The Complete Chronicles of Conan
Conan the Cimmerian—the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on...
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Conan the Cimmerian—the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age. Collected here in the chronological order they were first published are Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them. A foreword and afterword by Stephen Jones provide a biography of Howard along with a comprehensive overview of his writing and background on the world of pulp fiction. World Fantasy Award-nominee Les Edwards contributes a black and white frontispiece, along with a gold embossed work on the leather-style cover, while Hugo Award- and Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author Stephen Jones provides an insightful afterword.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780575077669 (0575077662)
Publish date: January 19th 2006
Publisher: Gollancz
Pages no: 927
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Adventure,
Classics,
Epic Fantasy,
Anthologies,
Collections,
Pulp,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Heroic Fantasy,
Sword And Sorcery
The Conan stories by Robert E. Howard are some of the best you will ever read. It is such a shame the Howard died at such an early age. I would love to have seen where he would have taken Conan.I can't recommend these story highly enough!!
It's Conan the Cimmerian. Pulp adventure at it's finest. Not having read at least a few of these stories is like not having read the Lord of the Rings. You gots to establish your street cred, son!
It's been packed to go to australia... It'll be read after the move.
Although I've only read about five stories from this edition (so far), I've read most of the Conan stories before in various collections over the years. I already know that it's going to get five stars because most of the stories are great. Those that aren't are still good and are not going to detra...