The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian: The Original Adventures of the Greatest Sword and Sorcery Hero of All Time!
by Robert E. Howard
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Author: Robert E. HowardEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-12-02
ISBN: 0345461517
Number of pages: 463
Publisher: Del Rey
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Book Review: Conan cool. Artwork, huh, not so cool.
Summary: 4 Stars
Del Rey sort of botched the packaging of this product and the two other Conan compilations that follow. Therefore I have to give the book 4 stars rather than 5. If I was going to put out three grand collecters compilations of Robert Howard's Conan stories then I would have used, by any means possible, the wonderfull artwork of Frank Frazzetta to not only grace the cover but also for the books interior design. Afterall, it was not only Howard who set the standard in gritty fantasy writing, but also Frazetta's Conan paintings that set the standard for gritty fantasy illustration. For whatever reason, Del Rey has did not do this. Though they chose three semi-decent cover artists for the three collecters additions, they just don't appeal to me as much as Frazetta.
Three collectors editions of all the original Howard Conan stories with all the original Frazetta artwork...ah, now that would have been something special to collect indeed.
As for Robert Howards writing. It is suprisingly to my taste. But I don't think the guy could even take a distant sniff at getting published in todays market with this writing and these stories. Just as I don't think Louis L'Amour could get even one of his westerns published in todays market. That doesn't make either man a bad writer though. Writing has just progressed a little bit beyond the simpleness of this now. As I read these stories, all for the first time in my life mind you, I was struck with how poetic and elegant Howard's writing was. There were scenes of utter brutality told with such a sparse, raw beauty that it left me spellbound. And a single description of a beautiful woman could go on forever in overwrought, flowery, winsome prose. Let's be real, today Howard would be crucified in any college writing course for this kinda stuff and his submission kept at the very bottom of any editor or agents slush pile never to be read beyond the opening line. And that is a shame, because these stories are good stories well told. So let us all thank God that they were published exactly when they were published, otherwise we may never have seen them, ever.
brian d
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Summary of The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian: The Original Adventures of the Greatest Sword and Sorcery Hero of All Time!
"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 treadthe jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."
Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created-a 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 Howard's first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions-in some cases for the first time in more than seventy years-and 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 Conan's debut, "Phoenix on the Sword," Howard's synopses for "The Scarlet Citadel" and "Black Colossus," and a map of Conan's 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.
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