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<blockquote data-quote="john112364" data-source="post: 5273043" data-attributes="member: 86837">You are making me want to pull out my old Conan books for a re-read! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp;To me the biggest difference between REH and JRRT is the tone of the stories. Conan, for instance always seemed so much grittier than any part of LotR. Conan seems.... realisitic for lack of a better word. &nbsp;Conan focused on the individual adventures whereas LotR focused on the storyline that the characters happened to be involved with. In LotR the story was always building towards on epic conclusion and you felt the weight of it throughout the story. With Conan it was rarely obvious that he had a destiny other than survival and kicking butt.&nbsp;Both are great reads, but for different reasons. This thread has actually given me new respect and apreciation for REH.&nbsp;Thanks RC</blockquote>

[QUOTE="john112364, post: 5273043, member: 86837"] You are making me want to pull out my old Conan books for a re-read! :) To me the biggest difference between REH and JRRT is the tone of the stories. Conan, for instance always seemed so much grittier than any part of LotR. Conan seems.... realisitic for lack of a better word. Conan focused on the individual adventures whereas LotR focused on the storyline that the characters happened to be involved with. In LotR the story was always building towards on epic conclusion and you felt the weight of it throughout the story. With Conan it was rarely obvious that he had a destiny other than survival and kicking butt. Both are great reads, but for different reasons. This thread has actually given me new respect and apreciation for REH. Thanks RC [/QUOTE]

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