Conan - The Complete Original Robert E. Howard Stories from Del Rey Book Update
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
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At last it's complete! This time around we take a closer look at Volumes 2 and 3 (and another brief look at volume 1) of Del Rey's definitive collection of the original Robert E. Howard Conan stories! What makes these particular volumes so definitive? Watch and find out!
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Thanks for featuring the Robert E. Howard Conan - I picked up the first volume and it was excellent. Now I need the other 2 volumes. Conan Doth Rule!
These books are where I discovered the greatest story I believe I've ever read from REH- Beyond the black river was pulse pounding. THIS version , anyway..
I've been wanting to get back into these stories. Thanks for sharing your collection with us!
It's amazing how you can make almost 20 minutes pass so quickly. I really love all of your long in depth videos like this. Well I love all of your videos but almost 20 minutes of Zaranyzerak, it doesn't get any better than that :)
Howard wasn't married (he barely even dated).... It was his mom's illness and death that is cited as a major part in driving him to suicide.
Those Del Reys are absolutely THE starting point for exploring Howard. El Borak, Solomon Kane, Sword Woman - they are all excellent, and have amazing intros and afterwords. Those three Conan volumes should be on every fantasy/sword and sorcery shelf.
Yeah, that was all corrected in other comments way back when I originally posted this. Don't know why I mis-remembered that. But YES, absolutely agree the whole Del-rey collection is a must own for any Robert E. Howard fans! Definitive compilations with loads of fascinating extras delving into Howard's creative process. Still a few I need to pick up.
@@zaranyzerak If you like the Conan books, check out 'Hither Came Conan,' which came out at Howard Days this past Spring. It's got about 60 essays on all the original stories. Plus a few 'extra' Howard-related ones. My copy sits next to The Coming of Conan and makes a nice bookend to the Del Reys.
And I'm a big fan of both Conan Exiles, and Age of Conan. Both are good games, and AoC absolutely drips Conan.
Just bought this collection based on your recommendation. Surprisingly cheap on Amazon! I'm looking forward to nights filled with swordplay and sorcery.
Btw what is your opinion on "The Complete Chronicles of Conan" by Gollancz ?
Also, there is a Conan game out there. Its more in line with the stories mentioned here, not the Schwarzenegger version.
The Wandering Star hardcover editions are clothbound with gold embossing, and they are all handsigned by the artists. They all have colour plates, and the paper is much finer quality.
As an avid fan of Robert E. Howard, I'm grateful for the Del Rey collections. BUT- as typical of Del Rey- the bindings are cheap.. and two of the four volumes I own are pages coming loose. Sad- but Del Rey needs to get it together.
Hi, thanks for the clarification. First on my list are the Del Rey books and then I might venture into some of the comics, fantasy isn't too hot for me, but I do love the old pulps of authors such as HP Lovecraft, so I've been wanting to get some of Conan for a while. By the way, your videos are awesome, thanks for taking the time to record them and share with us your astounding collection!
Zaranyzerak, are you a fan of Elric of Melnibone? I highly recommend Moorcock's work!
Not just Elric but Corum, Dorian Hawkmoon, Erekose and John Daker… got to read ALL the Eternal Champion series.
Robert E. Howard never married. And he killed himself by a gunshot to the head after being told his sick mother was going to die.
As for illustrations of Conan (and this is just my personal opinion) the only person whose ever done him justice are the paintings by Frank Frazetta. Used for the Ace/Sphere/Lancer paperbacks. I've been a fan of Conan since the late 70's and still to this day have never seen anything that comes close to capturing Conan and the atmosphere of the Hyborian age like Frazetta's paintings. Everything else just looks cheesy,cliche' or downright hokey. But again that's just one mans opinion.
It's the same with Karl Edward Wagner's Kane the Mystic Swordsman. The only paintings, illustrations whatever to do Kane justice are the paintings/book covers by Frazetta. Especially Dark Kingdom used on the cover of Dark Crusade.
I started reading the Conan series in 1969 and I could find every book but one, Conan of Aquilonia… that took five years of searching the book stores before I found it.
Red Nails and Wolves Beyond the Border
The Whole Wide World is a movie Staring Vincent D'Onofrio and Renee Zellweger that is a story based on the book about Robert E. Howard .
Yep, I know. I plan to pick it up at some point.
Zarany, I want to read more Conan stories, comic books and original stories by Robert E. Howard.Where do you think I should start ?
I can sleep hearing your voice.
Great stuff!
Now I'm completely new to Conan, I've known about the films all my life and have started getting interested in the stories the last couple of years but I haven't really read them at all.
So I actually got the Complete Chronicles of Conan a couple of years back in which I've started to read just a little bit, but would you say that's a good place to start?
I'm more for reading stories than actual comics, but I almost don't know anything about Robert E. Howard's works on Conan.
Yep, that's a great place to start! It has all the original published stories, not to mention is a very nice edition to display proudly on your shelf. The main difference with the collection I show in the video, is this set had a lot of other stuff too. Early drafts of stories, alternate versions of stories, unfinished stories and fragments, a real wealth of extra material to dive into in addition to all of the original stories in the order they were published. So you get a real insight into Howard's writing and story development process, and see how Conan evolved over the course of the original publication history. It's a great set!
@@zaranyzerak Hey man, I'm sorry for taking 2 years to reply but we have to blame UA-cam for not letting me know that you've responded..
Anyway.. thank you for your nice response and for doing these videos. I've now gotten much better knowledge on the world of Conan and read some stories, and I've even started to read Solomon Kane ;)
Now I was re-watching this video since I was thinking of maybe getting these versions of the Conan stories, since they are a bit easier to read than that full blown complete chronicle collection xD
So thanks for showing them off and letting us know how they look and how they are in general :)
Good job Sean, I like the book reviews. Can we expect more in the future?
I don't know how much the hardcovers were at release but they are expensive now.
I might pick up vol.1 softcover.
Yeah, the hardcovers are nice for having many of the illustrations in colour, but the softcovers are definitely much more affordable.
The grin on my face widens when our host admits he hasn't actually read much of the books he's reviewing. While he
educates and comforts us listeners saying how 'insanely faithful' the Savage Sword comic adaptations are to the source
material the grin stretching across my face reaches the point of being painful. When I was a kid we didn't have grotesque
Schwarzenegger movies, Marvel comics and a thousand bad painters trying to inform our vision of Conan. We just had
Frazetta and Robert E. Howard. It was all we needed.
I had read more than enough to stand by that statement at the time and be confident in its accuracy. I have since read much more of both the original stories and the comics and still stand by that statement. Try the comics, you may find yourself pleasantly surprised.
@@zaranyzerak No diss intended. I saw the movies and comics too, just later,
filtered through REH, not the other way around. Watching and enjoying your
videos, ZZ, because I like stuff about Howard.
@@DAGDRUM53 Ooooh! Okay, my bad. Hard to determine tone/intent in comments sometimes! Yeah, there's quite a wealth of material out there to enjoy. I hear the Dark Horse comics of recent years are quite good too, haven't had a chance to check them out yet. Bummed the proposed Amazon Prime series was canned, it sounded promising.
I know in the case of Lovecraft they opted against the S.T. Joshi definitive editions. Something tells me you're most definitely a Lovecraft fan.
As much as I love Conan, I can't help but wish there was moreBran Mac Morn. The worms of the earth is fantastic
At 13:00 or so you said "wife". Should be "mother".
Yes, that has been mentioned before. I made a mistake. Slip of the tongue. It happens.
Did you ever get the Conan what ifs and the cross over where he fights wolverine?
great review.
I only have the conquering sword but I really enjoy it. I hear that the big leatherbound hardcover complete collection of conan stories is actually edited to take care of the more racist character descriptions, I'd much rather have these three uncensored books.
blacksdocrack do you know where I can get the uncensored one? Amazon? EBay?
The movie The Whole Wide World is based on a novel about Robert E. Howard.
great review thanks.
well both games are great brother.. i have them both both are master pieces & very epic..but is something about skyrim...is not just more graphicly evolve..is not that the main factor..is cs it truly feels more ancient,darkage..very viking timeless..but it has that gruesome dark tone just like conan the barbarian,but is also more mythical,& wait till you get the fights when you face dragons..i by god is pure epicness..the music is amazing aswell 1 off the best Original soundtracks..is a godgame
Have you checked out any of the John Carter series since the movie has been released?
NICE man//iam a huge fan of CONAN since Kid //you should really get SKYRIM is the most conan the barbarian looking game out there..it feels alot like the 1st conan movie..& the books wich i love alot
I haven't read all the Conan stories yet but of the ones I have read I like God in the Bowl Best.
Which episode did you look at volume 1 of this series?
K cool. Found it. Thanks.
+Zaranyzerak www.change.org/p/cabinet-entertainment-and-hbo-recommendations-for-a-big-budget-conan-the-barbarian-tv-series
and connans sword does not have magical powers. He can kick your ass with out it. Which ever stinkan adaption except the original comics the last movie got wrong.
@zaranyzerak are going to get the "A Trip to the Moon" blu ray steelbook? It's the first science fiction film ever 1902.
Also wasn't Howard close to his mother? I thought he never married.
Do you have something against Gollancz' single-volume leatherbound edition?
The only place I heard that was from a user review of the book on a online shop. so take it with a grain of salt i guess.
Sweet! Do John Carter next!
Check out the new fantasy book by Leo. It is called Kandor The Warrior and I could not put it down.
Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me what the difference is between the different Marvel comics, namely Savage Sword, Conan the Barbarian, and King Conan? Thanks. Great video, I'll be purchasing the three Del Rey books and the first few volumes of the Dark Horse Conan monthlies.
Conan the Barbarian was the original series, which was pretty popular. People were writing in saying they wanted something edgier, closer to the original REH stories, and so Marvel came out with Savage Sword, which was actually an 8x11 black and white magazine aimed toward adults.. They did this to get past the Comics Code Authority and was essentially an uncensored Conan comic with more violence and nudity.
Conan the King/King Conan was basically a spinoff of Conan the Barbarian focusing on the later era of Conan's life. Marvel was hesitant to run "old man Conan" stories in the main title, so they created the third title mainly as a way to tell those stories without breaking up the main chronology of the Barbarian title.
Of the three, I feel like Savage Sword was the closest to the original stories. If you want to compare it to the movies, _Conan the Barbarian_ the comic, was closer to the PG-13 Conan the Destroyer movie, and _Savage Sword of Conan_ was more like the original Conan The Barbarian movie, if that makes any sense. I always felt like they were "holding back" in the Barbarian comic.
The hardcover slipcase ones are in color
I wonder what would have happened if Conan met the doctor from doctor who that would be interesting especially if who ever wrote it used one of the mordern doctors .
I've only read one Conan story what if Conan had stayed in the 21st century.
You should read some of the original stories or adaptations of them. That one is a fun little diversion, but really doesn't capture the character or his world very well.
I think the Savage Sword missed alot of cool things they could have done...being a magazine they could have done more than women in chainmail bikinis and severed heads.
Is there any difference between the DelRey 3 book set and the The Complete Weird Tales Omnibus that says it's the originally published works? Thanks.
FellVoice Yes, a big difference. The Del Rey sets not only present all of the original stories in the original order of publication, but also contain an additional 300+ pages of unpublished material written by Howard as well that isn't in any other editions. It is by far the most comprehensive and complete collection of everything he ever wrote about Conan.
Thank you. Do you know if DelRey fixed their binding problems since I'm aware that many people reported the books coming apart before even a single read through. Thanks again.
FellVoice I think those reports are overblown. I've had my set for nearly 7 years and have had no such issues.
My first volume book just fell apart I just got it a few years ago. :-(
Noooooo! Sorry to hear that! :(
Zaranyzerak I might get another one and volume 2 and 3 next time I go to the book store. Did you know there is a board game about Conan?
I gotta say Howard had me laughing albeit maybe unintentionally while I read beyond the black river. I think he compares Conan to a panther three times in one paragraph and during the course of the story we are informed of the fact that Conan has an uncanny ability to split peoples skulls down to their teeth, he does it five times at least! Intentional or not, fun things like that are appreciated to break up the serious tone of the stories. I don't think Howard gets much credit for "ha-ha" fun.
Robert E Howard was never married. He committed suicide upon the death of his mother. So he couldn't have based the female in red nails on a wife.
I know, corrected years ago in other comments.
@@zaranyzerak gotcha. My bad. Happy New Year!
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For Valria all the people that bashed the last connan movie because they did not do there research. Charge. For we got the touch we got the power. lol
Btw what is your opinion on "The Complete Chronicles of Conan" by Gollancz? (2)