Conan in the Northern Regions

[Aholibamah]

What are the published settings and/or stories and pastiches that were done for the more north European type settings? All I can remember off the top of my head are the couple of adventures like "The Frost King's Daughter" and "Lair of the Ice Wyrm".

 

[Spectator]

Pastiche and my FAVORITE non-HOWARD work is Conan the Valorous by John Maddox Roberts. It is all about Cimmerian Clans and feuding with Vanir Viking/ Warriors, along with proto-Germanic tribes in the Border kingdoms. plus a decennt o dose of magic throne in. O
m sure for pastiche that tops all others.

Second favorite Pastiche is also by John Maddox Roberts. its about Conan trpped on the northern Hyrkania plains and he meets up with some other protp germanic tribes. Damn now I can't rememebr the name. Al ot purists don't like it since it has a scene where Conan and his woman cross over into an alternate plane, but despite that, it is terrific when it comes to dealing with Northern Barbarisans and Hperborean weather magic.

 

[VincentDarlage]

John Maddox Roberts makes his mistakes as well. In Conan the Bold he identifies Conan as "a highlander from the northeast," (on page 2 of the first printing) even though Robert E. Howard says Conan's clan comes from the northwest in his letter to P.S. Miller.

Back to the original question, a lot of the comics had stories set in the north.

 

[Axerules]

Second favorite Pastiche is also by John Maddox Roberts. its about Conan trpped on the northern Hyrkania plains and he meets up with some other protp germanic tribes. Damn now I can't rememebr the name. Al ot purists don't like it since it has a scene where Conan and his woman cross over into an alternate plane, but despite that, it is terrific when it comes to dealing with Northern Barbarisans and Hperborean weather magic.

It was Conan the Champion. The scene you refer to was a kind of interlude where Conan went to a different world. The description of the people there, a race of decaying sorcerers made me strongly think about a M. Moorcock story. They could have been Corum's kin. Even if I think that this interlude has nothing to do with the setting, JM Roberts is still my favourite pastiche author. In this book and in Valorous, like Spectator told it, JMR made a terrific treatment of Northern Barbarians. He is IMO the best among pastiches authors when it comes to describing barbarians, in his stories they look and behave like I feel that a Barbarian should in the Hyborian Age world. Gritty and unforgiving.

 

[Spectator]

after reading my previous entry I might have a gig as the MGP proofreader (lol).