false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg 33482 4 <i>&#8220;Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities . . . there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. . . . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand . . . to tread <br>the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.&#8221;<br></i><br>Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created&#8211;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.<br><br>In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collected in this volume, profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are Howard&#8217;s first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions&#8211;in some cases for the first time in more than seventy years&#8211;and in the order Howard wrote them. Along with classics of dark fantasy like &#8220;The Tower of the Elephant&#8221; and swashbuckling adventure like &#8220;Queen of the Black Coast,&#8221; <i>The Coming of Conan</i> <i>the Cimmerian</i> contains a wealth of material never before published in the United States, including the first submitted draft of Conan&#8217;s debut, &#8220;Phoenix on the Sword,&#8221; Howard&#8217;s synopses for &#8220;The Scarlet Citadel&#8221; and &#8220;Black Colossus,&#8221; and a map of Conan&#8217;s world drawn by the author himself.<br><br>Here are timeless tales featuring Conan the raw and dangerous youth, Conan the daring thief, Conan the swashbuckling pirate, and Conan the commander of armies. Here, too, is an unparalleled glimpse into the mind of a genius whose bold storytelling style has been imitated by many, yet equaled by none.<br><br><br><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i> 33551 book 2002 Conan of Cimmeria: The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Book 1) total:770|5:326|4:304|3:112|2:26|1:2| 770 3236 1032 106 33482 0345483855 9780345483850 643 89 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33482.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 4 3 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Apr 06 08:49:42 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 08:55:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 33482 0345483855 9780345483850 643 89 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33482.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 5 1 false Wed Sep 19 07:50:17 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 19 07:54:45 -0700 2007 Fabulous reads for fellow enthusiasts of high adventure. Not all of Howard's works are genius by any means (he was writing during the Depression, when his next meal depended on sales). Admittedly, there are racist and sexist elements in many of...more...]]> 33482 0345483855 9780345483850 643 89 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33482.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 5 1 false Thu Sep 06 09:58:37 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 10:17:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 817829 0345461517 9780345461513 124 17 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178658605m/817829.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/817829.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 4 0 false Tue Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Dec 03 00:09:38 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 01:50:03 -0800 2009
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Reading backwards, past work more recently written is fraught with misunderstanding. I cannot read this as someone come to it fresh.

Some thoughts though. These st...more...]]> 33482 0345483855 9780345483850 643 89 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33482.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 3 0 false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 07:04:38 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 07:42:34 -0700 2008
This 1st book is a collection of short stories presented in order of when Howard wrote them. Because of this, the stories are not ...more...]]> 817829 0345461517 9780345461513 124 17 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178658605m/817829.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/817829.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 4 0 false Wed Aug 27 11:48:24 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 12:09:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 33482 0345483855 9780345483850 643 89 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33482.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 5 0 false Sat Jul 26 09:58:03 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 09:59:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 33482 0345483855 9780345483850 643 89 4.20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168447880m/33482.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33482.Conan_of_Cimmeria_The_Coming_of_Conan_the_Cimmerian 4 0 false Tue Jul 22 06:44:52 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 10:24:01 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 06:44:52 -0700 2008
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