Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.52 EAN: 9780345461537 ISBN: 0345461533 Label: Del Rey Manufacturer: Del Rey Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Date: November 29, 2005 Publisher: Del Rey Release Date: November 29, 2005 Sales Rank: 35995 Studio: Del Rey
Product Description“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 Conanincludes 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.
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Rating: - AOC & Conan (also this book)
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.
Rating: - A True Barbarian
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.
Rating: - Robert E. Howard The Great
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.
Rating: - The Third Volume...
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 ... Read More
Rating: - The original Conan! Accept no substitutes
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 ... Read More
