Has anyone read Ghor Kin-Slayer? I just finished it tonight. If people dont know the story behind this book, a magazine in the 70s decided that they would have authors finish a tale of which REH wrote a single chapter back in the day. This book is all of the chapters from the magazine compiled into a single book. The writers, as you can see from the photo, were/are an impressive lot. Some of my favorites: Wagner, Moorcock, Wellman, Lumley, Long, and Campbell, contributed to the effort. The story is based around a prototypical REH barbarian, named Ghor, who is bent on revenge against pretty much everyone he meets. He battles his way across Hyboria, from Nemedia to Stygia.... Overall, the book seemed uneven. With the various writing styles and meanderings, I had a hard time retaining excitment throughout it. Since it was published month to month, I got the feeling each author tried to wrap up their short story in each chapter. I dont want to give too much away, but the authors tried to include references to just about every Conan locale and REH character (Conan, Kull, etc.). They also tried to mix and include the pantheon of the Conan books with HP Lovecrafts mythos. The good (order) versus evil (chaos) versus neutral (Gaia?) was fair to middling in effect, I thought. I thought the book was a somewhat unique idea, but a meeting between all the authors to discuss the basic framework of the overall story would have helped. 2.5 out of 5 stars
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 05:38:10 +0000
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