Howard too possesses a talent for action scenes that even nearly 100 years has not diminished, and I found his frequent introductory poems an especial surprise.
Much more than just Superman with a sword, Conan impressed me as much more than just the dim barbarian of parodies and spin-offs and proves himself as the king of fantasy heroes. Having long known Conan only in generalities and film, I picked this up largely to fill in an unfortunate blank space in my pulp sci-fi/fantasy education: And it most certainly did not disappoint. 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.
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. Included are classics of dark fantasy like "The Tower of the Elephant" and swashbuckling adventure like "Queen of the Black Coast." Collected in this volume are Howard's first 13 Conan stories in their original versions and in the order Howard wrote them. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword-and-sorcery. In a meteoric career that spanned a mere 12 years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand.to tread the jeweled thrones of the earth under his sandalled feet. 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.
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