But at least they don't appear to be porn.
Stumbled on these covers looking for images of "Worms of the Earth." (honest, I did
)I would say something about making a lazy dollar, but these all appear free.
http://www.barnesand...ward/1025706410
Gender Switched REH Stories, et al
Started by PaulMc, May 17 2012 07:58 PM
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 07:58 PM
Frankly, my initial reaction is "WHAT THE F***?"
But at least they don't appear to be porn.
Stumbled on these covers looking for images of "Worms of the Earth." (honest, I did )
I would say something about making a lazy dollar, but these all appear free.
http://www.barnesand...ward/1025706410
But at least they don't appear to be porn.
Stumbled on these covers looking for images of "Worms of the Earth." (honest, I did
)I would say something about making a lazy dollar, but these all appear free.
http://www.barnesand...ward/1025706410
-- Paul McNamee
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 08:26 PM
Welcome to the world of "public domain" literature...
"Careful with that ax, Eugene"
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:00 PM
If all they did was change names and pronouns I'll pass.
"I vanquished Law once, I'll conquer yet again--
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy?"
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy?"
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 11:56 PM
That doesn't take any work at all. Your word processor can do that while you nap.If all they did was change names and pronouns I'll pass.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
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"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 02:11 AM
SACRILEGE!!!!! BLASPHEMY!!!!! but i loved the cover art..woot woot
The aveage civilized man is never fully alive;he is burdened with masses of atrophied tisse and useless matter.Life flickers feebily in him;his senses sre dull and torpid...In devloping his intellect he has sacrificed far more then he realizes."
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 02:43 AM
Sword Man: Tales of Dark Angus.
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 06:56 AM
ROFLMAO!Sword Man: Tales of Dark Angus.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 07:53 PM
To be honest, I would not object to some of the stories being re-written to reverse the gender of the main characters. But I think the stories should be written in such a way as to explain why a female barbarian left her native land. And give us some new material, or twists, to add some new and unique experiences in reading the stories.
"I vanquished Law once, I'll conquer yet again--
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy?"
And force upon Mankind the Freedom he fears--
And dead gods I will again defy?"
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 07:58 PM
She left her homeland because guys kept taking pictures of her and posting them on the Barbarian Women threadTo be honest, I would not object to some of the stories being re-written to reverse the gender of the main characters. But I think the stories should be written in such a way as to explain why a female barbarian left her native land. And give us some new material, or twists, to add some new and unique experiences in reading the stories.
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Posted 19 May 2012 - 01:07 AM
But at least they don't appear to be porn.
Are you willing to bet money on that? After checking out those covers and titles, I'm not so sure.
Are you willing to bet money on that? After checking out those covers and titles, I'm not so sure.
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 20 May 2012 - 02:00 PM
Sword Man: Tales of Dark Angus.
That sounds like a porn film!
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:25 AM
I saw these books about 2 years ago when I began writing. They are all listed on smashwords.com. Lot's of crazy stuff out there.
I still don't figure how you can genger switch a story, but you can't publish your own Conan story. But hey, I guesst that's the way it is.
I still don't figure how you can genger switch a story, but you can't publish your own Conan story. But hey, I guesst that's the way it is.
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Favorite Conan Stories: The Black Stranger, Queen of the Black Coast ... (i'm going back and re-reading REH Conan) It's long over due.
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 02:31 AM
I still don't figure how you can genger switch a story, but you can't publish your own Conan story. But hey, I guesst that's the way it is.
Conyna the Cimmerian in: "The Frost-Giant's Son".
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 06:57 AM
King of the Black Coast.
I still don't figure how you can genger switch a story, but you can't publish your own Conan story. But hey, I guesst that's the way it is.
Conyna the Cimmerian in: "The Frost-Giant's Son".
And that should be "The Frost Giantess' Son".
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 22 May 2012 - 04:34 PM
You are, of course, correct.
"It is more than a mortal sea. Your hands are red with blood and you follow a red sea-path, yet the fault is not wholly with you. Almighty God, when will the reign of blood cease?"
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
Turlogh shook his head. "Not so long as the race lasts."
--- The Dark Man, by Robert E. Howard
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 04:06 PM
Stewardess Costigan and her white poodle, Misty, in "The Pit of the Kitten"
JERUSHA!
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Posted 06 June 2012 - 07:27 PM
When i see these stories i think somethings are better left to be a mystery. Gender switch i can only understand if its cheap porn versions.....
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Posted 07 June 2012 - 02:52 AM
Salome Kane.
Gender-switching "People of the Black Circle" would be a real dog. I shudder to think.
Gender-switching "People of the Black Circle" would be a real dog. I shudder to think.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 02:15 AM
I want to invert this and write a story about 'Red Sunny' defending Vienna against a horde of Turkic pony girls.
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