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Conan, Tannhauser & the State

January 22, 2024 by Jim Cornelius

As free-agents of the hard-boiled school, Conan and Mattias Tannhauser share a deep skepticism of the State. Kingship, the demands and prerogatives of the State, all that is meaningless in comparison to a man’s honor and loyalty to his dearest friends.

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January 22, 2024 /Jim Cornelius
Conan, Mattias Tannhauser, Robert E. Howard, Tim Willocks, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett
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The Riddle of Pulp

January 25, 2023 by M.C. Tuggle

The pulps were mass produced for a growing, increasingly literate middle class, and reflected their readers’ values. Indeed, working-class sensibilities underlay many pulps, particularly the Western, crime, and sword and sorcery stories, where murder, corruption, and deceit are found out and punished.

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January 25, 2023 /M.C. Tuggle
Robert E. Howard, Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane
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