WI Tolkien died in World War I

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Said in my best Gabby Hayes voice.... "Back when I was a young whippersnapper....." One of the secondary impacts of Tolkien's popularity in the late 60's & early 70's, was the resurrection of older fantasy authors works. Authors such as William Morris, Hope Mirreles, Fletcher Pratt, George MacDonald, James Branch Cabell were brought back into publication, or if still in print, got a direct boost in marketing. Publishers were so desperate to get high fantasy books on the shelf, that those old tales could be printed quickly. Considering their age, would the copyrights have expired, making it easier to go to print?
 
Conan is set in a pre-history. Howard did that because he had a local libraries' worth of armchair historian knowledge, but did not want to be tied down to having to know exact details which are required when writing in a setting. So by writing in pre-history, between the fall of Atlantis and the rise of the first known civilizations, he could move things around and have cultures inspired by real cultures without having to know or be limited by the exact details of historical period writing. Kull is an Atlantean. Bran Mak Morn is a Pict. Conan is a Cimmerian, which are descended from Atlantis.

http://hyboria.xoth.net/history/hyborian_age.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picts_in_fantasy#Robert_E._Howard
Sure but whereas king Arthur is set in England, I'm not sure Conan is set in our Earth, or the geography has changed a lot.
At minimum, you'd need some simili Mediterranean to make it work
 
Sure but whereas king Arthur is set in England, I'm not sure Conan is set in our Earth, or the geography has changed a lot.
At minimum, you'd need some simili Mediterranean to make it work

Conan is set on Earth. Howard said it was set on Earth, in an unknown age before recorded history. Continents sank and rearranged. All the races of Conan gave birth to the races of recorded history.

 
Conan is set on Earth. Howard said it was set on Earth, in an unknown age before recorded history. Continents sank and rearranged. All the races of Conan gave birth to the races of recorded history.

I stand corrected then. Might go and read again some more Conan!
 
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