Comments on: Bran Mak Morn: The Last King (review) http://billwardwriter.com/bran-mak-morn-the-last-king-review/ Bill Ward's blog of all things genre Fri, 11 May 2012 17:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bill Ward http://billwardwriter.com/bran-mak-morn-the-last-king-review/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Bill Ward Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:48:51 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=147#comment-725 I probably would have too if I'd just gone ahead and read the ones I had -- in fact I've read some Conan tie-in novels recently and plan to read more. I was just never comfortable with the idea of reading the pastiche stuff before I read 'the real thing.' My approach to reading as a kid was much more orderly and a bit snobbish, maybe, and the Conan series with its many authors and no clear demarcation between authentic Howard and other stuff really alienated me. Plus they weren't exactly easy to get (for me), so the books I had weren't in order -- and I've always had a thing for reading stuff in order. I probably would have too if I’d just gone ahead and read the ones I had — in fact I’ve read some Conan tie-in novels recently and plan to read more. I was just never comfortable with the idea of reading the pastiche stuff before I read ‘the real thing.’

My approach to reading as a kid was much more orderly and a bit snobbish, maybe, and the Conan series with its many authors and no clear demarcation between authentic Howard and other stuff really alienated me. Plus they weren’t exactly easy to get (for me), so the books I had weren’t in order — and I’ve always had a thing for reading stuff in order.

]]> By: Bill the sci-fi guy http://billwardwriter.com/bran-mak-morn-the-last-king-review/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Bill the sci-fi guy Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:59:51 +0000 http://billwardwriter.com/?p=147#comment-724 <blockquote>....the situation of twenty or thirty years ago, when Howard was only available in diluted, rewritten, or rearranged form alongside a group of modern pastiche writers as part of massive, artificially-conceived series. I always distrusted those books as a kid.....</blockquote> I, on the other hand, grew up reading all those books, and absolutely loved them! :)

….the situation of twenty or thirty years ago, when Howard was only available in diluted, rewritten, or rearranged form alongside a group of modern pastiche writers as part of massive, artificially-conceived series. I always distrusted those books as a kid…..

I, on the other hand, grew up reading all those books, and absolutely loved them! :)

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