{"id":3643,"date":"2011-08-18T15:53:17","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T15:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/08\/18\/7-howard-characters-who-could-make-a-better-movie-than-conan-2\/"},"modified":"2011-08-18T15:53:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T15:53:17","slug":"7-howard-characters-who-could-make-a-better-movie-than-conan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/08\/18\/7-howard-characters-who-could-make-a-better-movie-than-conan-2\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Howard characters who could make a better movie than Conan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the new Conan film, I explored  <a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2011\/08\/7-robert-e-howard-charact.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">seven lesser-known Robert E. Howard characters who could make for a far more interesting movie than Conan<\/a> for Blastr.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"genmed\"><b>Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"quote\">Despite Hollywood\u2019s blinders, Robert E. Howard\u2019s career included far more than Conan stories. In just 10 years, the prolific Texan produced more than 300 short stories, two novels and countless poems featuring numerous characters in a wide variety of genres, including heroic fantasy, western, horror, historical and humor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"postbody\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/moviesclick.ca\/movie-images\/104183\/104183_ab.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>I cover characters ranging from Bran Mak Morn to Dark Agnes de Chastillon. &ldquo;Who?&rdquo; you ask. <a href=\"http:\/\/blastr.com\/2011\/08\/7-robert-e-howard-charact.php\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Read the article<\/a> to find out about them and five other fascinating creations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/08\/18\/7-howard-characters-who-could-make-a-better-movie-than-conan\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">7 Howard characters who could make a better movie than Conan<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in time for the new Conan film, I explored seven lesser-known Robert E. 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