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The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian | Robert Ervin Howard
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Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities . . . there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. . . . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand . . . to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever createda swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collected in this volume, profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are Howards first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versionsin some cases for the first time in more than seventy yearsand in the order Howard wrote them. Along with classics of dark fantasy like The Tower of the Elephant and swashbuckling adventure like Queen of the Black Coast, The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian contains a wealth of material never before published in the United States, including the first submitted draft of Conans debut, Phoenix on the Sword, Howards synopses for The Scarlet Citadel and Black Colossus, and a map of Conans world drawn by the author himself.Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Here, too, is an unparalleled glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling style has been imitated by many, yet equaled by none.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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RamsFan1963
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian | Robert Ervin Howard
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94/150 Surprisingly, I've never read a Howard Conan story. I've seen the movies, read the comics, read stories by other authors (Lin Carter and L. Sprague De Camp spring to mind), but never the originals. Taken as straight adventure stories, they're excellent. Conan is a great character, short on dialogue, always jumping into the middle of the action. Unfortunately, by today's standards, these stories are staggeringly racist (Continued below) ⬇️

RamsFan1963 (too many times Conan has to save the white woman from the monstrous black or dark skinned monsters) and sexist. Except for Belit, the Pirate Queen, there isn't a single female character who isn't a simpering, whimpering child who must be rescued by Conan, and at the end fall into his big strong arms. I know its unfair to judge stories written in the 1930s by today's standards, but this still makes for tough reading at times. ⭐⭐⭐ 2y
Bookwomble @RamsFan1963 You'd better give his story "Black Canaan" a miss, then, as it makes his Conan stories look quite progressive in comparison ? 2y
RamsFan1963 @Bookwomble After listening to these stories, I understand why Lovecraft was such a fan of Howard's writing. He found a kindred spirit. 2y
Bookwomble @RamsFan1963 Despite some egregious examples of explicit racism, I think in general Howard was more simply expressing the cultural & (sadly) scientific orthodoxy of his time & place, whereas Lovecraft was more consciously supremacist. REH was usually less concerned about "racial purity" than HPL. Of the Weird Triumvirate, I'd say Clark Ashton Smith is least troublesome in this regard, though naturally he still can't escape retrospective criticism. 2y
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EyesOnly34
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Exceptional stuff from the father of sword and sorcery

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BeansPage
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian | Robert Ervin Howard
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Here's my #BookMail for the week! I can't wait to dive into that Conan book! He is one of my ultimate heroes 💕

RJHowe The original Howard Conan's are great. I recently read that one you received and it was excellent. 6y
BeansPage @RJHowe oh I have heard the same thing from multiple sources. I really really really can't wait to dive into that book now!!! 😁 6y
EyesOnly34 Howard‘s stories are fun. He was a great writer. 5y
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ChristieStratos
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ChristieStratos
The Coming Of Conan The Cimmerian | Robert Ervin Howard
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Classic fantasy, the very beginnings of Conan the barbarian. This was written in the 1920s and its reads like something from today. Usually books from the 50s and before have a more dry writing style, but this one is different.

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