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I have lived in the Southwest all my life, yet most of my dreams are laid in cold, giant lands of icy  wastes and gloomy skies, and of wild, wind-swept fens and wilderness over which sweep great sea-winds, and  which are inhabited by shock-headed savages with light fierce eyes. With the exception of one dream, I am  never, in these dreams of ancient times, a civilized man. Always am I the barbarian, the skin-clad,  tousle-haired, light-eyed wild man, armed with a rude ax or sword, fighting the elements and wild beasts, or grappling with armored hosts marching with the tread of civilized discipline, from fallow fruitful  lands and walled cities. This is reflected in my writings, too, for when I begin a tale of old times, I always find myself instinctively arrayed on the side of the barbarian, against the powers of organized
civilization.

-- Robert E. Howard --