Never apologize for this amazing work! Thank you for your hard work! Also if folk find this writing offensive then they should grow a thicker skin! Snowflakes melt! Conan would never apologize because some impish dog squirmed uncomfortable!
This was by far my favorite Conan story ever, however, you forgot to add something to the end of your narration. "And even a Cimmerian can cry". In the comic book, as Conan is watching the boat burning while sailing away, you see a tear forming in the corner of Conan's eye. I still get goosebumps whenever I read that comic. Thank you for this post.
thank you Chicago, we've actually been there once, unfortunately it was only the airport for a connecting flight, but we'd have loved to see it properly
@@TheCybrarian Great. Looking forward to it! Already have an audio under Xuthal of the Dusk, but I have the feeling your version will be more enjoyable to listen to. 🙂
I have to agree with almost all the commenters, the quality of your audio plays is unrivaled. Your love of Howard’s work shines through in every syllable and the amount of consideration you all put into finding each characters’ voice is incredible. Thank you for this! I’m wondering, does your interest for the weird extend to Lovecraft and his circle?
This is way better than watching a movie, damn. No art direction would be able to translate the images in my head to the screen, created by this narration and descriptive sounds
Well worth the wait. An amazing presentation (special kudos to Belit!) of one of the greatest short stories ever written. Conan and Belit's conversation about life, death and the validity of remorseless agnosticism echos Nietzsche. Thank You!
Unfortunately i have found these much later then they where put up. Just in case you look yours are the best i have fully enjoyed them. None of that edited BS these are the true stories. It shows how great of a writer howard was. Those edit and partial stories completed done in the 60s and 70s or earlier takes the magic away
Yes sir! Cant wait..thank you so much. Please keep the faith and keep these incredible versions of Robert E Howard's work a coming.. I honestly think these are the best audio works out there.. I do have a request..when you possibly can it would be great to hear A Grey God Passes or any of Howard's Irish tales..or.. Black Vulemas Vengeance...or A Dark Man. Or.. I'll quit..for now..lol.. Peace and thanks again.
Thank you so much for that disclaimer, That the classic book was written this way and it is important to know where we came from. Thank you so much you don't know how much that means in this world of censorship. It is so sad that it has to be put in here but you say it so well that you do not have the moral right to change it. Thank you so much!
Superbly done. Thank you for this welcome escapism from the horrors of the world as depited by the BBC and some other manipulative media who would have us live in constant fear and dread .
You’ve got a love the disclaimer at the very beginning. Something tells me this was not your idea. Anyway, I love your channel. You guys do really great work.
People who are offended by the works of the past are mentally deficient, but I totally understand the need for the disclaimer in this day and age. Excellent work as always, this channel is amazing.
38:06 "What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live or die!" It's great how your performance gave a bitter edge to this statement. Makes you wonder, if that was the reason, why Conan left Cimmeria in the first place: he grew tired of fighting in a wasteland for a god that does not really care at all.
the poem of Cimmeria paints a dark somber other-worldliness to it, and we never visit or speak to anyone else from there in REHs stories, almost as if it's not a real place but a representation of the time before birth and after death
Im having a bad week so this is a great start for the 3 days of respite I get this weekend... Also good to tune out coworkers at the moment 😆 now just waiting on 5 o'clock
In Mithra’s name...Please do “Hawks of Outremer”, “Wolves Beyond the Border”, & “Veil of the Lost Women” although the latter is a little controversial 🤓
Conan the Corsair, my favorite second only to The Scarlet Citadel! I really love and appreciate the expanded introduction that calls for a more inclusive future that encourages us to enjoy this story while also viewing it through a modern progressive lens!
In the movie Valeria is an amalgam of the Sea Queen and the Britonian she pirate named Valeria. In the story Red Nails, the woman is more of a fighter that sees herself as an equal to any martial man. And she's less sexualized and more of a regular companion to Conan as they encounter yet another Fallen ancient city in the middle of nowhere, where Conan as usual, acts like he's never killed a demon or sorcerer before.
@@TheCybrarian it's great I'm reading a remastered version of the story it's a conan collection, it has Roberts version with a few more stories that make conan belit more memorial, theirs a short story of what happened if they just gave up their life of pillaging and both just make a sea port and make boats and conan her grow old and have 2 kids, daughter that always helped her farther, and a son just as hot headed and bold as he is, he left with conan's sword, but both died of old age knowing they had their kingdom and had all the love in the world
Back in the 1980s I collected a few SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN graphic novels and I was wondering if you have a few for here. I forget the titles but one was about when Conan's father was killed by the curse of a witch. He was known for being able to cut a man in half with one hit from an axe from head to groin split the person in half. Conan's father died from the curse of a witch.
As someone new to the Conan saga, is there any recommended order to which i should listen to? Before this I’ve only listened to the tower of the elephant. It was awesome.
Conan chronology is tricky as the original Robert E. Howard works were published in no real order in Weird Tales magazine, then there's the additional authors like 'DeCamp', and more with Robert Jordan, and all the comics to consider. So as far as our productions go you have started perfectly with 'Tower of the Elephant' when Conan is still young. We asked a while ago if anyone had a preference for what order our playlists should be in (release date or character chronology etc) but didn't get much feedback. the link below should keep you right but you'll prob want to do 'God in the Bowl' and 'Rogues in the House' next (leaving 'Phoenix on the Sword' and 'Scarlet Citadel' to the end as he's a king by then)... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_chronologies
@@TheCybrarian Thank you for the reply. I'm actually just about to finish 'the Devil in Iron'. Will go to 'God in the Bowl' after and follow the given list. Thanks again for the magnificent content. I didn't know the world of Conan beyond Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies until now.
This is the first conan story that I dont really get. The others are just amazing. This is very entertaining (especially with that high quality audiobook, many thanks for the work, I love conans bad ass voice) but why didnt the winged creature just kill conan as well instead of using black lotus? It just seems like a massive plot hole. And I dont see the meaning of this story (maybe I just overthink a simple pulp adventure. maybe I just missed something cuz Im not fluent english. Anyway 'twas still very cool.
not sure if the winged creature used the black lotus, more Conan was delayed by accident becuase of the lotus so he wasn't there/awake for the death of Belit and the crew as for the meaning, we can all take from it what we see or feel from our own point of view, Conan and Belit were dedicated to each other, but she was lured away by greed which leads to her death, Conan avenges her and has a funeral for her and turns his back on the treasure and the sea, but she was still dedicated to him, even in death, despite her weakness for gold, which she proves by saving him as she promised
@@TheCybrarian currently searching for order in which to listen to these. My older brother collected the comics in the 80's and i read his. He sure did not like that.
Black has always been a natural fear in man. The darkness of night. The horror of being trapped alone in the darkness. Everything we naturally fear is active at night. It comes from the very beginning. So Everything that we perceive has to do with darkness i.e. the darkness of night its psychological. No not the color of people it is without light all mankind fears the darkness evil is named after it.
Than you are an idiot to say the least. Dont you see the amount of work put into it? They deserve some income. Not that they make a furtune with this channel. You should be grareful that you can listen to this story for free.
The disclaimer is so sad. Literature is all about free speech. You can never please the woke crowd. Even if you rewrote the story to completely emasculate Conan, they would still call you this and that for not taking it further and further. By apologizing, you're making yourself an easy target. I say just ignore them.
Uh could of done without the cringy trigger warning but then again I find western sensibilities to be absolutely ridiculous in general. Seriously though these stories are from the 1930's and so I truly can't imagine anyone going into these stories not expecting to encounter offensive material of some sort.
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Sorry we're a little late on this one, but we think it's worth it. Complete and unabridged "Queen of the Black Coast" premiers tonight.
You are giving us a fantastic audio rendition of a fantastic tale! No need to say sorry for anything!
Never apologize for this amazing work! Thank you for your hard work! Also if folk find this writing offensive then they should grow a thicker skin! Snowflakes melt! Conan would never apologize because some impish dog squirmed uncomfortable!
This audio crew that is reading dare I say performing these tales are doing Robert E Howard most proudly. Bravo
This was by far my favorite Conan story ever, however, you forgot to add something to the end of your narration. "And even a Cimmerian can cry". In the comic book, as Conan is watching the boat burning while sailing away, you see a tear forming in the corner of Conan's eye. I still get goosebumps whenever I read that comic. Thank you for this post.
That is the comic book not the book howard wrote of a hard barbarian man. Not comic book candyass 30 yrs later
You're literally the only channel to do these stories justice, the quality of your videos is unrivaled.
Pulp hero audio is also pretty good
What would being figuratively the only channel to do these stories justice mean?
Oh! That would be me. Figuratively that is. My channel doesn’t really even exist. Haha
Of all of the Conan tales, this is the one that should have been made into a movie. It has something for everybody
The Cybrarian is the best, Chicago Illinois salutes him. Everyone like, comment and subscribe
thank you Chicago, we've actually been there once, unfortunately it was only the airport for a connecting flight, but we'd have loved to see it properly
Thank Shazreea for her wonderful interpretation of Belit.
Will do. She gives another great performance in 'The Slithering Shadow', chapter 1 coming out this weekend. (full story before the end of the month)
@@TheCybrarian Great. Looking forward to it!
Already have an audio under Xuthal of the Dusk, but I have the feeling your version will be more enjoyable to listen to. 🙂
“By Crom, though I’ve spent considerable time amongst you civilized peoples, your ways are still beyond my comprehension.” My favorite quote
This was fantastic
Bravo 👏👏👏
Wow this is good! Loving Conan's voice, Tito's accent, and everything else so far!
Loved that accent you gave Bêlit. That's what I liked about these dramatized audio stories. The various accents you give the characters.
I have to agree with almost all the commenters, the quality of your audio plays is unrivaled. Your love of Howard’s work shines through in every syllable and the amount of consideration you all put into finding each characters’ voice is incredible. Thank you for this! I’m wondering, does your interest for the weird extend to Lovecraft and his circle?
Oh we'll hopefully get to Lovecraft eventually. REH does some mythos stuff so we'll probably use that to bridge from one author to another.
@@TheCybrarian can't wait!!!
This is way better than watching a movie, damn. No art direction would be able to translate the images in my head to the screen, created by this narration and descriptive sounds
Thank you, we were very proud of that yarn.
Another outstanding job. You are my go to for short road trips
Well worth the wait. An amazing presentation (special kudos to Belit!) of one of the greatest short stories ever written. Conan and Belit's conversation about life, death and the validity of remorseless agnosticism echos Nietzsche. Thank You!
One year later and damn was this so masterfully done!
One of my all time favorite Conan stories! Excellent presentation.
Your channel is amazing. Thank you.
Unfortunately i have found these much later then they where put up. Just in case you look yours are the best i have fully enjoyed them. None of that edited BS these are the true stories. It shows how great of a writer howard was. Those edit and partial stories completed done in the 60s and 70s or earlier takes the magic away
Yes sir!
Cant wait..thank you so much.
Please keep the faith and keep these incredible versions of Robert E Howard's work a coming..
I honestly think these are the best audio works out there..
I do have a request..when you possibly can it would be great to hear A Grey God Passes or any of Howard's Irish tales..or..
Black Vulemas Vengeance...or A Dark Man.
Or..
I'll quit..for now..lol..
Peace and thanks again.
Others: Why do you cry?
Me: He is Conan, he will not cry, so I cry for him.
ah, Subotai and Akiro
This is great! Another Conan masterpiece! For R.E.H. fan revival, you just may be...THE CHOSEN ONE!!!
I’d LOVE some more Conan and Solomon Kane stories by you 🤘🤘🤘
More of both this year, but a bit of cthulhu first
@@TheCybrarian fantastic
Excellent 🎉❤
Thank you so much for that disclaimer, That the classic book was written this way and it is important to know where we came from. Thank you so much you don't know how much that means in this world of censorship. It is so sad that it has to be put in here but you say it so well that you do not have the moral right to change it. Thank you so much!
Absolutely stellar reading of a true masterwork. Thank you very much for this.
You're very welcome, this was one of our favourites to do.
Superbly done. Thank you for this welcome escapism from the horrors of the world as depited by the BBC and some other manipulative media who would have us live in constant fear and dread .
yeah, we rarely put our heads above the battlements these days
You’ve got a love the disclaimer at the very beginning. Something tells me this was not your idea. Anyway, I love your channel. You guys do really great work.
A pity the disclaimer is needed for some listeners. At least the story is preserved.
People who are offended by the works of the past are mentally deficient, but I totally understand the need for the disclaimer in this day and age.
Excellent work as always, this channel is amazing.
This was amazing! Wow. All of your stuff is good but, man. The pacing, voice acting, and sound fx really hit just right.
Thank you, this is one of our favourites.
To the Cybrarian.....Best story so far!! Thank You!!
yeah, we are quite proud of that one.
Red Nails? Worms of the Earth? A Witch Shall Be Born? By Ishtar ! What’s next?
38:06 "What use to call on him? Little he cares if men live or die!"
It's great how your performance gave a bitter edge to this statement. Makes you wonder, if that was the reason, why Conan left Cimmeria in the first place: he grew tired of fighting in a wasteland for a god that does not really care at all.
the poem of Cimmeria paints a dark somber other-worldliness to it, and we never visit or speak to anyone else from there in REHs stories, almost as if it's not a real place but a representation of the time before birth and after death
This was awesome. Thank you. These are my favorite stories.
Stunning achievement breathtakingly executed !!!
Fantastic as always, & getting better with every new story 👍🏻
Wonderful. Absolutely incredible.
Amazing and striking presentation of this classic tale!
Im having a bad week so this is a great start for the 3 days of respite I get this weekend...
Also good to tune out coworkers at the moment 😆 now just waiting on 5 o'clock
Man its so sad things like this no longer exist
absolutely stunning in every respect.. bravo.
I definitely needed this on this particular day
Call me crazy but that was one hell of a romance
Yup, It's beautiful.
In Mithra’s name...Please do “Hawks of Outremer”, “Wolves Beyond the Border”, & “Veil of the Lost Women” although the latter is a little controversial 🤓
my god man do them all !
@@louisbaldwin7097 Bruhl would be proud
we'd need permission for 'wolves', it isn't public domain (co-written and published in the 60's)
@@TheCybrarian co-written by L. Sprague De Camp ! He could emulate REH perfectly 🤓
very enjoyable to hear
Awesome, well done!!
Conan the Corsair, my favorite second only to The Scarlet Citadel! I really love and appreciate the expanded introduction that calls for a more inclusive future that encourages us to enjoy this story while also viewing it through a modern progressive lens!
Glad you enjoyed it!
We also have The Scarlet Citadel...
ua-cam.com/video/4QNHmGxcv0Y/v-deo.html
Tito sounds exactly like one of the Vikings in THE 13TH WARRIOR. The Viking with the scarred face.
" once again my loins lead me where I'd never go with a sword in my hand and an army at my back !" Conan probably
yeah, that does happen a lot, doesn't it
Well done
Damn! This is good! I first read this story 50 years ago and I believe you would make reh proud
You're doing great you've also covered a couple books I remember like God in a bowl and Phoenix on the sword is next,thanks
Glad you are enjoying, we're remastering some of our older work soon too.
In the movie Valeria is an amalgam of the Sea Queen and the Britonian she pirate named Valeria. In the story Red Nails, the woman is more of a fighter that sees herself as an equal to any martial man. And she's less sexualized and more of a regular companion to Conan as they encounter yet another Fallen ancient city in the middle of nowhere, where Conan as usual, acts like he's never killed a demon or sorcerer before.
she's also a little bit Taurus, the Nemedian thief that brings a rope to help Conan into the tower of the elephant
Belit 😭😭😭😭😭😭😢😢😢 oh the pain I'm reading conan and I'm crushed by later chapters
It's tragic and wonderful.
@@TheCybrarian it's great I'm reading a remastered version of the story it's a conan collection, it has Roberts version with a few more stories that make conan belit more memorial, theirs a short story of what happened if they just gave up their life of pillaging and both just make a sea port and make boats and conan her grow old and have 2 kids, daughter that always helped her farther, and a son just as hot headed and bold as he is, he left with conan's sword, but both died of old age knowing they had their kingdom and had all the love in the world
Back in the 1980s I collected a few SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN graphic novels and I was wondering if you have a few for here. I forget the titles but one was about when Conan's father was killed by the curse of a witch. He was known for being able to cut a man in half with one hit from an axe from head to groin split the person in half. Conan's father died from the curse of a witch.
Great stories but unfortunately they are not public domain, so unless we get permission we'll stick to the older stories.
@@TheCybrarian I see.
@@TheCybrarian it's like Conan the barbarian 1981 where UA-cam still charges like $10 to watch it.
Shadows in Zamboula & Xuthal of the Dusk would be great to hear as well ,by Crom !
We'll be working on Xuthul of the Dusk next
@@TheCybrarian 🤗
@@TheCybrarian AKA “the slithering shadow “
1:30 You fucking legend.
The Queen of the Black Coast had one great flaw as a woman. How could any other woman compare?
By Crom these tales are nearly a century old and still I challenge any to do better
As someone new to the Conan saga, is there any recommended order to which i should listen to? Before this I’ve only listened to the tower of the elephant. It was awesome.
Conan chronology is tricky as the original Robert E. Howard works were published in no real order in Weird Tales magazine, then there's the additional authors like 'DeCamp', and more with Robert Jordan, and all the comics to consider.
So as far as our productions go you have started perfectly with 'Tower of the Elephant' when Conan is still young.
We asked a while ago if anyone had a preference for what order our playlists should be in (release date or character chronology etc) but didn't get much feedback.
the link below should keep you right but you'll prob want to do 'God in the Bowl' and 'Rogues in the House' next (leaving 'Phoenix on the Sword' and 'Scarlet Citadel' to the end as he's a king by then)...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_chronologies
@@TheCybrarian Thank you for the reply. I'm actually just about to finish 'the Devil in Iron'. Will go to 'God in the Bowl' after and follow the given list.
Thanks again for the magnificent content. I didn't know the world of Conan beyond Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies until now.
@@edjap1890 Glad you're enjoy it all. Try the Kull stories too (written by Robert E. Howard almost like a blueprint for Conan).
This is the first conan story that I dont really get. The others are just amazing. This is very entertaining (especially with that high quality audiobook, many thanks for the work, I love conans bad ass voice) but why didnt the winged creature just kill conan as well instead of using black lotus? It just seems like a massive plot hole. And I dont see the meaning of this story (maybe I just overthink a simple pulp adventure. maybe I just missed something cuz Im not fluent english. Anyway 'twas still very cool.
not sure if the winged creature used the black lotus, more Conan was delayed by accident becuase of the lotus so he wasn't there/awake for the death of Belit and the crew
as for the meaning, we can all take from it what we see or feel from our own point of view, Conan and Belit were dedicated to each other, but she was lured away by greed which leads to her death, Conan avenges her and has a funeral for her and turns his back on the treasure and the sea, but she was still dedicated to him, even in death, despite her weakness for gold, which she proves by saving him as she promised
@@TheCybrarian ok that makes sense. Thats actually a nice message. I just didnt get it because the whole story is so quick and plot driven. Thanks!
Your old disclaimet was fine. No need to add to it.
yeah, this vid is a year old, we don't use the extended disclaimer anymore
@@TheCybrarian currently searching for order in which to listen to these. My older brother collected the comics in the 80's and i read his. He sure did not like that.
@@Rico-mo6uq our playlist has them in chronological order for the character...
ua-cam.com/play/PLlFcav_ti8rkUvq2sqnHxKQ6AmeSN-2QK.html
@@TheCybrarian well dang. Good deal. Thanks
What's up with conan and black things 🤔 black coast black lake black codren
prob just a recurring synonym for darkness/mystery/unknown/fear/etc
Black has always been a natural fear in man. The darkness of night. The horror of being trapped alone in the darkness. Everything we naturally fear is active at night. It comes from the very beginning. So Everything that we perceive has to do with darkness i.e. the darkness of night its psychological. No not the color of people it is without light all mankind fears the darkness evil is named after it.
“References to sex” 💪🏻
To bad you quit mate
...we're back
@@TheCybrarian Welcome back mate, you have great content.
Too many ads. I won't listen to an audiobook full of ads.
UA-cam premium removes all the ads.
Than you are an idiot to say the least. Dont you see the amount of work put into it? They deserve some income. Not that they make a furtune with this channel. You should be grareful that you can listen to this story for free.
The disclaimer is so sad. Literature is all about free speech. You can never please the woke crowd. Even if you rewrote the story to completely emasculate Conan, they would still call you this and that for not taking it further and further. By apologizing, you're making yourself an easy target. I say just ignore them.
True, but we don't apologise, we just stick to the original text and if anyone complains we just point to the disclaimer and say 'you were warned'. 🙂
@@TheCybrarian Fair enough.
The intro is embarrassing, imagine having to clarify your speech to people who will never approve of it anyway.
Uh could of done without the cringy trigger warning but then again I find western sensibilities to be absolutely ridiculous in general. Seriously though these stories are from the 1930's and so I truly can't imagine anyone going into these stories not expecting to encounter offensive material of some sort.