The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
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Narrated by:
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Todd McLaren
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Written by:
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Robert E. Howard
About this listen
In a meteoric career that spanned a mere 12 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 are Howard's first 13 Conan stories in their original versions and in the order Howard wrote them. Included are classics of dark fantasy like "The Tower of the Elephant" and swashbuckling adventure like "Queen of the Black Coast."
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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Kull
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- Written by: Robert E. Howard
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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- JW
- 2022-06-16
Astounding experience!
Conan brought to life by Howard and McLaren! I've already bought the sequel and I cannot wait! Never before have I seen Sword and Sorcery in such a light - it can only come from the original!
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- Nick Klie
- 2018-09-20
Solid Conan action!
I wanted some Conan in my life, and the ride to work was the time to get it! If you're looking for Conan, you can't go wrong with any of these audio books. The stories are exactly what you want from Conan, and the performance is very well done. 18 hours of listening to the same person is a bit much, but that's what audio books are. Personally, I'm always hoping for some audio-drama style production values. Just some background music and noise, maybe some different actors for the different characters, those would really liven up these audiobooks especially because it's a collection of shorter stories. But that aside, the narrator did a great job with these great stories, and I'm very happy I bought all three collections!
Also: #Audible1 apparently!
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- Boarbark
- 2022-07-21
By Crom!
great and riveting to the last you'll always enjoy this one. add it to your collection for sure
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- M
- 2023-01-24
Classic
Howard's Conan stories are great. The guy reading did a good job. Definitely worth a listen.
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- marcus
- 2019-10-24
a little dated but enjoyable
This works as a starting point for Conan. It's a collection of stories. Having never read any of these stories before I got a good sense of the world and the character. The epic is strong! A sense of mythic grandeur, adventure, and heroism runs through everything.
I can see how Conan influenced future fantasy work which was interesting to consider. The flip side of that is a lot of the stories feel pretty basic and simple in comparison to more recent stuff in the same genre. You can also see how much things have changed as far as how women characters are written and things like that. Conan as a character is also basically awesome at everything which starts to feel a bit boring and repetitive if you listen to too many stories at once. He teams up with some companions who have more depth as characters from time to time, those were the tales I liked best. It's a good listen but maybe better in small doses.
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