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| Original Title: | Conan of Cimmeria: The Bloody Crown of Conan (Book 2) |
| ISBN: | 0345461525 (ISBN13: 9780345461520) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Conan the Cimmerian #2 |
| Characters: | Conan the Barbarian |
| Setting: | Hyboria |
| Literary Awards: | Le Blanc Award Nominee for Melhor Antologia Estrangeira de Fantasia, Ficção Científica ou Terror Publicada em Língua Portuguesa (2019) |
Robert E. Howard
Paperback | Pages: 384 pages Rating: 4.3 | 4192 Users | 122 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian #2) |
| Author | : | Robert E. Howard |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 384 pages |
| Published | : | November 23rd 2004 by Del Rey (first published November 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Heroic Fantasy. Sword and Sorcery. Pulp. Adventure |
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In his hugely influential and tempestuous career, Robert E. Howard created the genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery-and brought to life one of fantasy's boldest and most enduring figures: Conan the Cimmerian-reaver, slayer, barbarian, king.This lavishly illustrated volume gathers together three of Howard's longest and most famous Conan stories-two of them printed for the first time directly from Howard's typescript-along with a collection of the author's previously unpublished and rarely seen outlines, notes, and drafts. Longtime fans and new readers alike will agree that "The Bloody Crown of Conan" merits a place of honor on every fantasy lover's bookshelf.
THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE
Amid the towering crags of Vendhya, in the shadowy citadel of the Black Circle, Yasmina of the golden throne seeks vengeance against the Black Seers. Her only ally is also her most formidable enemy-Conan, the outlaw chief.
THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON
Toppled from the throne of Aquilonia by the evil machinations of an undead wizard, Conan must find the fabled jewel known as the Heart of Ahriman to reclaim his crown . . . and save his life.
A WITCH SHALL BE BORN
A malevolent witch of evil beauty. An enslaved queen. A kingdom in the iron grip of ruthless mercenaries. And Conan, who plots deadly vengeance against the human wolf who left him in the desert to die.
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For whatever reason I have never read anything by Robert E. Howard, let alone any of his Conan tales. For awhile I have suspected that I would think that Howard's Conan tales would be really good in part because of his association with Lovecraft and in part just because of who likes him and his impact on subsequent pulp writing, fantasy and even science fiction. Despite the fact that I expected the works to be good they exceeded my expectations.The Conan short stories are exactly what you wouldFor the second volume of Conan stories, the editors took a different tactic and instead of printing everything in strict chronological order, they put together three of the longer stories into one volume. Which means that the hit-miss ratio has to be better than the first go-round. In the first volume there were like twelve stories and if a couple of them were duffers it didn't matter too much. If only one of these were just Howard going through the motions then it would be almost a third of the
I guess I'm a confirmed Howard fan-boy at this point, since I can't get enough of his stuff. Here was no exception, since "People of the Black Circle" and "Hour of the Dragon" are among his better stories. "A Witch Shall be Born" is less strong, but it does have the crucifixion scene, so that counts for something.Some of these stories I already own in other collections, but I picked this book up new at Barnes & Noble as part of my personal crusade to preserve physical bookstores. It was a
The Bloody Crown of Conan is the second of Del Reys three-volume collection of Robert E. Howards Conan yarns. Including Howards only Conan novel, it has the fewest stories of any volume in the collection. The Bloody Crown of Conan is also heavily illustrated, this time by Gary Gianni, who did excellent work for George R.R. Martins A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms collection. I dont like his Conan artwork quite as much (the art in my paperback copy is black and white). There is a foreword by
YES!! The Conan stories restored to their original texts. Read Conan as Howard intended him to be. You will find that Conan is more than just a big semi-naked barbarian with a sword. He speaks and reads many languages and thinks his way through a lot of what he encounters. But then when that doesn't work he can swing a sword with the best of them. Highly recommended
This second volume of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories contains three of the longest REH Conan stories published as well as some unpublished drafts and notes. There are also some illustrations by Gary Gianni. The Afterword "Hyborean Genesis" is an excellent biography of REH during the time these pieces were written, giving plenty of interesting background material about the writing and publishing of the stories. The People Of The Black Circle - 3/5 - much heralded Conan story, but it seemed
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