![]() ![]() Presumably a bunch of Wheel of Time fans bought up the omnibuses then realized they were nothing like the Wheel of Time. Tor rereleased his Conan books (excepting his Conan the Destroyer novelization) in two hardcover omnibuses in the late 90s at the height of The Wheel of Time’s popularity. Robert Jordan’s Conan pastiches may be the easiest to find of any of the Tor Conan pastiches. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter that I’ve read, and the Tor Conan pastiches, I think it fair to say they represent three distinct sub-genres: weird fiction, sword and sorcery, and muscular fantasy. Howard’s Conan tales, the (non-Conan) sword and sorcery of L. Harriet described Warriors of Altaii as “muscular fantasy.” Considering Robert E. ![]() He was a little busy to rewrite Warriors of the Altaii is what I’m saying. Jordan also published seven Conan novels in three years, edited several Conan novels, put together a chronology of Conan stories, then went on to publish over fifteen years twelve Wheel of Time novels averaging over 800 pages each. In explaining why Warrior of the Altaii was never published, Jordan’s editor and widow Harriet McDougal compared it to the Gor books. ![]() Tor asked Robert Jordan to write Conan novels on the basis of a book he sold several times but never published titled Warrior of the Altaii. ![]()
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