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<blockquote data-quote="jester47" data-source="post: 3929112" data-attributes="member: 2238">I am quite aware of the fact that Conan stories seem to jump genres.&nbsp; From what I understand is he would either write a conan story that didn't sell and change it to a different genre, or he would take a failed genre story and resell it as a conan yarn.&nbsp; But when it comes to the character that he intended, conan is generally the same guy through all the stories.&nbsp; I don't think this is because Howard wrote him as an interchangeable character, he is simply a character that transposes to other genres well.&nbsp; Pirates, Cowboys, Barbarians, Sailors and Boxers (and Boxer Sailors), generally are the same type of charcter.&nbsp; All are conan-y.&nbsp; So Conan fits in all those places.&nbsp; Some of his other characters don't exchange well with Conan.&nbsp; Every other writer that has taken a crack at Conan has changed the subtleties of the character in ussually lame ways.&nbsp; Thats why I really don't respect other people's versions of Conan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jester47, post: 3929112, member: 2238"] I am quite aware of the fact that Conan stories seem to jump genres. From what I understand is he would either write a conan story that didn't sell and change it to a different genre, or he would take a failed genre story and resell it as a conan yarn. But when it comes to the character that he intended, conan is generally the same guy through all the stories. I don't think this is because Howard wrote him as an interchangeable character, he is simply a character that transposes to other genres well. Pirates, Cowboys, Barbarians, Sailors and Boxers (and Boxer Sailors), generally are the same type of charcter. All are conan-y. So Conan fits in all those places. Some of his other characters don't exchange well with Conan. Every other writer that has taken a crack at Conan has changed the subtleties of the character in ussually lame ways. Thats why I really don't respect other people's versions of Conan. [/QUOTE]

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