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<blockquote data-quote="Krieg" data-source="post: 1397533" data-attributes="member: 5282">Am the only one who think that Howard would be quite bemused to hear himself referred to as an &quot;academic&quot;?&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Snoweel, given REH's background I believe you would be quite surprised to find that you and he have quite a bit in common.On a very different note...Arcady, while you may this to be a shock, not everyone who lived in the early part of the 20th century was a racist bigot. As in every age/societ there were folks who were quite capable of not passing judgement on an entire society. (Edit: I don't want that to sound like I'm attacking Arcady, it just bugs me when sweeping generalizations are made in an attempt to point out the sweeping generalizations made by others. Just a pet peeve of mine.)Back on topic, everyone has done an excellent job of pointing out why Hyboria is the way that it is. In many ways Howard was limited by the medium in which he told his stories &amp; had to find ways to to maximize it's ability to convey an image. He did this by tying real-world concepts/names to his world's locations to make it easier for the reader to visualize and connect with them using a limited amount of space.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Krieg, post: 1397533, member: 5282"] Am the only one who think that Howard would be quite bemused to hear himself referred to as an "academic"? :D Snoweel, given REH's background I believe you would be quite surprised to find that you and he have quite a bit in common. On a very different note...Arcady, while you may this to be a shock, not everyone who lived in the early part of the 20th century was a racist bigot. As in every age/societ there were folks who were quite capable of not passing judgement on an entire society. (Edit: I don't want that to sound like I'm attacking Arcady, it just bugs me when sweeping generalizations are made in an attempt to point out the sweeping generalizations made by others. Just a pet peeve of mine.) Back on topic, everyone has done an excellent job of pointing out why Hyboria is the way that it is. In many ways Howard was limited by the medium in which he told his stories & had to find ways to to maximize it's ability to convey an image. He did this by tying real-world concepts/names to his world's locations to make it easier for the reader to visualize and connect with them using a limited amount of space. [/QUOTE]

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