The Coming of Conan by Robert E. Howard
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2018
- Robert E. Howard became the father of the Sword & Sorcery genre with creations like Kull of Atlantis and Conan the Barbarian. Conan became one of the all time great fantasy heroes. This video is a book review of a collection of short stories.
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One thing that I really liked about Howard's version of "Conan" is that he is often terrified; but that his fight and flight reaction is jammed at "fight". It makes the character more complex than his movie versions.
Euan Smith: Not so! Conan ALWAYS knew when "discretion is the better part of valor", and getting out of town as fast as possible, or avoiding a fight, was the only smart thing to do
A guy who fights when he doesn't HAVE to isn't a "hero", he's an IDIOT.
Nobody could say that Conan was an idiot
@@mikegrossberg8624 You are correct. Like in Beyond the Black River, where Conan spends most of the story high tailing it away from the Picts. I also like, in the story, that Conan uses magic to throw the beasts off his trail. As much as I enjoyed the Arnie films; book Conan was always more complicated. 👍
@@euansmith3699 If Howard had seen the movie, he'd probably have been really PISSED
His description of Conan was nothing like Arnie!
Howard's Conan was not a "body builder", bulging with muscles. Howard called him "pantherish". The only times he wrote of Conan's muscles bulging was when he was straining against opponents or lifting/moving heavy weights
Also, Howard's Conan was a lot more educated than Arnie's. While the movie's version was no ignorant barbarian, he was no match for the written-word character, who spoke several languages(albeit with a "villainous accent"), and was well acquainted with literature, both mundane AND esoteric
One of my favorite things about Conan is that his stories are so non-linear, you can start at any story, and it will introduce you to the character perfectly.
The original novels were a reason Marvel editor/writer Roy Thomas got interested in getting the license from Glen Lord, who had the copyright for Robert E. Howard's Conan stories. He actually agreed to give a licensing fee higher than Marvel was prepared to grant; Roy had to convince Stan Lee to greenlight it. Thankfully, the comics were a hit. Robert E. Howard's other creations, Red Sonja/Kull were all likewise adapted by Marvel Comics.
1:50 Edgar Rice Burroughs had cross-over places, events and characters, in his various novels, from Tarzan visiting Pellucidar 'Earth's Core', and his Mars {Barsoom}, and Venus books. They all seemed to be part of the same universe. My favorite Conan was the animated series "Conan the Adventurer". It felt like a side story to "Dungeons and Dragons" the animates series.
Couple years back I went on a big Howard binge.
Love his stuff!
Great world building and just pages of sheer damn manly adventure!
Never got into the Conan comics, but when you read the original stories you get why the character is a big deal.
Also love the idea that Howard and Lovecraft were penpals.
Feels like someone should do a story where they team up and solve mysteries or something.
I for one would love seeing Jason Momoa return as Conan in the same movie as Arnold narrates as King Conan & is at the beginning/end
I didn't care for the film but, the opening sequence was awesome. Maybe with better writing and a concerted effort to make him act like the Conan we all know and love.....
@@jimmywoo3885 Hollywood hasn't got him down properly ever
I'd like to see an animated series based on the Savage Sword of Conan stories witch are based on Robert E Howard stories.
@@jimmywoo3885 the original will always be the best...
I would love to see Jason Momoa as Conan for an "Hour of the Dragon" Adaption. Have Arnold narrate as "Old King Conan" to his son.
Thanks for this! I started reading Howard in 1975. I feel that Solomon Kane, Kull and Dark Agnes are a bit more developed. Agnes deserves a movie. Hang in there and please keep making videos!
Hi Gordon, I know nothing of Dark Agnes. I will have to look that one up!!!
@@FizzFop1 FizzFop1 SwordWoman is the Del Rey volume you need!
Love Conan! Thanks for this. Read The Spider collection this month. Great stuff. Reading a collection of Dick Briefer's Frankenstein now. Hope you feel better man. Hang in there.
Howard was Truly a genius. Conan was one of the first truly modern heroes; a character who is savage and lawless, but noble in a way gentlemen could not understand. Conan is really Howard's masterpiece, and his most lasting work. Though Solomon Kane is my favorite, Conan got Howard's philosophy across the best. Howard is still one of my favorites, along with Tolkien and Lewis.
Hi James, I can't tell you how many people told me that Solomon Kane is their favorite. I need to read his stories this summer.
Read all three of these collections.
I was SHOCKED how good they were for being written in the 30s.
Usually work from then is slow for modern readers.
Really good stuff.
Also, Conan is a much more complex character than in the movies or comics.
I only came across FizzFop1 a few nights ago and, already, it has become one of my favorite channels. Now, this video about my favorite author - Ah, heaven!
The Frazetta book covers got me into Conan and Fantasy in the mid 70s, his Solomon Kane and Cormac mac Art books are also some of my favorites
as a child my uncle gave me his Conan books with the beautiful illustrated covers. I read them and read them again.
I am a huge Conan the Barbarian fan and I am so glad that Marvel Comics is drawing him again and I love this history that you put up of Conan so thank you for that and when you can can you do the history of Frank Frazetta's the death dealer that would be cool.
The Robert E. Howard stories are amazing. If you get the chance, check out this book. Every story is a gem. I swore off Marvel, but I did pick up a couple of copies...maybe I'm a little bias, but I felt they really didn't capture Howard's flavor or that of the original series. I saw they are also doing a Belit book-I haven't looked at it. I'm afraid to...The character of Belit is really complicated. She's Howard's suicide note. I doubt a writer not in Howard's mental state can write her.
Absolutely loving the format and content of these videos, wish I had found out the channel sooner!
Better late than never I always say! Thanks for watching Blind Pumpkin!!!
Conan one of my all time favorite
One of my favorites too. I was mad at myself for not reading these stories before.
Love Conan! Your vid has reminded me how much, time for a re-read...
What a great video! I had no idea that Howard killed himself. Very sad! Will be saying a prayer for you know. Thanks for making this upload a bit more personal.
Hi k1ngp1n! Thank you for your prayers. I've wanted to make some more personal videos for a while. I've done a couple and not posted them...I'm still trying to find my voice.
You got a new sub my friend. I have them all and love Howard.
I never really got into Conan or sword and sorcery books, but I tracked down every Solomon Kane comic or trade I could find a few years ago, and I was really pleased with the James Purefoy movie that came out, it was very true to the source. I've also been heavy into Lovecraft the past few years and I was surprised to see his great friendship thru letter writing with Howard...also, you forgot your swimmies....lol
Great video! thanks!!
Another great video.
Thanks Lee!
Became of fan of Howard's yarns back in the 80's, and have many republished REH tales from the same publisher you obtained your title from. What I like best in those collections is there all REH... no pastiche tales cobbling on to Howard's works... Thanks for the share...
Hi Ken, I fell in love with these stories. Wished I had read them when I was younger.
Positivity to you sir. My father had cancer & were currently dealing with that. It's not something that's so easy to get off ones mind, but a good Conan read does help a bit! Sad Amazon decided to pass on a Conan series which was presented & was based on the Howard books as opposed to simply the ccharacters. No Conan from Amazon- here's to hoping Hulu or Netflix pick it up as he's such a great hero & I for one could go for a good swordsman series!
Hi Gregor! I hope your father is doing well. I initially didn't want to bring up my cancer, but it's become such a major part of my life for the past five months. It's hard not talking about it because my whole life centers around it. It effects my family, friends, and co-workers.
It's a shame to find out that Amazon passed. Howard's Conan stories are awesome! Hopefully some other media organization will pick him up and do the character justice. My biggest fear is that some company will get the rights and try to sanitize the story lines which would guarantee a bad product and failure.
I did see Marvel got the comic from Dark Horse recently & can't help feeling disinclined the decision.
Amazon passes up on conan because there's no room to make conan woke. Like its literally impossible because if they did IT WOULDN'T BE CONAN.
I love your videos. Your content always focuses on subjects I love. I never was interested in sword and sorcery, for some reason I thought it sounded boring. Several years ago after watching the motion picture about his life i decided to pick up and read the Conan comics in my collection. As you can guess I was blown away by the stories. I am so glad you made this showcase episode. Please, check my new video on the life of Harry A. Chesler.
Hi Nighttiger!!! I will check out your video when I get the chance. If I don't get back to you later, remind me to watch it again!
Great vid-I started reading Howard in JR High ( early 60s) with the Lancer PBs. Actually liked the Kull stories better, and Bran Mac Morn but Conan has some great stories.
Great video
Yeah I loved the video my friend now and thank you for unintentionally reminding me that I need to read the old novel/pulp hero stories like Conan. Also I had another idea for a video that you could do for Halloween or April fool's. What if you did a lost villans of the golden age and perhaps cover some notable villans from the golden or platanum ages like fantomas, lupin and even the claw. Just an idea I was thinking about when I was resurching old villans of the super verity spurd on by the show venture Bros and there guild of colamotus intent.
Hi holozlaer!!! Funny you should mention that. I have five partially done Lost Hero episodes...two of those videos feature villains! I won't tell you what I have in store--I will keep you in suspense! I love the Venture Bros...awesome show! The villains and their henchmen are my favorite! For some weird reason, I identify with The Monarch.lol
@@FizzFop1 I more identify with 21 aka Gary but I generally love all the cherictors in the show and I can't wait to see the most recent season witch I haven't been able to watch cus it's not on hulu Yet. Btw one of the old villans I mentioned in my first comment fantomas actually appears in venture Bros as phantom limbs great grand father. Fantomas has had an interesting history in general in pop culture kinda like a weird reverse of Sherlock Holmes. Both were created around the same time and both are massively influenchel. But Sherlock is more mainstream and fantomas is more cult. seriously if you get the chance resurch a bit about fantomas he has a facinating history. From having a trilogy of movies based on him during the 60s to being the major influence on most Italian superheroes made during the Italian silver age boom to even haveing his name used for the Spanish translations for the ogon batto/golden bat anime. Facinating stuff
Great review mate, just ordered the book. Hope you're feeling much better now.
Thanks Knight Errant. I'm doing better. I've had issues, but everyday gets a little better. I'm thankful. It could have been much worse.
3:59 Fritz Leiber actually coined the term Sword & Sorcery. He and Moorcock were trying to come up with a title for the genre.
Yep, that was my bad. I didn't give Leiber his proper credit.
By the end of my Senior year, I had begun reading the CONAN series.
I was also very good in Art, and was teaching myself to paint.
The FRAZZETTA paintings were a Perfect match for these books.
I learned to paint just by duplicating several of his paintings.
At that time, I was also getting deep into Bruce Lee's Martial
Arts.
Reading these books inspired me to be a Warrior---A Fighter!
But NO---I never went around starting fights, however, I was al-
ways, "At the Ready."
I learned to be a very good Artist---AND a very accomplished
Fighter.
Years later, I still paint once in a while...And still keep the body
Fit and Alert!
First and Foremost, I thank GOD for my health; Secondly, I thank
Lee, and Howard for their inspiration.
Amen.
Great story Ray! One of my many regrets in life was not taking up a martial art when I was young. About ten years ago, I took up yoga and after that took some Tai Chi classes. It was a great decision. Four years ago, I was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer , and I feel that what I learned from both helped me recover from chemo, radiation, two surgeries, and a year with a colostomy bag. Yoga and Tai Chi taught me a level of meditation and inner peace that gave me the strength and mind to overcome my situation. I don't believe I would be here today without it.
@@FizzFop1 I sincerely hope you are getting along okay. For what-
ever it's worth to you---I pray you'll experience healing.
Do not lose Hope!
GOD bless.
@@raygsbrelcik5578 Thanks for your concern Ray. I'm four years since my diagnosis. Right now, I'm cancer free...had my last blood work done in March. I've got some issues...but they are all minor. I'm blessed and I treat everyday as a blessing. I have a nice home and if it's raining out...I love the rain...if it's cold and snowing...I appreciate the heater in my jeep. I have a lot to be thankful for...and people like you remind me of that when I hear your stories on this comment section.
@@FizzFop1 I am releaved to hear that. Just keep your head up;
Negative thoughts....In the garbage!
GOD bless.
By Crom, this is good!
Thanks! Vincent!
I seem to recall reading that it was Fritz Leiber who coined the term Sword and Sorcery when describing his stories about Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
You might want to look into reading those also. Could be wrong though and it could've been Michael Moorcock.
Hi Raymond, yeah, a bunch of people have jumped all over me about Fritz Leiber being the one who coined the term.
I think it was a collaborative effort between the two.
good video :)
I hope things are starting to get better I know the feeling of having someone close to you battle cancer
Devin 7 11 Luna ok wtf
Remember when he was talking about reading in the waiting room a lot, that is what the comment is about
Yep, I got a tumor. In a couple of days, they will cut it out and I hope to be back to "normal" (after a few months of rest and rehab).
Also yes is was Fritz Leiber who coin the term but he send latter to michael moorcock so you half right
I have the Solomon Kane one. Would LOVE to see you talk more in depth about the Sons of Howard.
Hi Jack of All Claws!!! Thanks for watching! After reading Conan, I plan on reading some Solomon Kane by the pool this summer. I didn't get much feedback on doing a book review. Do viewers really want to see more videos like this? This upcoming Summer I plan on doing a couple more. We'll see how it goes, but Solomon Kane would be another good pool side read!
Thanks for the comment! I'm really touched, this is the first time one of my comments got hearted (or whatever the hell it's called) sorry if I sound egotistical, I don't mean to be. Also, what are your thoughts on Hellboy, would you consider him a pulp hero?
I never read Hellboy. I've seen the movies. There's definitely pulp elements in them.
you should check them out, something tells me you'll enjoy them.
Super
I hope your doing well, once again a fanstic video.
Nice video. Be well, friend.
I believe Burroughs loosely linked some of his stories together. Tarzan and David Innes meet on one novel, and I think Barsoom is aware of Venus' existence, but to say it's a shared universe is a stretch. It was no where near Howard's created universe.
hate to be picky mate but Fritz Lieber was the first person to coin the Sword and Sorcery tag. I'm a big fan of the Genre. I have everything by Robert E Howard. The Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories by Lieber I recommend them as they are grown up Conan. Moorcock is also a great Author with an amazing imagination I can recommend anything by him Elric Melnibone being a non Typical sword and Sorcery. I was reading at a very early age ( I learned to read because of comics) I was aware of the Conan comics but I actually read the books first as my older cousin read books and then just threw them away he'd got a pile of them he was about to throw away and I asked if I could have them they were all Edgar Rice Bourroughs, Howard. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith Wonderful stuff I've still got them!
Hi Andrew! Fritz Lieber-noted!
@@FizzFop1 CAS made the third of the Weird Tales triumvirate - HPL, REH, CAS. His dark fantasies obviously influenced Leiber. Look for C. L. Moore, too.
@jeff lockaby From the Wikipedia article on Gardner Fox (inventor of the Justice League):
"From 1969 to 1970, Belmont Books published a series of sword and sorcery novels by Fox, featuring the barbarian character Kothar. "
They were cashing in on S&S fad. There were dozens of pseudo-Conan barbarians at the time.
I grew up on those books, especially Burroughs. I loved the cover artwork on all those ERB and Conan paperbacks.
ouch, sorry to hear about your cancer, if it helps I've known multiple people who had cancer of varying types of the accursed affliction and all [bar one unfortunate soul] pulled through and they were avid readers and judging by your fine selection of literature I'm sure you will too, at least I hope so, your the only comic history youtube that actually teaches me something new, I can't think of a single video where you failed in that regard, good luck good sir.
P.S more progress has been done on the Marvel homage I mentioned when you did your project superpowers video, I was wondering if you'd still like to see it? I tried to send it to you then but I couldn't find a way how, sorry.
Hi SpringHeeledJack of the Gurdians!!! Send it to this email address...graffitogoat@yahoo.com I'm sorry if I didn't send it to you earlier.
Glad I skipped the video.
I don't go around telling everyone my problems and life story looking for sympathy or approval.
Stop reading Howard.
@@nagihangot6133 @Nagihan Göt I apologize for the 20 or so seconds I use to mention that I read Conan while waiting for my daily radiation treatment at the cancer hospital. Pray to the infinite universe that you never get cancer. It is a nightmare. It consumes every aspect of your life.
@@nagihangot6133 , you had time to leave a comment though, yeah? Grow some feelings. Don't read Howard, he's too good for you.
@@FizzFop1 I opted for robotic surgery for prostate cancer pretty much like pulling a tooth! It's a journey from diagnosis to treatment with more than a few nights traveling the dark road alone. Discovered your channel today very well done look forward to delving into it. By Crom!
Solomon Kane was always among my favorite REH, characters and the most challenging one for writers to duplicate capturing the essence and history.)
Hope your health is mended. Decent video.
Thanks jimmy woo! I'm doing much better...had a second surgery and currently convalescing for a few weeks. I've been checked and re-checked and it appears that I am cancer free.
Pretty sure Tolkien & his pal CS Lewis did the 'build your own personal, literary universe' early on... fyi 😊
Morcock's 'Elric' series began in the 60's-- if you haven't read them & love the 'sword & sorcery' genre', I highly recommend this series. Elric & his soul-stealing sword, Stormbringer, are just badass... 🗡&🔮
Hi J Michael Martin! Thanks for watching! I'm not 100% sure off the top of my head, but I think Tolkien didn't get published until after World War II? I know he was writing back in the 1920s...but I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Tolkien was writing for almost twenty years before he got published. I don't know much about CS Lewis. I can't really comment on him. Frank L. Baum who did the Wizard of Oz predates all of them. Maybe King Arthur might be the first literary universe. There's multiple knights/characters who are all living in the same world even though they are being written by multiple writers who live hundreds of years apart.
@@FizzFop1 Can't disagree with you on your points, Darren. I'm glad I discovered your videos and plan to keep watching-- I'm a writer, albeit unpublished as of yet, & they inspire me with ideas... Keep up the good work!
*Btw, looks like a movie about Tolkien comes out on May 10th. Guess we're all gonna learn things about him we probably didn't know! Lol
@J Michael Martin! I saw the trailer for the Tolkien movie the other day for the first time. I can't wait to see it. I think it opens this Friday. I'm not sure why this isn't on more people's radar? I haven't seen anyone talking about it.
@@FizzFop1 All the hype has been going (undeservedly so, imho) to Disney products, lately-- some batter than others. Probably because 'action' appeals to a wider audience than 'intellectual'-- yeah, I've already told my wife I want to see Tolkien, asap
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Love your videos and really hope life goes well for you. Saw The Whole Wide World when it first came out , enjoyed it and wished it had been successful so it could have started an interest in pulps. Who does the interior art of the Conan stories , Virgil Finlay ?
Hi anthony! Thanks for watching! I still haven't seen The Whole Wide World yet...looking forward to seeing it. I need to find a DVD. The art I used was from the interior pages of this book. I believe it is from an artist named Mark Schultz. He also writes one of the introductions to this book and writes about his artistic choices for the illustrations. Really good stuff...check it out if you get the chance.
FizzFop1 I'm familiar with Mark Shultz , his illustrations for the book pay homage to Ed Cartier and Virgil Finlay , 2 top pulp interior artists. Next time I visit Barnes and Noble I'll look for The Coming of Conan. Happy New Year .
You look like phelous and sound a Old man version of cecil from good bad flicks
I can think of someone who created their own world. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Love Lovectaft., Love Philip K Dick.
All great stuff!
You need to do Harvey comic black cat
A another pulp ones is lensman which what green lanter
What doc savage is to superman
Have you read ‘The Bloody Crown Of Conan’?
Hi Dongus Calriddian! I haven't read it, but thanks for telling me about it. I will check it out sometime.
I'm pretty sure that it as Fritz Leiber who coined the term "sword and sorcery" not Moorcock.
Hi ed! Yeah, I dropped the ball on that one...I searched the internet for the reference and the first couple of websites I came across gave Moorcock credit for it. After I made the video and got called on it, I checked deeper and found that it was Leiber. I hate making mistakes in the videos because they are there forever.
And do kid eternity which have good comic book backround in his comic life that no have talk about him
And captain Marvel jr the both sort have same backstory
Also i think is was fritz Leiber who coin the term Sword and Sorcery not Michael Moorcock. But you are right with is was not Robert e howard who creator it
Your right Melvin, I got it wrong.
Um you might also consider J R R Tolkien for creating a universe for their story line (published in 1937 but written at about the same time Howard was working.)
Hi Pappy Dan! Thanks for watching! I originally did when I wrote the script draft...but when I started doing more research, I discovered that Howard had a few years on Tolkien.
Just thought I’d let you know I gave you shout in my latest video on the golden age hero Atoma thought I may have said her name wrong .
Thanks Bucky! I appreciate that!
So I wannna buy the vintage books from the 60s but does this book contain all the stories?
Hi kyle funk! Thanks for watching. It has all the Robert E. Howard short stories. There were novels written later by other writers and those are not included. This book is a great read. I strongly recommend it. Howard is an amazing writer. If you like the fantasy genre, you'll be pleased.
@@FizzFop1 awesome I might pick up that trilogy then just didn’t know if there’s a difference in this or the 60s vintage paperbacks
"SS Van Dyke"? Golden Age mystery fans are gathering with pitchforks now! SS Van Dine was the pseudonym of the author who wrote the Philo Vance detective stories.
Ah, Conan! Yep, I first ran across the Conan comic and magazine back in the late 70s, and quickly picked up the series of Conan books published by Ace, which was a reprint of the original Lancer series from the 60s. That series included not just REH's stories, but stories by L. Sprague De Camp and Lin Carter, and even one by Bjorn Nyberg, so my appreciation of "pure" REH took a little more time. But Howard was a writer that no one has successfully copied (that I know of) and it becomes pretty easy to appreciate the originals after you've read Conan stories by other writers. Some of his other characters are pretty good, too, especially King Kull, but I never cared too much for Solomon Kane, and even the Bran Mak Morn and Cormac Mac Art stories are only so-so.
As a pulp writer, REH tried his hand at a variety of different genres, including mysteries, sports, horror, adventure, and westerns, with varying degrees of success. His serious westerns are actually pretty good, and the Breckinridge Elkin stories are rather fun tall tales in the Pecos Bill tradition.
There's just no telling how much more he would have created and written if he had lived. And now I need to go back and re-read The Hour of the Dragon, his only full-length novel of Conan.
Hi macsnafu! You are the first to catch it. it is SS Van Dine...I didn't even catch that until after it was on UA-cam for a month. I don't know why I didn't catch it.
forgot to mention he blasted his heart but it's UA-cam so i don't blame you as i have a few friends who did deeper look into him and i kept hearing was he blew his heart out before his mom died with said gun.
Yes, very sad. He was extremely talented and everyone who described him loved him. He was a great guy. There's letters that still exist between him and HP Lovecraft and he comes off that way. The description his father gave of his final minutes is very sad.
@@FizzFop1 oh yeah sad we lost him very early :(
Hope you get better
Thank you. I'm doing much better.
@@FizzFop1 that’s good 👍
Was it the original manuscript or the tame rewrites that the guy that didnt like him made money off of?
Nuala O Malley by H Bedford Jones published in 1918- a sword and sorcery story where the hero is nailed to a door by the villian using spikes.
A Witch Shall be Born published in 1934 by Robert Howard- Conan is nailed to a tree by the villian using spikes.
Coincidence?
"Nailing" someone to ANYTHING sort of NEEDS spikes, doesn't it?
Hell, the Romans used spikes when they crucified someone
@@mikegrossberg8624 You are missing the point. Robert E Howard is considered by many to be the father of sword and sorcery. A major event in the Conan books is when is is nailed to a tree by the bad guys.
I was using an example of another author who wrote sword and sorcery story that contains a scene where the hero is nailed to something similar to Conan. This story was written years before Howard started writing.
Do you now understand my point?
@@festo8756 As I stated, the idea of nailing someone to a tree, or any other object, goes a lot further back(like several CENTURIES) than any twentieth century author.
So what if two writers choose, independently, to use that particular form of torture? The precedent for it was established a LONG TIME ago.
I've seen at least three movies(excluding Cristian films, AND CtB)) where it's been used
@@mikegrossberg8624 Do you agree sword and sorcery stories were written by people before Robert E Howard?
@@festo8756 Of course
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Where did you find the 1938-39 collection of "The Spider," If you don't mind me asking?
Have a good day :D
Hi Sir Soaplo! Thanks for watching! It's a single volume called The Spider vs. The Empire State. It's from Age of Aces Books. I picked it up a few years ago at Pulpfest. I don't know if it's on Amazon.
Thank you, @@FizzFop1 :D
@@FizzFop1 I found it on Amazon :D
It just came in the mail. Can't wait to read it!
@@FizzFop1 I have a question. Is the story public domain? I was wanting to convert into a radio drama, but I'm not sure if it would be legal.
Thanks, have a good day :)
@@Sir_Soaplo Not sure what the status is. When I made my Spider video, I thought he was in public domain, but since then I've heard that he's not.
Are those drawings by Mark Schultz...?
Hi Nemo_Veritas, Thanks for watching. Yes, he is the illustrator of this book. He also writes the forward to this book and discusses his choices in illustrations. That alone is well worth the read. He's a great illustrator.
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When you mention MILFs I expect to see some MILFs. LOL. Nice, if short summation of Howard's life and work.
Crom!!!
I just looked him up. His default pic he looks like he's in his 40s, he died at 30.
Hey VinnyS914, people lived hard lives back then. The 50s RocknRoll DJ Alan Freed has some of the worst photos I've ever seen. In his early 30s, he could pass for mid-50s. Hard lives--drinking, smoking, hard labor in the fields and factories, no skin moisturizing, eating lard with every meal, taking a bath only once a week...that takes a toll on the body.
@@FizzFop1 People mistake me for older.. I made the comment early in the vid before you did the suicide. I feel bad for him.
@@VinnyS9143101982 He was certainly a troubled soul.
It's a shame that copyright trolls that call themselves Howard's estate squat on his rights when Conan is public domain!
Heck he's fully public domain everywhere except the US now
Hi Ocelotl Chimalpahin!!! I had no idea about that?
@@FizzFop1 yup Howard has been dead for over 70 years now and that means his works are indisputably in the public domain pretty much everywhere and even in the US nothing before 1923 can be under copyright and it looks like nobody renewed Howard's original publications or very few of them.
www.bleedingcool.com/2018/01/17/glenat-conan-comics-public-domain-europe/
@@FizzFop1 in fact go to project Gutenberg, the site that hosts public domain literature, & Howards earliest works are there.
And check this out for a more in-depth look into the overly complicated legal history of Howard's books.
www.robert-e-howard.org/AnotherThought1.html
In any case if you're in Europe, and Canada, you can write whatever Conan story you want and publish it!
Do you own the pool?
Hi kytim89! I don't own it...but the home owners association does...which I pay dues to.
Please re-do the first 2 videos with voice work.
Again how Old are you again
A common misconception is Robert E Howard is the father of sword and sorcery. Its not true. There were other sword and sorcery tales before Howard
Read these short stories by Lord Dunsany:
Hoard of the Gibbelins - This is similar to Tower of the Elephant
The Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth
Got to read a couple of the paperbacks in the late 1960s. As soon as Marvel did him I became an even bigger fan! Hmmm. Red Nails, but with Red Sonja and Valeria? Must stop being perverted... Hope your cancer is cured. My sister is 14 years younger and has had 3 different cancers, so I know it's bad.
Hi SD6! Thanks. There were times when this really came close to pushing me over the edge...but I got through chemo radiation and another round of chemo. I just had my second surgery. Looking back at it, I can't believe what I've been through in the last year...but on the positive side, I'm cancer free at the moment and hope to stay that way.
@@FizzFop1 Glad to hear that you are doing better. We seem to have a lot of the same interests in obscure characters. My younger sister had ovarian, then skin, then very early colon. Kind of runs in our family but so far has skipped me.
Face reveal!
You must be into horror movies!
You look you still your 30th or 40th
Thanks Max! I turned the big 51 a few weeks ago.
FizzFop1 i Know you look like someones dad but reaily wow and cancer ok
No kids...just cancer.
Superbunnyhop that what you look like