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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9604622" data-attributes="member: 2209">Really good pulp fantasy action writing.Conan goes all over the Hyborian world and there are a lot of stories that do not involve the Black Kingdoms or Kushites that should not raise up those specific issues. Be aware of the issues and it is reasonable to avoid the ones with the issues you don't want to be provoked by but there are plenty of good ones to enjoy that do not involve those issues if you want. Tower of the Elephant, The Frost Giant's Daughter, etc. all from my memory of reading them a couple decades ago should be fine. It would be a personal choice on where your lines are, but I would say there is really good writing of his I would enjoy that I do not remember raising such issues directly for a reader. Going with no reading of any of it all is a defensible choice and line, but I would not suggest that as universal. You would know your friends more than I would and they would know themselves more than you would.I started off with the Savage Sword of Conan and Marvel Conan comics and the original movie and enjoyed them and moved on to Conan novels that were easily available, which were a bunch of later authors after his death. The novels were OK fantasy. Eventually getting Howard originals the writing is significantly of a different cut for action fantasy and cool pulp feel. I heard the Robert Jordan later ones were decent too but I have not read any.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 9604622, member: 2209"] Really good pulp fantasy action writing. Conan goes all over the Hyborian world and there are a lot of stories that do not involve the Black Kingdoms or Kushites that should not raise up those specific issues. Be aware of the issues and it is reasonable to avoid the ones with the issues you don't want to be provoked by but there are plenty of good ones to enjoy that do not involve those issues if you want. Tower of the Elephant, The Frost Giant's Daughter, etc. all from my memory of reading them a couple decades ago should be fine. It would be a personal choice on where your lines are, but I would say there is really good writing of his I would enjoy that I do not remember raising such issues directly for a reader. Going with no reading of any of it all is a defensible choice and line, but I would not suggest that as universal. You would know your friends more than I would and they would know themselves more than you would. I started off with the Savage Sword of Conan and Marvel Conan comics and the original movie and enjoyed them and moved on to Conan novels that were easily available, which were a bunch of later authors after his death. The novels were OK fantasy. Eventually getting Howard originals the writing is significantly of a different cut for action fantasy and cool pulp feel. I heard the Robert Jordan later ones were decent too but I have not read any. [/QUOTE]

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