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Karl Wagner has a thing for original manuscripts and likes exposing nifty backstories on story’s. In this volume he presents “The Frost Giant’s Daughter”, one of the first Conan yarns written by Bob Howard. TFGD didn’t sell, so REW rewrote it as The Frost King’s Daughter. He changed Conan to Amara and published it in a fanzine called The Fantasy Fan. Both manuscripts are presented.
The book includes a handful of stories by C.L. Moore with introduction essays by himself and others.
There is a sto ...more
The book includes a handful of stories by C.L. Moore with introduction essays by himself and others.
There is a sto ...more
Wagner takes an interesting tack by selecting four authors and doing a deep-dive into rarer, earlier, and lesser-known material. This approach is new to me, feels tailored to an enthusiast of a certain type, and despite its merits may not be overall successful. The material is not _quite_ a barrel scrape, but is getting there.
Howard's section is two versions of "The Frost-Giant's Daughter", including an early version that originally did not feature Conan. Yet the only perceptible difference is a ...more
Howard's section is two versions of "The Frost-Giant's Daughter", including an early version that originally did not feature Conan. Yet the only perceptible difference is a ...more
And thus I finish my first book of 2020. I enjoyed this closing section of Manly Wade Wellman and Hok. The world lost what sounds like would have been an amazing tale with Wellman's fall.
The book begins and ends marvelously, but lags in the middle, and overall ends up less impressive than expected. Can't do more than three stars, though opening's a 5. I sure hope EOVIII delivers better. ...more
The book begins and ends marvelously, but lags in the middle, and overall ends up less impressive than expected. Can't do more than three stars, though opening's a 5. I sure hope EOVIII delivers better. ...more
Another good collection of short heroic fantasy stories edited by Karl Edward Wagner. Includes Robert E. Howard's first Conan story, as well as C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, and Ray Bradbury.
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The best volume of the series, which finishes with an original, wise and optimistic hunting adventure of Hok the Cro-Mag. With that added to hundreds of pages’ worth of tales by Catherine Moore, Leigh Brackett, REH and Ray Bradbury, what’s not to like?
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