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The Conquering Sword of Conan | 
 enlarge | Author: Robert E. Howard
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $9.95
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 9566
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 416
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52
ASIN: B000FCKKR6
Publication Date: November 29, 2005
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“FOR HEADLONG, NONSTOP ADVENTURE AND FOR VIVID, EVEN FLORID, SCENERY, NO ONE EVEN COMES CLOSE TO HOWARD.”
–Harry Turtledove
In a meteoric career that covered only a dozen years, Robert E. Howard defined the sword-and-sorcery genre. In doing so, he brought to life the archetypal adventurer known to millions around the world as Conan the barbarian.
Witness, then, Howard at his finest, and Conan at his most savage, in the latest volume featuring the collected works of Robert E. Howard, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Greg Manchess. Prepared directly from the earliest known versions–often Howard’s own manuscripts–are such sword-and-sorcery classics as “The Servants of Bit-Yakin” (formerly published as “Jewels of Gwahlur”), “Beyond the Black River,” “The Black Stranger,” “Man-Eaters of Zamboula” (formerly published as “Shadows in Zamboula”), and, perhaps his most famous adventure of all, “Red Nails.”
The Conquering Sword of Conan includes never-before-published outlines, notes, and story drafts, plus a new introduction, personal correspondence, and the revealing essay “Hyborian Genesis”–which chronicles the history of the creation of the Conan series. Truly, this is heroic fantasy at its finest.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
AOC & Conan (also this book) December 19, 2008
R. Mcisaac (Canada)
always loved graphic novels,Savage sword,Red Sonja.the new Age of Conan MMO has rejuvenated me,I bought the game but haven't played it yet,first going back & learning about Conan & ofcorse R.E.Howard,when I was young it was more about just the superficial content?. just received my copy of Born on the Battlefield & WOW!,so happy to have re-discovered such amazing work.
A True Barbarian December 12, 2008
Nathan Thelen (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
True, Robert E. Howard uses overly bombastic language. Conan is constantly panther-like, the women are always supple, and there are plenty of brains on display after Conan crushes their skull. Everything is so over-the-top it's just awesome, while at the same time still feeling real to the reader. There also seems to be a lost city every 2 miles but now I'm just being nit-picky. One really feels Conan's primal code, and how such a person has to survive in such an environment.
There is only a barbarian ethic here, and is untainted by modern conceptions. Conan is a womanizer, though his relations with Valeria and their banter back and forth is amusingly equal. There is definately a tinge or racism in these books, which I'm not certain is supposed to represent Conan's viewpoint or those of the author.
Compared to modern sword and sorcery they aren't even in the same league as the Conan short stories. There is so much entertainment and excitement packed into these pages any fantasy lover has a reason to delve into the recesses of 1930s pulp fiction.
Robert E. Howard The Great September 4, 2008
Sogan Von Zeppelin (MN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I will just make this short and to the point. 'speechless'.
He was a master at storytelling. I would recommend this to any one who enjoys the sword/sorcery genre. I have this in hardbound, but cannot find vol 1 and 2 in hardbound.
The Third Volume... July 7, 2008
Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA USA)
It is amazing that Conan and all the stories he featured in could be covered in three books. I have the first and have to get the second, and I will, but the fact that such a huge Hero in the sword-and-sorcery genre came out of only a five year time period of short stories seems to me to be as amazing as how realistic the character is. He is flawed, humorous, sometimes greedy, always willing to bed a pretty lady and has a heart of gold. And, of course, nerves of iron. While you may watch the movies or the TV series, remember the real Conan are on the pages of these books.
Get them new or used.
The original Conan! Accept no substitutes June 25, 2008
Michael Devereaux (Dallas, TX USA)
This is one of three books containing the original Conan stories, as written by Robert E. Howard.
The stories in these books are organized in the order they were written, which helps see Howard's development of Conan and of the new (at the time) sword and sorcery genre.
There are other collections of Conan stories out there (in particular the 12-book series), but those collections contain revised ("modernized") version of Howard's Conan stories, and Conan stories by other authors (such as L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter) which may be worthwhile stories, but they're definitely NOT Howard Conan stories.
Enjoy this volume; enjoy all three volumes. The original Howard stories are definitely a gift.
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