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jester47 said:But I am a howardian Purist.
Well Howard certainly wasn't. Wonder why there seems to be quite a few Conan the pirate short stories? Or Conan wandering around African-like savannah? It's because they were pirate stories or Kane stories or what have you rewritten as Conan stories because they originally didn't sell.
I like REH but one thing to remember is that he was a pulp writer. There's a habit of associating HP Lovecraft with the pulp heyday but Lovecraft was the exception. While Lovecraft would slave over one story a month (and sell one), REH would submit three (and sell one). His characters are essentially totally interchangeable. Nothing wrong with that, but one thing to remember is that REH was selling adventures and excitement, not setting or characters.