Conan & Robert E. Howard paperback novel Collection Tour
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- Опубліковано 19 лис 2022
- Collection Tour time! This time I am showing off my Conan prose paperbacks.. Come check all 38 covers and more! Have you read any of this stuff? Be sure to comment after watching!
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After more than four decades collecting and reading comicbooks and related pop culture (TV, movies, video games, etc) as of 2022 I am sharing reviews/overviews of my collection. The plan is at least one new video every Monday!
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Because of my extreme old age I can verify Lancer published Conan before ACE. When Lancer went out of business ACE acquired the rights and reprinted them, covers and all, with a different numbering system. The first Lancer to appear was Conan the Adventurer in 1966, the final volume with any Howard stories was Conan of Cimmeria in 1969. The King Kull cover at 13:22 was painted by Roy G. Krenkel.
NICE....a fellow old REH fan!
I got the Gnome Press hardbounds, so there!
@@childe57 Ha! I only have King Conan, no dustjacket.
I know this is yr old but im just trying to get into these books. Im 44 this month and feel i only ever read the comics but im loving the books more and tracking these down now… Thanks for this
You are welcome! So awesome to see people discovering Conan and Robert E. Howard! You have many many many hours of High Adventure in your future.
Lancer published the books first in 1965 to 75. Then picked up by ace. All 12 before 1979. 81' was Conan the barbarian movie adaptation.
Thanks for watching and adding that!
That Thor t shirt is Awesome!!!!!!
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Thanks! It's a favorite.
Man I wish I had all of paperbacks. I had the Ace ones. Great work.
Thanks! Most were bought off the rack when they were new over a long period of time
As a boy I was a huge Conan fan. I wrote to the book publishers to contact L Sprague De Camp and they actually forwarded my letter to him and he responded to me with a letter and a bibliography. What a class act.
THAT is very cool!
LANCER Books did publish the Robert E. Howard Conan stories in the 60's, with the Frank Frazetta covers.
Yes I have several of them. Great stuff
Conan is KING 👑 Great collection, the cover art is amazing.
Thanks! I wish I would have put these in mylar 30+ years ago!
Hey Larry.
Hope you're well.
It is I the " Cat woman of east End " guy 😂
But I'm not here about that superb Omni.
No...I'm a big lovecraft fan and looking into his life it turns out he was a good friend ( only through letters, they never met ) with Howard.
So I looked into Howard and found out he wrote the original Conan series.
With Lovecraft being the genius he was and his appreciation of Howard's writing skills I decided to buy some of Howards work!
I bought the big hardback " The complete chronicles of Conan " and it awaits reading.
I'm assuming you have it.
I look forward to begining the series.
I'll let you know what I think. 👍
I do not have that! Most of my Howard reading (and book purchasing) was done way back in the early 80's!. So I don't have many of the modern editions...yet.
@@LarrysLibrary It's supposed to contain all his story's so I'm sure you've read them.
How great a writer is he? Up there with Tolkien and Lovecraft?
And are the Conan omni's based off his story's?
Cheers
@@geminisundone I think he is just under Tolkien. I am a huge fan. MOST of the stories in the Conan Omnis were adapted (or suggested at least) from Howard stories. Not all...probably 60 percent maybe? Eventually Roy Thomas ran out of Conan stories to adapt so he started adapting other Robert E Howard stories into Conan stories. That's how he came up with Red Sonja. REH"s "Red Sonya of Rogatino" wasn't in the world or era of Conan but Thomas reimagined her as a Conan contemporary. Worked rather well!
@@LarrysLibraryHey Larry!
Man....where do I start with this!
I've just finished The complete chronicles of Conan by Robert E Howard and I'm gobsmacked!!
This collection of all Howards Conan story's has simply blown me away.
I liked them all with his longest 2 being the standouts - The black stranger and the hour of the dragon.
And to think he wrote almost all of these in his 20's!?!
Brilliant prose, fantastic action scenes ( way more brutal than I expected ) and utterly immersive!
I'm shocked at how good a writer he was!
Such a sad end to his life at 30...just imagine what else he would have gone on to write!!
I'm a big Lovecraft fan too ( who was friends with Howard and sadly passed away of bowel cancer 6 months after Howard shot himself ) and Tolkien aswell.
Apparently Tolkien was asked what he thought of Howards writing and he said he liked his Conan story's but thought them very violent! Lol
When Tolkien wrote his Lord of the Rings it's a shame he couldn't have gotten Howard to write the fight/war scenes!
Love Tolkien but for straight prose, Howard was a better writer.
Tolkien imo got away with being a basic writer by having an incredible world, unforgettable characters and a tight plot.
If Howard had lived another 30 years or more he would have swept Tolkien aside.
And having read the 3 Lord of the rings novels numerous times ( obviously I love them like you ) I can honestly say during the 30's when weird tales were publishing Howards Conan work, Tolkien would have been influenced especially with the world building!
I've just ordered Howards horror story's collection and Solomon Kane collection too. Also some of Darkhorses Conan graphic novels covering his Conan story's.
Can't wait to dive in!
The man could write about anything.
What a terrible loss to literature...
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@@geminisundone I agree.....REH would have continued and been an even greater legend! A tragic loss for fantasy for sure. I think Hour of the Dragon may be my favorite if I had to choose one REH work. Glad you are getting into his whole catalog!
Awesome collection. The partnership of Frazetta and Conan covers is simply amazing. Some of the best Fantasy of all time
For sure....his art brought most of us into Sword & Sorcery just from the covers.
Nice to see those old original Robert E Howard books! I use to read all Savage Sword of Conan magazines when they were printed here in Brazil back in the 80s. Recently they were reprinted as hardcover editions, but it's hard for me to keep up buying/reading these days. Conan is probably my all time favorite sword and sorcery hero. New sub here from Brazil, cheers!
thanks so much!
You have such an amazing collection!
Thanks I do love it
Nice collection. Never read any of his books. I always heard great things about his Conan work.
Yes it's truly great
I admire your dedication to your collection of Conan paperbacks.
I share your appreciation for Esteban maroto's art.
Thanks! I appreciate you watching
This is so cool! Especially since you bought many of these from the stands. That terrible teacher!! Love that you wrote the numbers on the spines. I’d love to know what you think of the writing by the different authors. I really really appreciate this. Thank you for adding pics of the inside art.
Thanks for watching! Of course I like Robert E. Howard the best but I also like De Camp & Carter's edits/add-ons. Andrew J Offut is also GREAT and over in the comics I think Roy Thomas's stuff is second only to Howard himself as far as Conan goes.
Beautiful collection my friend. By my name you can tell I'm jealous lol
Well met kinsman!
They've released his original unedited stories in collected volumes, they're great. The first one is called The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E Howard if you want to check them out. I've been picking them up used in hardcover, they're not too pricey.
May have to do that!
What a nice piece of history you got over there :)
Greetings from a probably greatest fan of Two Gun Bob in Croatia
Thanks so much for watching! I am happy I hung onto all of this for so long.
@@LarrysLibrary Well,it's a hell of a collection nb1,nb2 this guy influenced everything in mainstream pop culture and nobody gives a donut except us who charish the soul of a poet,plus David Icke wasn't first guy who warned us about damn Lizards 😝
And i love youre passion for comics,when i get to my 50s i wanna be you and hang out in my t-shirts
@@towerjunikeka-tet1979 Hah-hah! Be sure to by the cool T-Shirts when you see them so you have plenty! And don't gain too much weight so you can still wear them later! Remember the Magic Words to reveal a shape-shifting lizard person (according to REH)? Dare them to say the phrase "Kaa-naa-ma-ka-lajerama"!
@@LarrysLibrary im a big fella myself so im quite sure what i have now will fit for couple years :)
I don't know why but i always gettin'that mixed with "klaatu barada nikto" xD
@@towerjunikeka-tet1979 -I've heard that confusion before!
I appreciate this video very much!!! Thank you for the chronological ordering of the books in this series.
I'm glad you liked it!
I became a fan of Howard's in the early 70's like most fans My age. Roy Thomas & Barry Smith's Comic work is why. My Junior high English teacher, Ms. Scott, saw my interest in the character & fortunately she was a fantasy fan. She loaned Me her copies of Conan & Conan of Cimmeria. She saw how much I loved them & gave Me both copies. They were the old Lancer editions. I read them until they fell apart. When Lancer went out of business, I thought they were gone forever. Thankfully, Ace put them back in print in the 80's.
Please do review the hardback your daughter gave you. I'd love to hear about the contents.
That's awesome. I do plan top review that book - eventually!
Red Nails one of my favourite Conan comics. I recognise the art for the cover of Conan the Adventurer, not the book itself though, superb artwork.
Yes Red Nails is fantastic
Nice collection of old Conan. I have all of those PB as well and a lot more. A lot of people now want to denigrate that deCamp series because of additions and edits but I think they dovetail into the outline of Conan s life. Some nonconan stories were adapted into Conan stories but it's just as if Howard did it himself. He did do that to some. The first Conan stories was a repurposed Kull story.
I agree 100 percent! I never had a problem with DeCamp & Carter's additions. Now in the comicbook side I think Roy Thomas's Conan is about as close to REH as you can get
Loved the video as always a great collection of conan. Do you know the shadow? created by Walter B Gibson. And if you know him could you make a video about him
Thanks! I am familiar with the Shadow but I don't think I have ever read any or own any Shadow books. It looks very cool though
Nice collection, i have all of them except for 4 or 5 of what you have shown. You should try reading the TOR collection. I find the stories in them to be much better for the most part... particularly the books by John Maddox Roberts & Steve Perry.
Thanks for watching. I may have to look at those eventually.
wow! great collection.
We seriously need someone to digitalize this collection before most are lost.
Are they not on the various digital platforms?
Robert Howard complete collection is available in Kindle. easy peasy
De lux hardback is illustrated
Nice
Great cover art and excellent for any collection, but anyone interested in reading Robert E. Howard's work should purchase the series Del Rey put out several years back
Thanks for that tip. I have not kept up at all with the more recent printings
I've got them all..ragged as hell from a 5:22 TGY store in SE KY...thanks for the video..God bless...and don't call on crom...he's a prick.
Hah...YES he IS!
Got any Steve Costigan stuff? That's my favorite of Robert E. Howard
I do not...I am familiar with that though
Esteban Maroto! A great illustrator! He did the art on Peter David's Atlantis stories by DC.
I didn't know that!
Your favourite online retailer has it now! ;)
@@jocool7370 I bet...not a big DC guy but I do like PAD.
Thanks...did you collect those big size conan comics also?... great art work inside and through out... although the art may appear culturally insensitive by today's "standards".
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
How are Conan novels to read ,compared to comics ?
It's been a while since I read the prose but if you like the Roy Thomas adaptations (classic Marvel Conan) then you will probably like the OG Novels.
"By Crom!! I shall slay you and your hordes of dogs!!!" Do I get the part?? Do I get the part???
Hah....you're on the short list!
If you had added "and then I shall bed your women" you would have had it.
Witam ! Nam wszystko co napisał Howard ..w Polsce wydano wsxystkie tytuly jakie Howard napisał .Conany eszystkie z ilustracjami Frazetty , i ok 58 tytulów o Conanie kobtynuatorów o Conanie jak Spregue de Camp Anderson ,Perry ,Jordan i wielu innych. Kul, Salomon Kane , kilkanascie Zapomnianych opowiesci jak Almuric i inne tylko nie przetłumaczono w moim kraju westernów Howarda ale napewno ruszy tłumaczenie , ale zajmujacym pierwsze miejsce w mojej kolekcji ksiazek ( ok 2,5 tys tytułów )- zajmuje ERB i jego cykle Tarzan , Barsoom , Pelucidar , Wenus i Mon ..Tarzana jeszcze tlumaczą od 14-24 - Pozdrawiam milosnik Literatury 👋👋👋👋👍📖📚📚📚📚
That's awesome! So glad REH is enjoyed worldwide. Thanks for watching my video!
I have 21 of these books starting from book 2.
Nice....No #1 ?
@@LarrysLibrary No 1 is hard to find.
I wonder if it is possible for you to do the chronological ordering of Dr Seuss books.....
Hah! I bet someone already has. I don't have any....not since my daughter was really little