Robert E. Howard felt that Conan stood behind him, tall and mighty, wielding an axe as he was typing his stories. If one is to write Conan stories, they have to feel his presence with them. The everlasting, brooding Cimmerian darkness, their soul must dwell in those somber valleys that the sun shies away from. Feel his gigantic mirth upon one's shoulders, even if it is too much to bear for more than a fleeting moment.
Excellent point. So far, I'm still creating the vocabulary, which will probably take years. But when I'm ready to write, channeling Conan is a good idea.
Very excited to see your recreation of REH. I very much agree that the original Conan is a complex character, well put on describing him as a largely existentialist uberhuman staving off boredom with wanton debauchery and thrill-seeking. Have you read any King Kull stories?
What a fantastic idea! I would bear in mind that it's impossible to entirely avoid projecting your own mind onto your stories, so I'd try to think hard about what "Charlie Hilbert's Conan" would look like specifically, what you'd bring to the table someone else wouldn't. I love a good classic sword-and-sorcery. The racism makes me wince, although I think Howard was pretty progressive towards women for his time. Good luck with your story, I'm writing some fantasy fiction myself at the moment. I'd read this if and when it comes out.
Thanks. I forgot to mention that REH only wrote one novel, which, like the Three Musketeers, was originally serialized, so it's not easy to write a Conan novel, since most of REH's stuff was short, action-filled 30 - maybe 100 pages, quick and hard-hitting. CH's Conan should be indistinguishable from REH. That's my goal. Yeah, but Howard wasn't actively racist. When I was a kid in the 50s, we routinely used the N word as more of a descriptive than pejorative term. My hardest and most probably impossible task will be to come up with a story line that might equal the least of REH's storylines. So, I may have to admit defeat, but it will be fun to try. Good luck with your stuff.
Robert E. Howard felt that Conan stood behind him, tall and mighty, wielding an axe as he was typing his stories. If one is to write Conan stories, they have to feel his presence with them. The everlasting, brooding Cimmerian darkness, their soul must dwell in those somber valleys that the sun shies away from. Feel his gigantic mirth upon one's shoulders, even if it is too much to bear for more than a fleeting moment.
Excellent point. So far, I'm still creating the vocabulary, which will probably take years. But when I'm ready to write, channeling Conan is a good idea.
For Robert Howard it was his mom, for Charlie it’s going to be his noisy phone
I have shot appliances for less. When I didn't have an ax handy.
Very excited to see your recreation of REH. I very much agree that the original Conan is a complex character, well put on describing him as a largely existentialist uberhuman staving off boredom with wanton debauchery and thrill-seeking. Have you read any King Kull stories?
It will take years. I read the Kull stories back in the 60's. I even like the movie. The prototype for Conan.
Godspeed on your project. PS Nice pythons.
@@Muskrat123 Thanks.
What a fantastic idea! I would bear in mind that it's impossible to entirely avoid projecting your own mind onto your stories, so I'd try to think hard about what "Charlie Hilbert's Conan" would look like specifically, what you'd bring to the table someone else wouldn't.
I love a good classic sword-and-sorcery. The racism makes me wince, although I think Howard was pretty progressive towards women for his time.
Good luck with your story, I'm writing some fantasy fiction myself at the moment. I'd read this if and when it comes out.
Thanks. I forgot to mention that REH only wrote one novel, which, like the Three Musketeers, was originally serialized, so it's not easy to write a Conan novel, since most of REH's stuff was short, action-filled 30 - maybe 100 pages, quick and hard-hitting. CH's Conan should be indistinguishable from REH. That's my goal. Yeah, but Howard wasn't actively racist. When I was a kid in the 50s, we routinely used the N word as more of a descriptive than pejorative term. My hardest and most probably impossible task will be to come up with a story line that might equal the least of REH's storylines. So, I may have to admit defeat, but it will be fun to try. Good luck with your stuff.