Episode 87 - Robert E. Howard's "Conan the Usurper" with special guest Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney
Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney joins us to discuss Robe…
Appendix N Book Club · Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi, and special guests
January 24, 202157m 13s
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Show Notes
Nicole Emmelhainz-Carney joins us to discuss Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp's "Conan the Usurper", body horror, de Camp's heavy-handed editing, offensive physical descriptions of black characters, Lovecraft's contemporaries, the experience of talking about problematic elements in the fandom, Howard's creative process, audience analysis in pulps, the cliche of the dumb barbarian, unknown characters seeking revenge on PCs, and much more!