John C Wright, opinions/reviews of Howard's Conan stories:
Sept 2, 2022 21:15:06 GMT -5
Post by mingerganthecat on Sept 2, 2022 21:15:06 GMT -5
Mr Wright is a science-fiction/fantasy writer of some renown. He's also a conservative Catholic who brings what I consider to be a very unique view on Conan and his creator, even if it's one that I about as often as not disagree with (I rather have much in common with Howard's brooding quasi-pagan nihilism).
www.scifiwright.com/2014/01/red-nails-or-why-is-conan-a-barbarian/
www.scifiwright.com/2017/11/conan-and-the-critic/
www.scifiwright.com/2017/11/conan-phoenix-on-the-sword/
www.scifiwright.com/2017/11/conan-the-scarlet-citadel/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/02/the-riddle-of-steel/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/09/conan-the-tower-of-the-elephant/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/09/conan-the-black-colossus/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/09/conan-xuthal-of-the-dusk/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/10/conan-pool-of-the-black-one/
www.scifiwright.com/2014/01/red-nails-or-why-is-conan-a-barbarian/
In contrast, the theme of this short novel is not simple but somber; it is a meditation on the shared gloom of the robust barbarian man in the dawn of civilization and the corrupt decadent man of civilization’s dusk and death. It is a tale about what causes societies to collapse, which, considering the despair of the Great Depression and the Great War, and the rise of pre-civilized neo-barbarians called Nazis and the post-civilized futurists called Communists, was certainly a timely topic in 1936.
www.scifiwright.com/2017/11/conan-and-the-critic/
www.scifiwright.com/2017/11/conan-phoenix-on-the-sword/
www.scifiwright.com/2017/11/conan-the-scarlet-citadel/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/02/the-riddle-of-steel/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/09/conan-the-tower-of-the-elephant/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/09/conan-the-black-colossus/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/09/conan-xuthal-of-the-dusk/
www.scifiwright.com/2018/10/conan-pool-of-the-black-one/
