book data
352 ratings,
3.87
average rating, 12 reviews
(more data...)
edit
published
April 1st 1980
by Ace Books
(first published 1969)
details
Mass Market Paperback
isbn
0441116310
(isbn13: 9780441116317)
find at:
Amazon • WorldCat • more options…
There is a good chance some of your friends read this book. Sign in to see!
| topics | posts | views | last activity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodreads Sci-Fi/...: The Top 10 Books I Couldn't Put Down | 43 | 485 | Jun 10, 2009 05:10AM |
friend reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
This book is currently not featured on any Listopia lists.
Add this book to your favorite list »
other reviews (showing 1-20 of 409)
All ratings
|
5 stars (103)
|
4 stars (125)
|
3 stars (100)
|
2 stars (23)
|
1 star (1)
|
avg 3.87
editions: all | this edition
editions: all | this edition
Read in June, 1991
The continuing adventures of Robert Howard's legendary character Conan the Barbarian, as presented by messrs. L. Sprague deCamp and Lin Carter. Conan of Cimmeria features seven Conan short stories, but only three of them are among Howard's original 21. The other four are all either pastiches by DeCamp and Carter, or Howard stories originally featuring lesser-known characters that DeCamp took and re-wrote as Conan stories. The result is a book of wildly varying quality from one story to the next....more
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
This is one of the Lancer Conans. Some of you will hate them because they are not only NOT the pure Howard stories, but they also include stories made from notes and pastiches by other authors. I enjoyed them, maybe not so much as the pure Howard stories, but they are good. I don't have all of them anymore and they are hard to find...if you can find them they are worth a try. Wish someone would reissue them.
Like this review?
yes
5 comments
Read in July, 2009
Conan with his incredible physical ability, natural leadership, and primitive goodness stalks across a vividly painted world, meeting conniving nobles, ancient evils, and sparsely clad women. Another book from the cache in grandpa's attic that I recently reread - I am coming to see more clearly where the warps in my world view appeared.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in March, 2008
The jewel in the crown of this collection is most definitely "Queen of the Black Coast". The rest are ok and of varying quality.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Some Howard Conan stories, but not many of the best, mixed with pure pastiche Conan by De Camp and Lin Carter.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
From 5th to 8th grade, I was deeply involved in Howard's Conan series. I traded 'em away for comics pretty much immediately after reading each, but found one at a flea market a year or so ago. Now I am deeply disturbed that I was weaned on them--but they are still cool. If you enjoyed the Conan experience, you might want to rent The Whole Wide World which tells the story of the young Robert Howard.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Robert E Howard rocked hard.
The godfather of sword and sorcery.
No crap. No bullshit.
If you like Feist, Goodkind, Martin or any thing like that.
Then you might not like anything by Howard.
In other words.
No wussies!
The godfather of sword and sorcery.
No crap. No bullshit.
If you like Feist, Goodkind, Martin or any thing like that.
Then you might not like anything by Howard.
In other words.
No wussies!
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Read in March, 2008
See my review for the book "Conan." That review is meant for all of the Conan the Cimmerian series of books.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
ok for a pastiche. Frost Giants daughter was watered down from REH's original
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Hard to beat the original Conan. The character never dies... Conan is forever.
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
Owns a copy
—
Read in October, 2004
Typical Conan - monsters, sorcery, women, treasure, swordfights...gotta love it!
Like this review?
yes
add a comment
fantasy
(on 26 people's shelves)
to-read (on 14 people's shelves)
conan (on 7 people's shelves)
pulp (on 6 people's shelves)
adventure (on 5 people's shelves)
sword-and-sorcery (on 3 people's shelves)
personal-library (on 2 people's shelves)
fantasy-sf (on 2 people's shelves)
robert-e-howard (on 2 people's shelves)
short-story-collections (on 2 people's shelves)
More shelves...
to-read (on 14 people's shelves)
conan (on 7 people's shelves)
pulp (on 6 people's shelves)
adventure (on 5 people's shelves)
sword-and-sorcery (on 3 people's shelves)
personal-library (on 2 people's shelves)
fantasy-sf (on 2 people's shelves)
robert-e-howard (on 2 people's shelves)
short-story-collections (on 2 people's shelves)
More shelves...
groups with this book
