The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan the Cimmerian, #2) in Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy"

Oct 18, 2022 Jason Waltz rated it it was amazing

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Thrilling adrenaline pumping reading! First time I've ever said that a padded & repetitive novel packs a wallop with its main character: Conan leaps off the page, actually makes the book heavier and thicker and meatier at every appearance. His passion, menace, and flashing blue eyes literally can be felt, sensed and believed in. Fun, fun read! ...more

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Feb 13, 2009 Michael rated it it was amazing

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I highly recommend the new Del Rey editions of the Conan stories which are printed just as Howard wrote them. "The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian", "The Conquering Sword of Conan", and "The Bloody Crown of Conan".
Before reading Conan I loved adventure stories and swashbucklers like Tarzan, Three Musketeers, Lord of the Rings, Davy Crockett, Western gunfighters, Zorro, etc. Robert E Howard's stories and characters especially Conan is the most deeply satisfying stories in any of these genres.
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Jul 28, 2012 Charles rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Conan as Robert E. Howard intended for him to be. Contains "The People of the Black Circle," "The Hour of the Dragon," and "A Witch Shall Be Born." There are also lots of untitled synopsis material and some draft stuff, and a great article called "Hyborian Genesis Part II."

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Jun 16, 2011 Riju Ganguly rated it it was amazing

While we are being forced to see some of the most vapid superheroes on the silver screen again & again, heroes who have so many personal issues & crisis that their in-house psychotherapists appear much more super-heroic (for being able to keep each of them in one piece), here is one giant who could have galvanised the audience with the uber-cool violence ushered upon dastardly villains, all the while protecting his own people (and taking some time to give terrific examples of dry humour whenever ...more

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