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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreyLord" data-source="post: 7484375" data-attributes="member: 4348">Naw, he's one that I just don't like for other reasons.  He's far over-rated.  He got many more awards than far better authors who received none, and his acclaim is held far too high.  Give me Howard or Burroughs or Leiber or Moorcock any day over Anderson.  He's not bad, just over-rated in my opinion in relation to some of the others on the list.Of course, I probably should have more disdain for De Camp who tried to claim the Conan character as his own (and robbing Howard of his glory).  Due to De Camp, the true Conan stories of Howard's mark were hidden for many years.However, unfortunately, I must admit, this is balanced out because without De Camp it is possible Conan (and thus many other REH works as well) would have been forgotten and lost to time (much like F Van Wyck Mason's works and the Cutlass empire has been).  It was De Camp that made Conan big again...even while putting his own stamp on it.Love/Hate there.</blockquote>