Conan the Barbarian (Paperback)

from amsee

Let me start of these musings by saying that I am one hundred percent not the target audience for Conan the Barbarian by which I mean to say, I am not a fifteen-year-old boy circa 1935. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let me begin with a story. I was twenty-five years old and sitting ...

from AngelaJMaher

This is a reasonable read although some parts made me roll my eyes. I mostly liked the style, but some parts became too flowery or pretentious. Some dialogue is written in an archaic style, but other dialogue has a distinctly contemporary feel. As for the love scenes, I think they were only inclu...

from Joe73

This is good for what it is. I am an over the top Conan fan. I first heard of the character in the early 80s just before the film came out. De Camp is not the best Conan writer by any means...nor is he the worst. Some of the pastiche writer are below kindergarten level. This is good for what it i...

from David.Alfred.Sarkies

When I saw this book in the second-hand bookshop I thought it was one of Howard's original Conan stories, and that maybe it was the first - it turned out not to be the case. This is one of the reasons I like reading introductions to the books because I can learn something about the authors and th...

from PhilSyphe

This is a book based on a film that was based on a series of books. The original Conan tales by Robert E. Howard will never be equaled in my view, though I enjoyed both the 1982 "Conan the Barbarian" film and this novel by L. Sprague de Camp. Like the film, this book borrows several elements and ...