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Sorry - I accidentally 'wrote-in' "Red Nails" again. Can you remove the extraneous entry?

Paul wrote: "Sorry - I accidentally 'wrote-in' "Red Nails" again. Can you remove the extraneous entry?"

Done - thanks for voting.

I originally voted for "Rogues in the House" which is probably my all time favorite Howard story. But I'm switching my vote to "The Tower of the Elephant" because I'd really like to go back and re-read it. All the choices listed are great though, so I don't think we can go wrong.

I switched my vote to "Red Nails," since I've already read (and liked) it, and have an anthologized copy, so it'll be easy for me to join in the discussion if we pick that one. If we read something new to me, it'll be harder for me to work it in if we don't start until April 30 --I was thinking we'd be reading it over Easter weekend, when I might have a bit more time. (But I won't go back on my commitment to take part!)

Werner wrote: "I switched my vote to "Red Nails," since I've already read (and liked) it, and have an anthologized copy, so it'll be easy for me to join in the discussion if we pick that one. If we read somethin..."

I just thought that giving people more time to prepare for the next read would possibly make it easier, but I'd forgotten about Easter. I think I'll schedule to start this weekend instead, but give it a bit longer to run.

Also, we now have a two-way split between Nails and Elephant, so I'll post both stories as reads!

Sounds good, Michael!

Poll re-opened for the next Conan Group Read

I voted for "Queen of the Black Coast" because I just finished Sword Woman & wanted to see how Belit stacked up against Agnes, but I'm up for any of them. "The Black Stranger" is interesting because... well, here's what the Howard Collector web site has about it.

The Black Stranger was originally written as a Conan story that was not accepted. REH rewrote it into a Black Vulmea story ("Swords of the Red Brotherhood"), which was also not accepted. L Sprague de Camp rewrote the original Conan story into a different Conan story ("The Treasure of Tranicos"). For publication in Fantasy Magazine #1, the story was abridged, edited by L Sprague de Camp, and re-written further by Lester del Rey. Hence, there are 3 different versions of this story, "The Black Stranger" (REH1), "Swords of the Red Brotherhood" (REH2), and "The Treasure of Tranicos" (REH/LSDC).

I don't have nor have I had the opportunity to read the Black Vulmea version, although I'd like to, if any one knows where it might be found online.

I voted for Black Stranger since its one 5,6 Conan stories i havent read yet.