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Post by hun on Dec 18, 2023 12:29:48 GMT -5
Thanks Hun - I watched 'em all. Lots of great points discussed there, though the highlight for me was Steve's anecdote about David Gemmell and Stan Lee. I'd read about that meeting via Stan Nichols and it was very cool to hear more about it from Steve's perspective.
Yeah, great little story about Gemmell and Stan. Gotta admit, I'm impressed by Steve Safell's knowledge of REH and liked the way he'd flick through the original Weird Tales issues when talking about the yarns. I think that last video is not on the playlist: Part 6 of 6 - ‘Conan’s Compatriots: Steve Saffel and Brian D. Anderson’ - Dave Gemmell and Stan Lee. |
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Post by Von K on Dec 21, 2023 14:28:19 GMT -5
Thanks Hun - I watched 'em all. Lots of great points discussed there, though the highlight for me was Steve's anecdote about David Gemmell and Stan Lee. I'd read about that meeting via Stan Nichols and it was very cool to hear more about it from Steve's perspective.
Yeah, great little story about Gemmell and Stan. Gotta admit, I'm impressed by Steve Safell's knowledge of REH and liked the way he'd flick through the original Weird Tales issues when talking about the yarns. I think that last video is not on the playlist: Part 6 of 6 - ‘Conan’s Compatriots: Steve Saffel and Brian D. Anderson’ - Dave Gemmell and Stan Lee.In the Acknowledgements to White Wolf David Gemmell writes: He also credits Dale Rippke for the map:
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Post by salant on Dec 29, 2023 11:21:55 GMT -5
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Post by cromfelge on Dec 29, 2023 11:42:41 GMT -5
With them planning a year ahead with these stories, I wonder if they'll ever release print versions.
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Post by salant on Dec 29, 2023 14:48:39 GMT -5
With them planning a year ahead with these stories, I wonder if they'll ever release print versions. The REH Property owners & other involved have said, IF these eBooks sell well, a Print collection is planned. But the later depends on the former. So, we'll see in time. |
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Post by salant on Dec 30, 2023 8:23:28 GMT -5
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Post by Von K on Jan 24, 2024 16:57:23 GMT -5
And maybe novelist Tim Willocks. I have no idea if he'd be interested in writing pastiche, probably not, but he's a Conan fan and certainly has both the mindset, historical knowledge and writing chops to come up with a very interesting perspective on Conan and the Hyborian Age imho.
As usual whether Fred Malmberg can attract those big names will depend on how successful the e-books will be. I for one will purchase the Conan story next week. Just thought I'd come back to this to link to a guest post at DMR Books by Jim Cornelius of Frontier Partisans. Jim explains some of the similarities between Conan's outlook and that of Tim Willock's Matthias Tannhauser:
Conan, Tannhauser & the State
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Post by alexander on Jan 26, 2024 10:57:51 GMT -5
As usual whether Fred Malmberg can attract those big names will depend on how successful the e-books will be. I for one will purchase the Conan story next week. Just thought I'd come back to this to link to a guest post at DMR Books by Jim Cornelius of Frontier Partisans. Jim explains some of the similarities between Conan's outlook and that of Tim Willock's Matthias Tannhauser:
Conan, Tannhauser & the State
I had never heard of this character before. It seems the kind of stories I like |
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Post by Von K on Jan 26, 2024 17:35:13 GMT -5
Just thought I'd come back to this to link to a guest post at DMR Books by Jim Cornelius of Frontier Partisans. Jim explains some of the similarities between Conan's outlook and that of Tim Willock's Matthias Tannhauser:
Conan, Tannhauser & the State
I had never heard of this character before. It seems the kind of stories I like There are quite a few REH fans who love Tim Willock's books most notable The Religion and The Twelve Children of Paris.
I don't know if Tim would be comfortable writing the supernatural elements germane to a Conan yarn but if not a historical team up with REH's Von Kalmbach and Tim's Mattias Tannhauser would be a cool notion as well, though if he still lived at all by then Gottfried would be about as old as Count Salm was at the siege of Vienna.
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Post by salant on Feb 8, 2024 7:44:11 GMT -5
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Post by gary on Feb 27, 2024 2:40:01 GMT -5
Brief review of the latest Heroic Legends e-book. Shipwrecked by V. Castro. This time Belit gets to be the star. |
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Post by wulfhere on Mar 1, 2024 7:06:11 GMT -5
I enjoyed Shipwrecked by V. Castro.
It was a fun story about a greedy she-pirate, but I really didn't think it felt like a story about Belit.
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Post by boboldman on Mar 6, 2024 14:23:22 GMT -5
“Shipwrecked” is ok, but it’s not about Howard’s Belit. In fact, none of the recent Belit stories have been about Howard’s Belit. The character has been recast as a generic she-pirate captain with a diverse crew. I understand why they is this. Howard’s Belit is no longer politically correct.
Edit: I’d like to amend my earlier statement. I had only read a few pages into the story. I’m further into it now. The good guys are fighting the bad guys. The story reads like it was written using Chat gpt.
Not recommended.
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Post by salant on Mar 7, 2024 13:07:05 GMT -5
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Post by almuric on Mar 8, 2024 11:32:05 GMT -5
“Shipwrecked” is ok, but it’s not about Howard’s Belit. In fact, none of the recent Belit stories have been about Howard’s Belit. The character has been recast as a generic she-pirate captain with a diverse crew. I understand why they is this. Howard’s Belit is no longer politically correct. Edit: I’d like to amend my earlier statement. I had only read a few pages into the story. I’m further into it now. The good guys are fighting the bad guys. The story reads like it was written using Chat gpt. Not recommended. Erasing the Black Corsairs, huh? And here I thought racebending diverse characters was bad. Maybe the optics of Belit leading a crew of prehistoric Africans wouldn't be so bad if modern depictions of the character didn't make her paler than a vampire. |
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