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Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 15 years ago
The Conquering Sword of Conan is the third and final volume in Wandering Star's Robert E. Howard collection of Conan stories. I'll be reviewing them as I read them. That's the plan, anyway.The Servants of Bit-Yatkin: The Servants of Bit-Yatkin is a story about Conan scouring a ruined temple in th...
spocksbro
spocksbro rated it 16 years ago
I first read Howard's Kull stories on a trip home from college one Christmas. My brother had picked up a used copy (a very used copy) of a paperback collection, which was falling apart in my hands as I read.My initial reaction was one of disappointment. Perhaps, at that time, I was looking for a mor...
Gypsyhick
Gypsyhick rated it 17 years ago
Pick this book up without shame. It is much more than a guilty pleasure. This is Conan before the pulp arena transformed the image into a parody of itself.This 1st book is a collection of short stories presented in order of when Howard wrote them. Because of this, the stories are not in chronolog...
D3's Booklog
D3's Booklog rated it 17 years ago
You know, I used to think I hated Conan stories. That was before I realized that what I had read were in fact imperfect pastiches written by other writers in the 60's and 70's who hoped to cash in on the iconic popularity of the character.This volume presents the stories of Conan the Cimmerian as th...
Dantastic Book Reviews
Dantastic Book Reviews rated it 17 years ago
Here we are again; another installment of Dangerous Dan's Book Reviews, because after all, you can only hide from the law in a brothel for so long before the girls start demanding payment for services rendered.Today I'll be reviewing a short story entitled Kings of the Night by the one and only Robe...
Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous
Uncertain, Fugitive, Half-fabulous rated it 18 years ago
Unabashed masculine, juvenile fantasy... but lots of fun and surprisingly well-written. There's a bit of very disturbing racism at points, but for the most part it's pure enjoyment, and less ridiculous than rewrites and Schwarzenegger movies would lead you to believe.
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