Talk:L. Sprague de Camp

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That is NOT a photo of a man 81 years old ... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.68.94.86 (talk) 22:26, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Conan the Barbarian

Perhaps Conan the Barbarian should be mentioned in the lead. Perhaps de Camp should be somewhere in categories Conan the Barbarian and Robert E. Howard.

Certainly de Camp's revival of Conan and Howard needs more coverage. (And the Howard navbox should include Conan the Barbarian whom I don't find there.) There should also be some mention of de Camp's role in the 1982 "Conan" movie as a Technical consultant.

--P64 (talk) 21:13, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

De Camp's involvement in Conan was just one aspect of a long, multi-faceted writing career, so I'm not sure it merits being mentioned in the lead. More coverage in the body of the article would probably be desirable.

Looking into the Conan and Howard categories, the first includes no authors and the latter only authors so closely identified with Howard (Mark Finn, Glenn Lord, Novaline Price), that the identification is really their only claim to significance. I don't see a good reason for putting de Camp in either category, particularly since his significance as an author was not dependent on Howard. I think de Camp's appearances in the navboxes Conan the Barbarian and Robert E. Howard adequately fit the bill here.

The Howard navbox apparently doesn't include Conan because it was split at some point between the box about Howard and a box on Works by Robert E. Howard. Conan is included in the latter.

BPK (talk) 13:47, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. I added Conan to a section heading of the former --now "Books about Howard or Conan the Barbarian" which certainly fits the listed books-- and added a cross-reference notice to the biography talk and both template talks, eg Template talk: Robert E. Howard 2#The other navigation box.

--P64 (talk) 15:48, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

De Camp's involvement with Conan is covered more extensively in the article Robert E. Howard's legacy. --BPK (talk) 13:56, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

As a long time fan of Robert Howard, I deem De Camp's contribution wholly negative. De Camp's completions, editings, and fatuous comments have, at best, no value; moreover readers unacquainted with De Camp's activities, may not distinguish between Howard's work and the De Camp additions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2D80:882A:0:719E:3B57:51A4:F38C (talk) 01:29, 24 May 2017 (UTC)

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