Conan the Barbarian book and movie reviews

1. Legions of the Dead
2. The Thing in the Crypt
3. Tower of the Elephant
4. Conan and the Sorcerer
5. Conan the Buccaneer
6. Conan Dark Axe XBOX game review
7. The Hyborian Age by Robert E. Howard
8. Conan the Indestructible by by L. Sprague de Camp
9. Who is Conan the Cimmerian? by Curry Roberts
10. The Hyborian War PBM by Jason Lenox
11. L. Sprague de Camp: Is he any good?
12. Information on Robert E. Howard
13. Information on Hyborian Age Technology
14. Black Coast Press October info!
15. REH: TWO-GUN RACONTEUR info!
16. Roanoke of Cimmeria-Fan Fiction by Curry Roberts
17. The Border Skirmish-Fan Fiction by Curry Roberts
18. Snowhawk Clan video for the Age of Conan game

King Conan of Aquilonia faces his greatest challenge during his early reign of Aquilonia. Xaltotun, a wizard...

Full Review of the Tower of the Elephant

In the beginning we find Conan at 16 years of age, leaving (perhaps forced) from his homeland and journeys north to fight alongside the Aesir. Njal the Aesir, chieftain, has a daughter that is missing, captured by "witchmen".
He is with chieftain on a hunting excursion during a mission to recover Njal's daughter from "witchmen". Conan's group is camped near Haloga castle, from where a group of scouts that Njal sent have failed to return.

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Conan the Invincible 1982 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Defender 1982 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Unconquered 1983 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Triumphant 1983 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Magnificent 1984 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Destroyer 1984 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Victorious 1984 by Robert Jordan
Conan the Valorous 1985 by John Maddox Roberts
Conan the Fearless 1986 by Steve Perry
Conan the Renegade 1986 by Leonard Carpenter
Conan the Champion 1987 by John Maddox Roberts
Conan the Defiant 1987 by Steve Perry

Complete List

Conan The Warrior
Red Nails (1936)
Jewels of Gwahlur (1935)
Beyond the Black River (1935)

Conan The Usurper
The Black Stranger (1953)
Wolves Beyond the Border (1967)
The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)
The Scarlet Citadel (1933)

Conan The Conqueror
Reprinted from Robert E. Howards full-length novel the "Hour of the Dragon". King Conan of Aquilonia faces Xaltotun of Python, of ancient Acheron.

Conan The Avenger
a full length Conan story (mostly non-Howard) detailing his adventures while King of Aquilonia.

Conan Of Aquilonia
The Witch of the Mists
Black Sphinx of Nebthu
Red Moon of Zembabwei
Shadows in the Skull

Conan Of The Isles
This is a full length novel by L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter based on notes by Robert E. Howard

The Hour of the Dragon
Robert E. Howards full-length novel the "Hour of the Dragon". (1935) King Conan of Aquilonia faces Xaltotun of Python, of ancient Acheron.

Red Nails (1977)
Foreword Beyond the Black River (1935)
Shadows in Zamboula (1935)
Red Nails (1936)
The Hyborian Age - essay by Robert E. Howard
Afterword by Karl Edward Wagner

"The men faltered - wild, criminal and dissolute though they were, yet they came of a breed men called civilized, with a civilized background; here was the barbarian - the natural killer. They shrank back - the dying tiger could still deal death."
Robert E. Howard-The Phoenix on the Sword

Conan the Barbarian-this movie begins in the cold mountains of Cimmeria, home of fierce northern warrior tribes. A master blacksmith and sword maker, we see Conan's father casting a sword and sculpting it's pommel. A very young Conan watches with patience and eager anticipation to see his father finish his sword. Later Conan and his father sit atop a mountain with the finished sword. Conan's father ....

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Below are pastiches by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.

Conan
The Hyborian Age - essay by Robert E. Howard
The Thing in the Crypt
The Tower of the Elephant (1933)
The Hall of the Dead (1967)
The God in the Bowl (1952)
Rogues in the House (1934)
The Hand of Nergal (1968)
The City of Skulls

Conan Of Cimmeria
The Curse of the Monolith
The Blood-stained God
The Frost-Giant's Daughter (1934)
The Lair of the Ice Worm
Queen of the Black Coast (1934)
The Vale of Lost Women (1969)
The Castle of Terror
The Snout in the Dark (1969)

Conan The Freebooter
Hawks over Shem
Black Colossus (1933)
Iron Shadows in the Moon (1934)
The Road of the Eagles
A Witch Shall be Born (1934)

Conan The Wanderer
Black Tears
Shadows in Zamboula (1935)
The Devil in Iron (1934)
The Flame Knife

Conan The Adventurer
The People of the Black Circle (1934)
The Slithering Shadow (1933)
The Pool of the Black One (1933)
Drums of Tombalku (1966)

Conan the Buccaneer
By L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter, originally published as a Lancer paperback in 1971. Conan faces Toth-Amon and battles for the Cobra Crown.

Side Notes: The Thing in the Crypt and The City of Skulls written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter.
"The Blood-stained God" was originally a Howard story called "The Trail of the Blood-stained God", but was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into a Conan story.

"The Curse of the Monolith", "The Lair of the Ice Worm" and "The Castle of Terror" were written by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter. "Hawks over Shem" was originally a Howard story called "Hawks over Egpyt" rewritten into a Conan story by L. Sprague de Camp. "The Road of the Eagles" was originally a Howard story of the same name but rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp.

The Flame Knife was originally a Howard story set in Afghanistan circa 1930, rewritten by de Camp into a Conan story. "Black Tears" written by De Camp and Lin Carter.

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