Sean A. Moore (April 20, 1964 – February 23, 1998)Social Security Death Index
/ref> was an American fantasy and science fiction writer, and computer programmer. His primary significance as a writer is for his three pastiche novels featuring Robert E. Howard's

sword and sorcery Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of romance, magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tale ...

hero Conan and for his work on the screenplay of the movie ''

Kull the Conqueror ''Kull the Conqueror'' is a 1997 fantasy film about the Robert E. Howard character Kull starring Kevin Sorbo. It is a film adaptation of Howard's Conan novel ''The Hour of the Dragon'', with the protagonist changed to the author's other barbari ...

'', and

novelization A novelization (or novelisation) is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of ...

of the same film.''Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1998'', Harris M. Lentz, III, McFarland & Co., 1999, page 159.

Life

Moore was a resident of

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,SFWA obituary for Moore
/ref> where he worked in the field of computer programming in a number of different capacities, including programmer, systems operations specialist, and writer of computer games. He was employed as a programmer by Aspen Systems, Inc. He was also a designer of board games. His hobbies included playing computer games and fencing. Moore died in a car crash in Boulder. He was survived by his wife. Services were held five days after his death in

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Writing career

Moore was active as both a fan and a professional writer in the community of Colorado fantasy and science fiction enthusiasts. Initially writing part-time, he had become a full-time writer at the time of his death, primarily for

Tor Books Tor Books is the primary imprint of Tor Publishing Group (previously Tom Doherty Associates), a publishing company based in New York City. It primarily publishes science fiction and fantasy titles, and is the largest publisher of Chinese scien ...

. His last work was an unfinished science fiction horror novel, provisionally titled ''Diggers''. He was a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).

Works

Among Moore's works are three Conan novels and the novelization of the film ''

'', all published by

. He also contributed in an uncredited capacity to the screenplay of the film, and wrote the novelette "10585," published in the anthology '' It Came from the Drive-In'' ( DAW Books, 1996).

Reception

Moore has been both praised for his "strengths ... in crafting a clever, dense plot with immense, epic scope, and populating it with an imaginative flood of action and monsters," and criticized for "overwrit ngto an incredible degree" and "choppy ... start-and-stop structure." Harvey, Ryan. "Pastiches 'R' Us: ''Conan the Hunter''" (Review)
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Bibliography

Conan novels

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Conan the Hunter Conan the Hunter is a fantasy novel by American writer Sean A. Moore, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books in January 1994. Plot After facing a sewer monster ...

'' (1994) *'' Conan and the Shaman's Curse'' (1996) *''

Conan and the Grim Grey God ''Conan and the Grim Grey God'' is a fantasy novel written by American writer Sean A. Moore, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in trade paperback by Tor Books in November 1996; a reg ...

'' (1996)

Other novels

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'' (1997) *''Diggers'' (unfinished and unpublished)

Short fiction

*"10585" (1996)

References

External links

Social Security Death Index

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Fantastic Fiction entry on Moore
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Sean A. American fantasy writers 1964 births 1998 deaths Road incident deaths in Colorado 20th-century American novelists American male novelists Conan the Barbarian novelists 20th-century American male writers