic, sultry sex, hostile jungles, invading hordes, prehistoric monsters, heavy drinking, gruff barbarians. Great fun.</p><p></p><p>Warrior Poet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warrior Poet, post: 2283219, member: 1057"] Interesting. I never saw that in the books. I think Howard was trying to write Conan's life as somewhat enviable (in a way), something people aspire to, with the freedom, and the adventure, and answering to no one, (and the lusty women, especially as painted by Frank Frazetta . . . ahem), but I also think he was just trying to write some fun adventure. Can you talk a little about what you see as the heavy-handed moralism, and examples of good fantasy (of the Sword and Sorcery model) that doesn't have that element? As an aside, I also recommend the Larry Niven Sword and Sorcery stories like "What Good is a Glass Dagger?" and [I]The Magic Goes Away[/I]. Niven's magic and the power behind it is cool, the world (ours, essentially) is really intersting, and he does a great job of creating memorable characters, from warlocks (The Warlock, really) to werewolves to sword-wielders and giants. For pure over-the-top bulging muscles and sinister sorcery Sword and Sorcery, try James Silke's Death Dealer series, based on Frazetta's legendary paintings of the awesome axe-wielder. So bad it's good. Very much fun. Huge battles, dark magic, sultry sex, hostile jungles, invading hordes, prehistoric monsters, heavy drinking, gruff barbarians. Great fun. Warrior Poet [/QUOTE]
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