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Post by scalydemon on Oct 4, 2018 20:41:34 GMT -6
Ok, so yeah Conan isn't on here.  Which of these 3 REH characters do you like the best? Your favorite may not be on this list. Vote for your favorite! |
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Post by doublejig2 on Oct 4, 2018 23:34:41 GMT -6
I'll go with Conan and Red Nails, but I haven't read the others.
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 5, 2018 9:14:47 GMT -6
I'll go with Conan and Red Nails, but I haven't read the others. You should branch out, expand your horizons. |
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Post by stevemitchell on Oct 5, 2018 11:36:14 GMT -6
Solomon Kane for me. He's the most interesting of Howard's characters from a psychological perspective. And I love those "gothic jungle" adventures.
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Post by Finarvyn on Oct 5, 2018 20:00:03 GMT -6
Kull always seemed like a Conan-clone to me, but I love Solomon Kane and El Borak. SK is a dark paladin type, off trying to save people and rid the world of evil. El Borak (Francis X Gordon) is a pure adventurer who seems more driven by the thrill of the adventure than a strict moral code.
I like both, but voted SK.
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Post by Falconer on Oct 6, 2018 7:14:34 GMT -6
Kull is the first one I read (even before Conan), actually the only one I read as a kid, so, I have to go with him.
My impression is that Conan is a Kull clone, not the other way around. But the characters seem different to me, perhasp mainly because IIRC effectively all of Kull’s adventures are as a king, whereas most of Conan’s adventures are prior to becoming a king. This is probably well known, but, the Conan story “The Phoenix on the Sword” is a reworking of the Kull story “By This Axe I Rule!”.
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Post by geoffrey on Oct 6, 2018 18:03:31 GMT -6
I voted for Kull.
I do not see Kull as a clone of Conan at all (unless you count the fact that they share barbarous backgrounds).
Conan wenches. Kull never does.
Conan gets deep in his cups. Kull does not.
Conan is quick to laugh. Kull is melancholy.
Conan (like Alexander) would deal with the Gordian knot by hewing it in two. Kull would stare at it for hours, lost in its intricacy.
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Post by doublejig2 on Oct 7, 2018 7:56:01 GMT -6
I'll go with Conan and Red Nails, but I haven't read the others. You should branch out, expand your horizons. You're right. I'm just finishing up the 5 volume CAS, and I'll never be the same. It could be time for Kull and Solomon Kane. If I was a hedonist, I'd read KE Wagner's Kane again, but that too changes a person. Fortunately, there is only enough time for some choices over others.  |
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Post by scalydemon on Oct 7, 2018 10:27:05 GMT -6
I know what you mean about CAS. I 'discovered' him late (about 8 years ago) and was engrossed, collecting and reading all the 'collected fantasies' books (which set me back some $$). Lately I have only been reading on a kindle and was jonesing for some CAS to read again and found a cool collection for 55 cents last night (MEGAPACK vol.6; Clark Ashton Smith) Solomon Kane - there aren't really that many stories so it wouldn't cost you much to find a paperback collection book and read them. SK was written prior to Conan by REH and printed in Weird Tales etc beforehand also. I did collect the Centaur press 3 volume set with the Jeff Jones art, but don;t really recommend these copies as reading copies as they are very fragile www.amazon.com/SOLOMON-Complete-Centaur-Press-Time-Lost/dp/7890100701 |
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Post by stevemitchell on Oct 7, 2018 11:37:44 GMT -6
"It could be time for Kull and Solomon Kane."
It's always time for Kull and Solomon Kane!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 8:27:57 GMT -6
Nobody likes "El Borak". You'd be surprised how okay everyone here is with this vote.
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Post by scalydemon on Jun 12, 2020 21:48:50 GMT -6
How come only 9 people voted in this poll?  Rock the vote! |
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Post by stevemitchell on Jun 22, 2020 9:34:08 GMT -6
And one might even ask, why was Bran Mak Morn not in the running? "Worms of the Earth" may be the single best story Howard ever wrote.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2020 7:25:49 GMT -6
How come only 9 people voted in this poll? P-) Rock the vote! I've never read any of these. I've read Howard's Conan stories and some of his other short stories, but not Borak, Kane, or Kull.
Not a lack of interest really. I just have not gotten around to it yet.
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Post by scalydemon on Jul 21, 2020 21:02:47 GMT -6
How come only 9 people voted in this poll? Rock the vote! I've never read any of these. I've read Howard's Conan stories and some of his other short stories, but not Borak, Kane, or Kull.
Not a lack of interest really. I just have not gotten around to it yet.
Well then, I think you should read a sample story of all 3, and then vote in this poll! |
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Post by tkdco2 on Jul 21, 2020 21:50:04 GMT -6
How popular are those heroes? I hadn't heard about Kull until the Kevin Sorbo movie came out, and I didn't know about the others until I joined these boards.
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Post by stevemitchell on Jul 22, 2020 16:45:06 GMT -6
Well, popular enough that Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane, and Bran Man Morn have been in print pretty much continuously, from one company or another, either in the US or UK, since the 60s. Popular enough that Conan got three movies and a TV series, and Kull and Kane got one movie each. Popular enough that they've all had comic book adaptations. Popular enough that Conan and Kane have had complete RPGs, while Kull has recently debuted as a supplement to the Mophidius Conan game. Conan has also had a couple of board games. And they stay popular because the stories are d**n fine.
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Post by cometaryorbit on Jul 22, 2020 22:17:23 GMT -6
And one might even ask, why was Bran Mak Morn not in the running? "Worms of the Earth" may be the single best story Howard ever wrote. Yeah, I was going to say Bram Mak Morn too. My favorite Howard stories are Kings in the Night, Red Nails, and Worms of the Earth.
Of those in the poll, though, Kull. (Largely because of "Kings of the Night".)
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Post by scalydemon on Jul 22, 2020 22:47:15 GMT -6
Lest we forget before there was a Conan - there was Solomon Kane - in order of written publication in Weird Tales.
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