ian_hammond_cooper_at_... wrote:
>
> This is in danger of straying Off Topic I fear. However just to be
> clear - it ws not my intention to suggest that Harrek == Conan. It
> was my intent to suggest that Harrek's *heroism* is similar to the
> *heroism* displayed by Conan. Conan is a thief, an assasin, kills
> gods (well demon things), a pirate, a mercenary, and an iron fisted
> ruler of his own realm. Harrek is a thief, an assasin, kills gods
> (well spirits, he is an animist), a pirate, a mercenary, and an iron
> fisted ruler of his own realm. The debate was bout what it is to be a
> hero, and my sugesstion was merely that Harrek is a hero in the
> Sword&Sorcery genre sense of a hero, those are his antecedents.
>
> Ian
And good antecedents they are. Absolute top-notch mayhem, slaughter, derring do and a little bit of naughtyness. Good stuff for a growing boy!
Yeah, I read the books when I was little. Didn't hurt me none. Honest.
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