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I should add that I haven't read the new Age of Conan books. I picked up Coleman's Blood of Wolves, but I haven't been able to get very far into it. I think Howard was a far better writer than any of his imitators, and I'm currently gliding with lazy contentment through the new Del Rey...

I don't know if this is entirely appropriate for this thread, but I think Conan fans would like R. Scott Bakker's The Prince of Nothing trilogy. There is a barbarian in there called Cnaiur which reminded me, in some ways, of Conan -- though I hasten to add he is not a rip-off. The books are very...