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Derek
Feb 06, 2016 rated it liked it
I'm forced to consider the whole as well as the pieces. The pieces range from okay excellent, with a set of anchor stores--Conan, Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, Witch World--of undeniable quality, sprinkled with boutiques of variable worth.

Unfortunately, the packaging. Adams provides an uninspired introduction that starts with describing the history of the word 'barbarian' from the original Greek and ends essentially by saying "Never mind with the history or meaning...Here's some heroic fantasy!"

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Dec 31, 2008 rated it really liked it
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A collection of heroic fantasy stories edited by Robert Adams, Greenberg, and Charles Waugh. Contains one of Robert E. Howard's best Conan stories, "Beyond the Black River." ...more
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