Instead of the Monday's imagination quote, I thought to share with you a product of the imagination of who is considered the father of the sword and sorcery literary genre, Robert E. Howard.
Last week arrived what is the latest addition to the fantasy section of our library. I must confess that I've never read anything of Robert E. Howard's work (yes, beleive it or not). My wife have always wanted me to and she wanted to re-read them but never found a good compilation of all the Conan stories. Until she found this edition that contains the complete collection of all the original adventures in the order they were written.
This edition is also profusely and superbly illustrated by artist Mark Schultz and it even contains maps of the Hyborian Age drawn by REH himself.
I'm already enjoying reading the first book "The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian" and I hope to find in the pages of all three books inspiration and ideas for present and future campaigns.
Welcome to the great adventure that is Robert E. Howard, Gabriel! If you enjoy the three Del Reys, I heartily recommend you go on to the other Howard collections they released: The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn: The Last King, Kull: Exile of Atlantis, et al.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for the comment and the recommendation Taranaich! I recently saw the Solomon Kane movie and liked it a lot. Even if I haven't read them, I had the impression that the director stayed true to atmosphere of the books. Am I right?
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