Talk:Solomon Kane

Weapons
Regarding Kanes flintlocks it's mentioned that "a more historically probable firearm would be Wheellock". Would it? Following the link to wheellock you can read: "[wheellock was] Developed around AD 1500, it was used alongside the matchlock and was later superseded by the snaphance (1560s) and the flintlock (c. 1600)." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.217.2.185 (talk) 20:33, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

POV
Removed this passgae as it's POV;

Although a noble man of good intentions, there are subtle hints through all of the Solomon Kane stories that point towards Kane suffering a form of severe insanity usually found amongst religious fanatics.

quercus robur 13:29, 7 May 2005 (UTC)

Solomon, different
The redactor, or some editor of this article makes a big deal of how Solomon Kane is so different from other Howardian heroes... I beg to differ. While he may not be built on the big thewed brutish model... he's no that different... he still is very strong, though he looks spare, has that pantherish litheness so often found in Howard's characters, has the black mane and terrible eyes of many of Howard's characters (however he chooses to describe it), is a man of action, has a lot oftrouble with ancient, supernatural foes... oh, yeah, he is more visibly than many able to use his head to do more than support a helmet... but that is forgetting that many Howardian characters are noted for mental achievements : Conan is a peerless linguinst even though he's no scholar, Kull is well known to be moody and introspective, Kirowan is a scholar in his own right and keeps to like company... need more parallels? Despite superficial differences, Kane is indeed cast in the Howardian mold. --Svartalf 22:50, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Ownership edits
See Talk:Bran Mak Morn. 69.182.106.50 19:54, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Racism accusations
I think describing Howard as a racist, let alone a virulent one, is a bit of a serious accusation to make without casually at the end of a paragraph without expanding upon or justifying it in any way. Perhaps it is true, but it really should be supported. Have also tweaked the paragraph as a whole, hope no-one minds...


 * You're correct, but most of that section needed to be deleted anyway, because it was original research and opinion. (That's what all those little "citation needed" notes meant.) I deleted most of it. Rray 11:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Update of movie
In my edit summary for my update of the proposed film's status, I was trying to say that this info was via writer/director Bassett's own website, but for the second time in half an hour, while writing---or in this case, revising---my edit summary, the system suddenly "Saved"! I hope this is not a new habit. Ted Watson 22:51, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Removed request for references
The books and the commentary are enough already. This business of asking for external references for things that are internally referenced is a waste of time. Do you actually want references to the references to the references of the list of Howards books? Bah! Parsnip13 00:47, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

"Blades of the Brotherhood/Blue Flame of Vengeance"
I remember reading somewhere that Blue Flame of Vengeance was not simply an alternate title for Blades of the Brotherhood, but the title of an alternate version. It was rewritten to add a horror-fantasy element, and was published, I think, in the 1950s (the first time the story ever saw public exposure). As I can't track down a reference to back me up, don't know who did the rewrite, and am not certain it happened in the '50s, I won't put it in the article myself. Can anybody do better? Ted Watson (talk) 20:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

The story's original title was "The Blue Flame of Vengeance". Later, a rewritten version using the same title appeared. In a subsequent printing, Glenn Lord used the title "Blades of the Brotherhood" to distinguish the true Robert E Howard text from the rewritten version. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.152.186.14 (talk) 06:11, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

Roleplaying Game
The amount of attention (i.e., full chapter listing) seems excessive in the scope of this article. That sort of thing might be appropriate if the RPG had its own article. I'd recommend trimming it down, at the very least removing the chapter list. Sangrolu (talk) 15:49, 18 July 2008 (UTC)


 * No response after 1 week; I abbreviated the RPG entry. Sangrolu (talk) 22:50, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

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