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u/ritualfires · 7 pointsr/Games

I've been a Robert E. Howard fan for over a decade now and I would have to say the trilogy published by Del Ray is the definitive collection of work. It collects all of the Conan short stories and includes extras such as art from Frank Frazetta, poems, draft stories, and a few other things. So you'll want The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, The Bloody Crown of Conan, and The Conquering Sword of Conan.

u/MrKerchak · 5 pointsr/reddit.com

Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen


Not a list of incorrect facts in textbooks, but a look into how & why history is taught like it is in America. I'm not involved in education in any way, yet I found this book fascinating. How history is taught vs how it occured.

Shogun by James Clavell

Conan by Robert E Howard


REH was a great writer. Not necessarily in content, but the poetry of his prose. When he's 'on' he's unmatched. Especially stories like The Frost Giant's Daughter & Beyond the Black River. Everyone's heard of Conan The Barbarian, but if you haven't read the original books, you're missing out.

edit: how do you get a 'return' to show up in your post...so the lines don't run together?

u/Tralan · 4 pointsr/Cimmeria

Here Is a collection. You can get all three, which is every Conan short story, and the novel, by Robert E. Howard.

u/WhatDoesStarFoxSay · 3 pointsr/mattcolville

The state of Conan ebooks is REALLY iffy. Anyone can rip the text from Project Gutenberg, run it through Calibri and add it to Amazon. (Well, not exactly--but you get the idea.)

Compounding the problem is that these things get pulled all the time, usually for formatting issues. I have two different versions of the same Conan collection in my Kindle library, neither of which is for sale anymore.

My advice is: Either stick with free resources like Project Gutenberg, or shell out for the superb three-volume Del Rey Conan collection. These are the primo, A#1, fully guaranteed versions. The price is steep, but it brings a certain peace of mind that you're getting the real thing edited by actual humans, and not some machine generated nightmare riddled with mistakes. If you like turning pages, used physical copies are considerably less.

They also come packed with cool artwork.

But yeah, either go big, or go free (so you have nothing to lose). Anything in between is probably a cash grab.

u/kingconani · 3 pointsr/Lovecraft

I'd recommend every Conan story, though there are some weaker ones. Del Rey put out a fantastic three-volume set a few years ago. This is the first one: http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517

If you're more interested in a good mix of some of Howard's best stuff, check out this best-of anthology: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Robert-E-Howard-Crimson/dp/0345490185/

I've mentioned some good stories above; I'd also recommend "Pigeons from Hell" (don't judge it on the title!), a chilling story about voodoo and hate in the Deep South. If you're interested in Conan, check out "The Tower of the Elephant" and "Queen of the Black Coast." If you enjoy those, also have a look at the Kull stories, such as "The Shadow Kingdom" and "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune."

u/redkat85 · 3 pointsr/DnD

Some of it depends on what flavor you like in your games, but IMO the adventure pacing of the original Conan stories has completely transformed my DMing.

u/Oozing_Sex · 3 pointsr/worldbuilding

Though they're not encyclopedia-type books, there are a couple of books that have collections of all the original Conan the Barbarian stories written by Robert E. Howard. They have the original stories along with notes and and other annotations, drawings, and rough drafts from Howard. There's also some cool fantasy art illustrations. Here's a link to the first one:

https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478270314&sr=1-1&keywords=the+coming+of+conan+the+cimmerian

While these aren't encyclopedias that cover the entire breadth of the fantasy genre, I do think they are important.

First of all, the world of Conan was created in the 1930's, roughly two decades before LotR. We constantly jerk off to Tolkien on this sub as the creator of modern fantasy, but Howard was doing his thing before that. Not saying that Tolkien and LotR were't revolutionary, but I am saying that looking at fantasy before he came along can be very helpful.

Second, Howard wrote short stories. He gives an excellent demonstration of how to worldbuild in under 50 pages. I find that the modern worldbuilders focus on quantity. 800 page books, 3 hour movies, etc. But he shows that that is not always necessary. Howard could write a rich Conan story without using a ton of words.

Third, Howard did not write high fantasy. He wrote sword and sorcery. Some might argue he wrote low fantasy. I think a lot of the books about the fantasy genre focus on high fantasy and the works that exist there: LotR, The Wheel of Time, etc. The Conan stories are a more down to earth, dirty stories. I don't want to say that they are more mature, but they are certainly less innocent. They follow a big dude with a sword, not a hobbit or farm boy.

I think it's important that these stories stay in the minds of worldbuilders and fans of sci-fi/fantasy. I think when most people think of Conan, they think of the Schwarzenegger movies or maybe the comics. I don't know how many people realize that he has been around for what's now close to a century. Yes, Tolkien, Martin, Jordan, Pratchett, Sanderson, etc. are all important, but I also think it's good to remember there was a guy out in the American West writing this stuff in the 1930's.

Fair warning though to anyone interested in these books. They are a product of the 1930's and these are the original works. They still still feature the racism and misogyny of that era. While I have not noticed anything too bad (there are certainly some lines that made me raise my eyebrows) I just wanted to forewarn anyone who may be sensitive to those things.

u/PulpCrazy · 3 pointsr/Cimmeria

http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/137.mp3

In honor of Robert E. Howard's 110th Anniversary (Howard was born on January 22, 1906) I will be discussing "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula" starring Conan the Cimmerian.

It was originally published in the November 1935 issue of Weird Tales as "Shadows in Zamboula." It is currently available in The Conquering Sword of Conan collection from Del Rey. It tells of Conan's chaotic stay in the desert city of Zamboula.

Links:

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan Book 1): http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517/

The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan Book 2): http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Crown-Conan-Cimmeria-Book/dp/0345461525/

The Conquering Sword of Conan (Conan Book 3): http://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Sword-Conan-Cimmeria-Book/dp/0345461533/

The Robert E. Howard Foundation: http://www.rehfoundation.org/

Robert E. Howard @ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard

u/kfsb · 3 pointsr/ConanTheBarbarian

this is a 3-book set, the coming of conan, bloody crown of conan, and conquering sword of conan. it is the complete conan series as written by howard in the form they were originally published. these have not been messed with by howard "experts" who later tampered with his work. these books also contain short stories, poetry, and unfinished manuscripts written by howard pertaining to conan and cimmeria. it stinks that it's 3 books, but if you want pure conan, unedited howard written in chronological order (edit: by publishing date), this is the series you're looking for https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517

u/Sindriss · 2 pointsr/Cimmeria

Yes the 3 Del Rey books are the only complete texts of his stories.

u/scottoden · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

Crom's devils! You're in for a treat! This is the best place to start if you're interested in seeing how wrong the movies get the character :)

The Bloody Crown of Conan and The Conquering Sword of Conan round out the collection.

u/GryphonMane · 2 pointsr/Cimmeria
u/TangPauMC · 2 pointsr/booksuggestions

Very cool. Sounds like my kind of reader. You should get him some Robert E. Howard I bet he would love him.
https://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517

u/not_a_troll_for_real · 2 pointsr/Fantasy

Yeah there's a pretty recent trilogy which compiles all the REH Conan stories in the order they were written (and featuring some beautiful interior art too).

http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371861991&sr=1-1&keywords=coming+of+conan+the+cimmerian

The same publisher also compiled the Kull of Atlantis stories and Brak Mak Morn if you're interested in those too.

u/boutitboutit · 1 pointr/AskReddit

Alright, it's like this: books are like food. Start with something addictive, and probably bad for you (Conan The Barbarian for instance). Eventually you'll go looking for something more, but still delicious (the Harry Potter books are notorious for this). Eventually you'll order something heavier (For Whom the Bell Tolls is a good one), knowing that it's going to take a long time to digest.
TR;DR: Don't eat Thanksgiving dinner without an appetizer.

u/academician · 1 pointr/scifi

If you have never read Conan, I highly recommend it. They were a surprising amount of fun for me. Just...try to ignore the blatant racism and sexism when it pops up.

My favorite editions are the Del Rey series, which starts with The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian. It has the original unedited text, whereas "Chronicals of Conan" has the published text which was altered by the editors of "Weird Tales".

u/OSC_E · 1 pointr/printSF

Spider Robinson's excellent Callahan series has the first 3 books (Callahan's Crosstime Saloon, Time Travelers Strictly Cash, and Callahan's Secret; it's NOT a trilogy) in omnibus format: The Callahan Chronicals. Well worth the read, especially if you're a fan of humor and/or Heinlein. His Lifehouse trilogy, a slightly more serious set of works, and the Stardance trilogy that he and his wife wrote together made an appearance in omnibus formats awhile back.

Michael Moorcock's Eternal Champion series has been done in omnibus numerous times. If you like the dark anti-hero Black Company you may enjoy the tales of Elric, Corum, et al.

Plenty of the classic/golden age/proto/what have you authors have omnibus editions of their works. H.G. Wells and Jules Verne both have numerous partial and complete anthologies. I grabbed the Leather Bound Classics editions at the warehouse store awhile back but you can find cheaper editions and free or cheap ebook editions as well. Knowing the classics makes reading the following generations works a bit more interesting, imo, but the writing styles and primitive technological knowledge/guess work of the authors can be off putting to some. The three book set of Robert E. Howard's collected Conan of Cimmeria were excellent reads, you have to have a taste for pulp though. Asimov's Robot Trilogy (The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun, The Robots of Dawn) is really, really, good. That Del Rey omnibus edition is excellent by the by. You can also find the Foundation trilogy (Foundation, Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation) in one of several omnibus forms.

There's plenty more out there. I tend to find a lot of omnibus editions at used bookstores.

u/Nerdcuse · 1 pointr/Pathfinder_RPG

If you do, I highly suggest picking up the recent Del Rey collections. You can find them on Amazon for cheap.

I bought these a while back, and I absolutely love them because they're the original and unedited texts. After Howard died, his stories were frequently re-written and republished by other authors for various reasons (such as to make them fit into a specific chronology or to remove Cthulhu references).

Also, you should totally re-read the Kull collection. I personally think the writing is better than Conan (which can be a bit formulaic) since it was the first stuff Howard wrote. Also, his version of the Serpent People is pretty much 100% identical to how Serpent People are depicted in Pathfinder. And Aroden is basically a more sophisticated version of Kull.

u/matt_the_muss · 1 pointr/ConanTheBarbarian

Well, this is the one my buddies and I passed around when we were younger. I am not sure how diffinitive it is. I also downloaded this one a few years ago and enjoyed it. This one appears to be $1 if you have a kindle. I think they are all original Robert E. Howard works. Expect excellently written combat, some racism and sexism, and overall just fun reading. Enjoy!