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Conan and Red Sonja have been doing fine for decades after their respective writers deaths.
REH's had issues, and it often showed in his work, not replicating that in later Conan stories in no bad thing.
OTOH, he was on good terms with Lovecraft (which, ok, not a great sign), but some of his stories lean much more towards Lovecraftian horror (just with muscly barbarians) than later adaptations are interested in.
Similarly, of Edgar Rice Burrough's stories, we only get really got adaptations of Tarzan, and he just does boring jungle stuff. Where the beautiful ape princesses to be rescued while riding a triceratops? Flying on a zeppelin to the inside of the Earth?
(Or, in one notable case, trying to build a magic radio to communicate with his friends in the inside of the Earth, but ending up connected with Mars by mistake. And what they are interested in hearing from Mars is about a princess that got rescued the other day.)
Minus the racism and sexism, it shouldn't. I admit that I haven't read too many modern Conan stories, but they seem to do fine, last I heard. I know Howard and Lovecraft were pen pals and best of buddies, but I still say Lovecraft was so much worse. Like I said before in the old thread, the stories are better with adaptions or people doing their own spin with Eldritch horror mythos then he ever could. Which is even more ironic, because the adaption of Lovecraft Country has blacks as the main protagonists.
The Mars books are easier stomach and comes with some extra positives. As for Tarzan, I wouldn't mind all the other crazy stuff, but I think it's a problem with the people at top. Most people wouldn't mind the crazy stuff in Tarzan. Just take out the bad racism and you're done.
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Oh sure, Lovecraft was way, way worse, and if you take out the racism and sexism Conan is fine, sure, that's the only real problems with it, unless you are worried about waffle about society and barbarians that might appeal to the wrong crowd.
That's always going to be a problem no matter where you go. The same jackass is that think they can get by in a zombie apocalypse are the ones that are usually the first to die. Most of them are usually the same jackasses that followed Norse mythology for the wrong reason and impose their views, racism, and "might make its right" attitude into it, without understanding a damn thing about its history or the culture. They only look at the surface level stuff.
Amanda wrote a child's book about a parent with depression. A publisher wanted a happy ending
Amanda Lieber noticed how distressed a mother was as she dropped her child at a hospital's school. She comforted her, and the experience led her to write about a parent's depression as seen through a child's eyes.
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https://www.tor.com/2023/09/07/excerpts-princess-of-dune-by-brian-herbert-and-kevin-j-anderson/
Berserk is Back in Action With a New Manga Arc
Chapter 374 will kick off the first fully new arc in over a decade, and the first without the involvement of the late Kentaro Miura.
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Willingham Sends Fables Into the Public Domain
Here, below, is the press release I sent out today to explain what I did and why.
billwillingham.substack.com
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Dungeon Meshi/Delicious in Dungeon has ended its decade long run with the release of chapter 97 in magazine Harta.
Absolutely brilliant ending, should be on everybody's "Best Of" list. Volumes 13 and 14 will be releasing in the middle of December in Japan, so the English ones will probably be in the middle of next year
Perfect time to check it out
Absolutely brilliant ending, should be on everybody's "Best Of" list. Volumes 13 and 14 will be releasing in the middle of December in Japan, so the English ones will probably be in the middle of next year
Perfect time to check it out
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Strike and Robin return – but JK Rowling really needs an editor
Rowling's seventh Cormoran Strike novel features some of her most gripping writing yet – but did it have to be so long?
If you absolutely need to fill time, it has a volume sized Adventurer's Bible and Daydream Hour 2-5 (the first Daydream Hour is a fantastic sketchbook but doesn't have Dungeon Meshi stuff)100 or bust.
Besides, it's a seinen manga, not a shonen. Characters don't spend volumes wallowing in cheap miscommunications or throwing special attack names at each other.
Seriously though, Delicious in Dungeon started with a closed premise: a desperate rescue mission with tight time constraints. Stretching it much further would be stretching credulity
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Scott Morrison opens up about 'God's plan' and his faith in upcoming book
Readers will get a deep insight into Scott Morrison's faith and how it influenced his prime ministership when his book is released in 2024.
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I am liking the look of these. Especially Clock Striker. I'll have to check these out at some point. Thanks!Humble Manga Bundle: Diverse Manga by Saturday AM
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Keith Giffen has passed away.
Johns, Hitch, Frank, Fabok, Tomasi, Meltzer & Manapul's Ghost Machine
Bryan Hitch, Jason Fabok, Peter J. Tomasi, Francis Manapul, Gary Frank, Maytal Zchut, Lamont Magee, Brad Meltzer & Geoff Johns' Ghost Machine
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