The Epic Conan Novel That Took 30 Years to Complete

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Author John C. Hocking sits down to share the tale of his famous lost Conan novel of the 1990's (Conan and the Living Plague), and how it finally found its way into a collected volume alongside his previous effort (Conan and the Emerald Lotus) into a beautiful new book - Conan: City of Dead.

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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
02:35 - Podcast Open
03:06 - Hocking's first encounter with Conan
04:40 - Emerald Lotus Beginnings
05:20 - From fan to pro
06:08 - Emerald Lotus Inception
07:28 - Where does the Emerald Lotus come from?
08:50 - Lovecraftian Influence
10:24 - The Living Plague
12:15 - Heroic Signatures Rescues Living Plague
12::52 - What happened in the years leading up to the release
13:50 - Pastiche Conan Novels prior to Emerald Lotus
14:37 - Dealing with fan reactions
18:22 - Robert E. Howard influence
22:20 - Hocking's favorite Howard Conan stories
23:58 - The lost animated Conan Red Nails Movie of the 00's
26:08 - What Hocking wants to see happen with the next Conan screen adaptation
28:08 - Hocking's writing process
29:30 - How Hocking defines Conan
32:33 - Why Hocking made a sequel to Emerald Lotus
34:10- How the Covid Pandemic gave a fresh perspective to a story written decades prior
35:05 - How Conan is pushed to his limits in The Living Plague
39:30 - The group dynamics at play in the living Plague
42:25 - How Hocking creates Lovecaftian horrors for Conan to face
44:11 - How Lotus connects to Plague
47:15 - How Barbarism vs Civilization comes into play in Living Plague
50:27 - How Hocking hopes these stories wil resonate with fans
55:20 - SEQUELS to City of the Dead
56:40 - Sprague DeCamp Controversy
59:27 - The new Golden Era of Conan
01:39 - Outro