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The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

(Conan of Cimmeria, Book 1)

By Robert E. Howard

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| Paperback | 9780345461513

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“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 treContinue

“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
the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.”

Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created–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.

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’s first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions–in some cases for the first time in more than seventy years–and in the order Howard wrote them. Along with classics of dark fantasy like “The Tower of the Elephant” and swashbuckling adventure like “Queen of the Black Coast,” The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian contains a wealth of material never before published in the United States, including the first submitted draft of Conan’s debut, “Phoenix on the Sword,” Howard’s synopses for “The Scarlet Citadel” and “Black Colossus,” and a map of Conan’s world drawn by the author himself.

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.

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    "great sword and sorcery" This anthology consists of the first thirteen (in chronological order of when released) Conan tales, which most literary historians agree were the start of the sword and sorcery sub-genre. The tales are well written and enha ... (read full critics)

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  • Questi volumi, integrati da splendide illustrazioni, contengono tutte le storie brevi scritte da Robert E. Howard riguardanti Conan il Cimmero.

    I 3 volumi della Del Rey dedicati a Conan presentano i testi originali dell'autore texano nell'ordine in cui furono scritti (e soprattutto non alterat ... (continue)

    Questi volumi, integrati da splendide illustrazioni, contengono tutte le storie brevi scritte da Robert E. Howard riguardanti Conan il Cimmero.

    I 3 volumi della Del Rey dedicati a Conan presentano i testi originali dell'autore texano nell'ordine in cui furono scritti (e soprattutto non alterati dalle mani di altri scrittori).

    Index:

    The Hyborian Age
    Cimmeria (Poem)
    Gods of the North (The Frost-Giant's Daughter)
    The God in the Bowl
    The Tower of the Elephant
    The Hall of the Dead
    Rogues in the House
    The Hand of Nergal
    Shadows in the Moonlight (Iron Shadows in the Moon)
    Black Colossus
    Queen of the Black Coast
    The Snout in the Dark
    The Slithering Shadow (Xuthal of the Dusk)
    The Devil in Iron (1934)
    The Vale of Lost Women
    The Pool of the Black One
    The Phoenix on the Sword
    The Scarlet Citadel

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 496 Pages
  • Edition: 1
  • ISBN-10: 0345461517
  • ISBN-13: 9780345461513
  • Publisher: Del Rey
  • Pub date: Dec 02, 2003
  • Dimensions: 1484 mm x 1032 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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