Originally Posted by
Maganothrom
I like Sanderson, but I don't know that he's got the grit to bring Hyboria to life. Granted, I'm most familiar with Warbreaker and his WoT work. Maybe his other series have more darkness to them.
With Martin, I know he could nail the grit, and the darkness, but I feel like he just takes too much glee in destroying powerful characters. I don't think Conan would last to the end of his own story (if they let Martin write it however he wanted). That said, if they could rein in his tendency to kill off all the good characters, I'd read Martin's version of Conan.