Okay, I haven't even gotten past the first paragraph, but I have to vent- she namechecks Robert E. Howard and it upsets me. Howard was amazing. He was the first of his breed. Yes, he carried a lot of issues from his turn of the century rural Texas upbringing (with a Southern family who were impoverished former slave-owners - it's amazing he turned out as well as he did, all considered) but he was a hell of a writer. "Pigeons From Hell" is scary as shit. LKH has never, ever managed that kind of fear in dozens of books. Solomon Kane would lop Anita's head off for being a demon. I would really like to be reasonable about this but all I can think is "You can't enjoy my beloved things! You aren't nice enough to enjoy my beloved things!"
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Howard was amazing. He was the first of his breed. Yes, he carried a lot of issues from his turn of the century rural Texas upbringing (with a Southern family who were impoverished former slave-owners - it's amazing he turned out as well as he did, all considered) but he was a hell of a writer. "Pigeons From Hell" is scary as shit. LKH has never, ever managed that kind of fear in dozens of books. Solomon Kane would lop Anita's head off for being a demon.
I would really like to be reasonable about this but all I can think is "You can't enjoy my beloved things! You aren't nice enough to enjoy my beloved things!"