Book description
Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created–a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.
“Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities . . . there…
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1 author picked The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
My dad had a comic collection of Conan for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I discovered that the comics were loosely adapted from a series of novels by a pulp fiction author. I thought this was interesting because pulp fiction was known for being short and action-packed, whereas we are all familiar with the contemporary, more decompressed storytelling of fantasy novels.
I’d also heard about the connection between Robert E. Howard and HP Lovecraft, and when I picked up Conan of Cimera, I could see it immediately. Horrific fantasy abounds throughout…
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