Greetings, adventurers!!! Here we are, at another crossroad. What have we learned on the Road of Queens? What did you have to say? We tie things together here for the stunning conclusion of Season 2! We discuss some of the women in Robert E. Howard's work and life, and get into a deep mailbag. A BIG THANKS to everyone for your comments! We will undoubtedly return and tread the paths that we discovered branching from the Road of Queens someday. But for now, we must move along yet another road toward other adventures...
Random 'One Things' for this episode:
Jon: Space Ghost Coast to Coast
Josh: Leslie Klinger's The New Annotated Dracula
Luke: John Scalzi's Old Man's War
Other web-resources you may find helpful:
Check out Skulls in the Stars' essay on Robert E. Howard's correspondence regarding his views on women in history (and women in general).
Jessica Amanda Salmonson's Amazons and Amazons II!
Jeanne D'Angelo's art can be found on her Instagram account and also on her blog!
Chris Hutson's art can be found on his blog. Here's his art inspired by Conan story, "People of the Black Circle!"
Matt Smith's Barbarian Lord and other art can be found on his website(s)!
Terence Handley's Tellers of Weird Tales is an amazing resource for the creators of the weird pulps!
Finally, check out the Averoigne inspiration (from Clark Ashton Smith) for the Dungeons & Dragons module, Castle Amber, back in the day! (Thanks for the voicemail, Matt!)
And, what do we have in store for Season 3?
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| Art by Tim Truman |
SOLOMON KANE - The Avenging Puritan himself! Get into it! Much of the original Kane content is available in the public domain, or you can check out a more comprehensive collection released by Del Rey! We'll be using the Del Rey as our authoritative text which has the stories listed in order of completion, not publication. We'll be starting with Skulls in the Stars, which you can read on Project Gutenberg Australia.
Final bits:
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Our epic closer is a portion of Kvelertak's Evig Vandrar, or, The Eternal Wanderer, from their second album, Meir. These Norwegian guys turn it up to ELEVEN. And we're pretty sure they broke the knobs off the amps.... 'Cause they keep that eneit there. Check out both their first and second albums... If you like the metal, you won't be disappointed. All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!
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