[Groop] Fw: Re: (Not a) Conan parody

[RALPH PLOWMAN]

Oops, didn't mean to reply to just Gary.
Sorry...

--- On Sun, 10/7/11, RALPH PLOWMAN <plowman221 at btinternet.com> wrote:
RE Howard helped the genre along nicely himself with characters like Kull and Bran Mak Morn, an Altlantean and a Pict respectively. 

Although I haven't read many of their tales, I believe that they are set in Howard's universe at different times.
They both also embody the savage vs civilisation theme.

Ralph

--- On Sun, 10/7/11, Gary Grossmann <garyg5678 at live.com> wrote:

From: Gary Grossmann <garyg5678 at live.com>
Subject: Re: [Groop] (Not a) Conan parody
To: groop at groo.com
Date: Sunday, 10 July, 2011, 6:14






 

 

Hi Folks!

 

Kaytee is correct.  Robert E. Howard essentially invented the Sword & Sorcery (i.e. Barbarian) genre.  While there had been some noble savges and some rogue-ish heroes, there had never been anyone quite like Conan, a man of barbaric roots wanting nothing more than adventure, gold, good wine and better women, quite often motivated by revenge, but still adhereing to a rough barbaric code of honor.   The character was so vividly written by Howard that, as has been noted, it sometimes seems that every Sword and Sorcery barbarian hero story is just a Conan pastiche.  

 

Gary G.

 

 

 


 




To: mygodaplum at yahoo.co.uk; groop at groo.com
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2011 15:39:34 -0400
From: bodhikt at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Groop] (Not a) Conan parody




BTW I'm not knowledgeable about these things...which came first Conan or the barbarian genre?


I'm pretty sure Robert Howard's Conan stories started the "barbarian genre"... way back in the days of pulp fiction. His stuff was too "ose" for me-- but I read all the Burroughs books I could find, and a good many of the Doc Savage novels. And I do like the Franzetta "Conan" illustrations, even though they lack cute dogs.  


Kaytee





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