On Omnibuses (Omnibii?)
Two Conan stories in a row: "Wow, how did I miss how amazingly mysognistic/racist this stuff is as a kid? I must've been watching the monsters..."
Five Conan stories in a row: "Howard...Howard, I know you saw your first lynching at six or something, but did you ever talk to a woman?"
Fifteen Conan stories in a row: [cheer and cookie-munch every ( Read more... )
Five Conan stories in a row: "Howard...Howard, I know you saw your first lynching at six or something, but did you ever talk to a woman?"
Fifteen Conan stories in a row: [cheer and cookie-munch every ( Read more... )
Ha! Until a film was made, the very Times swallowed the S&S "summary" provided by the tolkien sarcasm website whole - if that's not the everyman's idea, I'm not sure what is...I doubt my mother would recognise Howard's name, but I did hear her hastily reassuring a friend that the fantasy I've been feeding her (mostly Kay, I'm working on it) "wasn't all... {struggle for description} swords and..." presumably "naked wenches", though that never got said, but it was clear what the general assumption was. I think the Potter phenomenon is self-contained, really...or lumped in with "children's stuff" in the public view, hence all those very sober and adult US import covers for people wanting to read it without looking like they were...I just don't want to know what HBO is doing with Martin's stuff, I am hiding from it. (You know someone has been traumatised by poor TV/film adaptations when an albino direwolf can't entice 'em out)
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Most folks I've talked to, when they have to sum it all up easily, go "you know, dragons, elves, wizards and such"... which is, surprisingly, quite unlike Conan. I'm not sure but I suspect the reaction to that would be more like "The tall red-headed guy?" Except with guys, where it would be like "Hahaha, Arnold." Maybe the everyman here is different from the everyman over there?
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They're doing it really well - and really badly in places.
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