The Conquering Sword of Conan

It's disappointing the way modern critics often fail to address issues of race as they are presented in books from earlier time periods. Sure, when writing of Howard and Lovecraft (or even Twain and Poe) critics will not fail to repeat some notion that their racism is 'an unfortunate artifact of tha......more

I knew I had to finish my way through Howard's original Conan stories, (not to be mistaken with any of the future knock-offs in his name, nor mistaken for the comic book OR the ****ing movies, cartoons, or remakes.) The fact is, Howard, who committed suicide when he was only 30 years old, way back i......more

The back handful of REH Conan stories are presented in this book and among the best of the Conan stories highlighted by "Red Nails" which features the female swashbuckler Valeria to tag-team with Conan. The story essentially involves warring factions amidst a decayed civilization waging constant ba......more

I can’t add much to the conversation surrounding the magnificence of Robert E Howard’s original Conan stories. If you think you enjoyed Conan stories from novels written by somebody else, the hundreds of comics, or the movies, you owe it to yourself to go back to the source. Howard is an underrated......more