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Pros
Robert e. Howard volume crimson shadows is a collection of short stories written by howard. The story "crimson shadows" is about a crimson shadow that casts a shadow over a city.
The caliber of the work contained inside these books is jaw-dropping. The books hold up and the illustrations are great. Very pleased customer.
The * crown of conan is the second of del rey’s three-volume collection of robert e. Martin's a knight of the seven kingdoms collection. Also reprinted the best of robert e. Martin. A knight of the seven kingdoms is a collection of seven novels writte... Read More
If you are new to conan and daunted by the length of the other works, witch makes for a nice starting point. Novellas and a novel. One thing about this specific volume is that it has slightly less overt racism than the other two in this collection.
Cons
The main mispronunciation, which is like fingernails on a chalkboard, is in the reading of cimmerian. The kindle version lacks the illustrations.
Highlights
Quality
Taken prisoner conan escapes and sets upon a quest for a magic amulet with the power to destroy xalotun
Kudos to the editors and thanks to del rey for bringing us the untampered with conan so we can enjoy his adventures over and over
Certainly those involved with the publication take howard and thus themselves very seriously
Theres a wonderful quality of variety to this work even the villains are set up in various factions that chafe against each oth... Read More
Price
Even though these are paperback the price is great
Packaging/appearance
The only problem with this series is that del rey skimped bigtime on the glue
Competitiveness
5 out of 5the novel length conan work
The courier coursed down the corridorhe describes people places and events in jawdropping detail
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Robert e howard spawned several genres during his short writing careers and it would be difficult to argue that conan isnt one of the most iconic characters ever created
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What the author originally intended his work to presented in paperback format
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Howard were still around to whoop up some more conan stories
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The bloody crown of conan is another compilation of robert howards conan stories
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In the previous collection of stories there was little justice in civilization
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This second volume contains three of the best tales in the entire conan saga the people of the black circle hour of the dragon and a witch shall be born
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People is howards hyborian vision of the talbot mundy tales of the khyber pass
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Dragon is a kind of best of conan tale which uses elements from other conan stories which makes sense when you realize this story was intended as a novel to be published in britain
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