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WarBeast
07-02-2008, 02:35 AM
I was at the book store the other day and saw that one of my favorite authors, Robert Jordan, before doing his Wheel of Time series wrote three novels about Conan the Barbarian... They have collected the three books and bound them into one book... I'm curious if anyone else has read these and if so, is it worth plunking $15.00 down for it?
koolmike
07-02-2008, 02:41 AM
I'll check 'em out...as soon as I can.
Chief Falling Rock
07-02-2008, 08:12 AM
I'm not really answering your question here, but I gotta ask. I've always wanted to start reading conan but where should I begin? Theres a bunch of em.
Cellar Dweller
07-04-2008, 01:40 PM
Start with the TPB The Savage Sword of Conan. They are up to Volume 3 now that'll keep a busy for awhile.
Wrathborne
07-06-2008, 02:19 AM
Lol, War? Ya got the wrong author, you meant Robert E. Howard lol.
choptop2
07-06-2008, 06:59 AM
Actually several authors have written conan stories after Howard.
WarBeast
07-06-2008, 06:18 PM
Lol, War? Ya got the wrong author, you meant Robert E. Howard lol.

Actually, no I did not get the wrong author... I know very well that Howard wrote Conan... But also Robert Jordan did his own take on our favorite Barbarian.
Wrathborne
07-06-2008, 06:47 PM
oh, I did not know that.
choptop2
07-09-2008, 06:12 AM
Don't feel bad he only knows this cause of Conan the Librarian forced him to read all the books.

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WarBeast
07-09-2008, 06:30 AM
Don't feel bad he only knows this cause of Conan the Librarian forced him to read all the books.

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UHF.... truly an unsung classic... :bigthumbup:
WarBeast
12-22-2008, 03:30 PM
Just finished reading this last night and it was damn fine stuff...

I know that a lot people that have read Robert Jordan's work tend to have a problem with his wordiness... As someone once said to me, "he'll spend 2 pages describing the left sock being by the third guard on the right in front of the castle gate."

Granted, his vivid descripitionary prowess has never bothered me, but for those that it does, these books, while still exsquisitely written, do not suffer from Jordan's usual wordiness. They are just good fun Conan stories.

As per usual, Conan is a bad-ass that generally no one wants to fuck with, and those that make the mistake of doing so tend to die.. QUICKLY.

All in all, the collection is well worth reading, and I was very pleased to learn that there is a second collection of Jordan-Conan stories available as well... Soon I'll be picking that up as well.

I recommend this highly if you like a good story about the worlds most famous Barbarian...
Chief Falling Rock
12-23-2008, 08:36 PM
I've become a big conan fan here lately. And after reading Howards stuff, I read this book your talking about and just couldn't get into it. I'm hesitant to read someone elses take on Conan. But after I finish all of Howards stuff I know I'll venture back into it, to see if anyone can pull it off.