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Post by emerald on Jul 4, 2024 13:20:22 GMT -5
Thanks, Wulfhere. And thanks to everyone who picked up my book. I lived a good chunk of my life thinking Emerald Lotus would never see the light again and that Living Plague was basically a lost cause. Seeing both available in a single volume is still somewhat unreal to me.
City of the Dead has been out for a couple weeks and drawn a handful of fan reviews and nothing from any review site or publication. The last two authorized pastiche novels were much more widely reviewed, but then the authors were well-known, award-winning professionals (Harry Turtledove and S. M. Sterling) both of whom have hit the New York Times bestseller list multiple times. I’m unknown to all but the hardcore Conan reader, so I suppose this is only natural.
Even so, if you read (or listened to) Conan: City of the Dead and found anything to enjoy in it, I’d be obliged if you dropped a review somewhere. I’ve been re-reading Solomon Kane for the first time in several years and those stories are glorious. The ghost in Skulls in the Stars scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, and it had the same effect yesterday. Howard is timeless.
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Post by redpage on Jul 10, 2024 14:40:15 GMT -5
About to jump into this one after I read the last few chapters of Bloodstone by Wagner. Really looking forward to it.
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Post by mindboggled on Aug 8, 2024 23:24:20 GMT -5
Alright, I've read both "emerald Lotus" and "City of the dead". I think "City of the Dead" is the superior of the two. I really liked it, it has usurped "Caravan of the Dead" as my favorite Conan pastiche. Hocking gets everything right with Conan, and writes fully fledged interesting characters(both heroic,villainous and supernatural) to accompany Conan and menace him in this horror action pastiche. I loved the complexity of the characters and their interactions with Conan. Even minor characters have personality and are memorable.
Pacing—sublime! A chiseled tale without an ounce of bloat! Thoroughly riveting from start to finish. Tense and oozing with eldritch atmosphere.
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Post by gary on Aug 27, 2024 12:36:03 GMT -5
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Post by Von K on Aug 27, 2024 19:38:12 GMT -5
Thanks Gary. Some great details there and Vincent's map was an interesting variant. The old Mongoose rules for Conan were a great adaptaton of the d20 rules for grittier s+s style gameplay (perhaps inspired by William King's d20 variant rules?). Shame it's not still on the market with a different s+s setting.
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