Jordan's Conan stories

[Willowhugger]

You might be right, I confess. I guess I prefer to keep an illusion than the truth since those books got me into Conan. Call it thinking the best of authors.

Even if I can't do it for the originals.

Anybody working in the publishing business for a little bit quickly loses that... :wink:

thank you, I've already experienced that burn on numerous occasions.

But I'll maintain my naive faith.

 

[Ranzadule]

This may sound bad as we are all Conan fans, but I like Jordan's Conan stories a lot and in some way, better. NOw I don't like them "better" but rather "differently." Howard's focus is Conan. While the protagonist in Jordan's work is also Conan, I get a lot more of the world and the other players in his stories. I like that at least as a change of pace. It was Jordan's conan work that made me pick up the Wheel of Time and I overall, happy I did.

So, jordan does an excellent job telling about what is going on around Conan and that is a nice change. There is less of the philosophy and less of Conan and less Pulpy stuff, but it is still a good read.

 

[Krushnak]

This may sound bad as we are all Conan fans, but I like Jordan's Conan stories a lot and in some way, better. NOw I don't like them "better" but rather "differently." Howard's focus is Conan. While the protagonist in Jordan's work is also Conan, I get a lot more of the world and the other players in his stories. I like that at least as a change of pace. It was Jordan's conan work that made me pick up the Wheel of Time and I overall, happy I did.

Heretic! :wink:

I found Jordan's Conan to be the best out of all the pastiche novels but personally i still dont think they are anywhere near as good as the original.