the coming of conan the cimmerian by robert e howard

And, while they’re technically quite lovely (and peopled-womened?-with sturdy beauties), Schultz’s artwork occasionally ignores what’s in the stories and makes Conan look, well, kind, fundamentally decent, and good-hearted… which he most certainly isn’t.

I did find the article about his influences a little too pat, especially when it pointed to a specific book on mythology as an influence, rather than learning about mythology via other sources. It’s also a good size for reading while still being hefty enough to cover a lot of ground. There’s first drafts, Howard’s history of the Hyborean Age, story outlines, maps, and articles about Howard’s influences and, oddly enough, a document that details exactly how they pinpointed the written chronology of these stories.

The stories are presented in chronological order, liberally illustrated by Mark Schultz, and it comes with a lot of bonus material that I, to be totally honest, paged through instead of read properly. If you’re a Conan fan, this volume-which is followed by The Bloody Crown of Conan and The Conquering Sword of Conan-is a fantastic edition to have, if you don’t already have the original Howard stories in some other version. There’s plenty of violence, buxom maidens, and cosmic horrors to go around, as well as bonus content for any true Conan fan. We meet Conan as king, as thief, and sullen youth, his almost feral strength pitted against civilization and the one thing he truly fears-the supernatural. Howard’s infamous barbarian, stories that almost single-handedly invented the sword and sorcery genre. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian collects the first twelve short stories featuring Robert E. After casting around for a good starting place, I found this, the first in a three book collection of the original short stories, and settled in for some swashbuckling.

But I thought it would be a good idea to get, well, a good idea of who Conan actually is in the original stories. It looks like it’s going to be satisfyingly cheesy and violent, and Momoa’s Conan voice is awesome. Howard’s Conan stories was because of the upcoming film adaptation starring Jason Momoa. I’ll be completely honest-the reason I wanted to read some of Robert E. The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E.

The coming of conan the cimmerian by robert e howard