Re: Authors capable of writing REH's Conan?

sat wrote:
> What current or living fantasy and/or horror authors do you think
> could write a  Conan  novel evocative of the style & traditions of
> Robert E Howard's writing?

	Hard to say. Unless they've actually already TRIED, you haven't got 
much chance to evaluate how they would approach it. There are two ways 
to do it: one is to try, as nearly as humanly possible, to duplicate 
REH's writing. This is EXTREMELY difficult to pull off; it's rather 
like trying to do Doc Smith, in that there's a really fine line 
between parody, pastiche, and getting it right. The second way is to 
try to use your own style as much as possible, but adhere closely to 
Howard's setting and conventions. This can be difficult because the 
setting and conventions without Howard's writing may not work as well.

	




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