suppose you were introducing a teenage boy relative to classic adventure/sci-fi/fantasy/horror pulp,
what authors would you recommend apart from these four of course
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11/3/2025, 2:34:25 PM
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>>24852265 (OP)
While I think Howard is generally the best of them (Smith has beautiful prose at times but sometimes the stories fall flat) I would recommend Harold Lamb's Cossack stories as a bit of a wildcard. He inspired Howard and is pure adventure without the "weird" bits. I would also recommend some of the Dunsany short story collections to gauge if he's into that kind of thing.
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11/3/2025, 2:37:07 PM
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>>24852265 (OP)
You sure you aren't just being autistic and imposing your special interest on them?
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11/3/2025, 5:19:27 PM
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>>24852265 (OP)
Flashman if he's based, but not if he's a blossoming incel.
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11/3/2025, 5:23:05 PM
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>>24852265 (OP)
don quixote is all of what he needs
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11/3/2025, 8:46:29 PM
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Entertainments purely for escapism is fun, but to help uplift a soul to want to treat the world as THEIR adventure story when they feel ready tackle it.
I like Jack Vance, Ursula K. Le Guin, Iain M. Banks. Edward Abbey, William Morris, JRR Tolkien. Joseph Campbell, Robert Moore, Mircea Eliade and Jung.
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11/3/2025, 9:20:52 PM
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>>24852655
This. Give him a real novel
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11/3/2025, 10:49:16 PM
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>>24852265 (OP)
Leiber is better than any of them. Start with Lankhmar.
