Status Updates From Red Nails

Wow!
Great to see Howard coming out of his earlier flaws. Conan is accompanied by two interesting characters who aren't bad stereotypes (as was previously often the case).

It's also great to see these other characters shine for once, and having them rely on each other in interesting ways.

These stories were written back when there wasn't a consensus on how to write fantasy, so it's nice to see Howard discovering.

written in 1920s-1930s, howard is the foundation upon which modern epic fantasy, particularly dark, is based. howard's kull, conan, and other serials were published ten years before tolkien's hobbit and 20 before lotr. howard's ability to create legendary characters, worlds, and urgency within the few pages of a serial should be the envy today's authors who struggle to a story in 100s-1000s of pages. a true master.