I must admit at this point that I'm
feeling a slight sense of frustration. I managed another six thousand
words today – I'll well in advance on the alternate history project
now, and as writing practice, it is proving extraordinarily
effective, but I'm significantly behind on my reading schedule. I've
decided to bite the bullet...and drop the schedule, for the moment,
instead switching back to what I probably should have done in the
first place – go back home to Howard. So tomorrow...you're going to
get at least the first part of that Kull retrospective. For I will
start with Kull, then work through Conan, before finishing off with
this historicals.
I have been getting fascinated lately
with the potential for 'historical sword and sorcery'. There have
certainly been a few books in the style of lately – Lion of Cairo,
for example, which embarrassingly is also on my 'to be read' pile,
and some of my favourite Howard works are the historicals such as
Cormac Mac Art and Bran Mak Morn. Increasingly I am tempted to play
around in that genre for a bit; I certainly have the material I would
need on my bookshelves to do a pretty good job of it. Two periods
have leapt out at me of late; the Roman Empire and the time of the
Norman Conquest. (That Marc Morris book really was excellent.)
So Howard first, then I make the
decision, then...hopefully...turn this rhetoric into more positive,
practical action.
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