Why You Should Read Imaro

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  • Опубліковано 27 гру 2024

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  • @kirkadrianj
    @kirkadrianj 7 місяців тому +7

    Thank you for posting this. I've been a fan of Charles Saunders' Imaro since 2005. I was lucky enough to get all the DAW copies as well as the newly released reprints, And the Dossouye duology. If it wasn't for him, I would never have written my own Sword and Soul (Sword and Sorcery) tales. This was wonderful. Thanks again.

    • @thewonderinggriot
      @thewonderinggriot  7 місяців тому +1

      Reading imaro was one of the things inspired to make this channel, so needless to say his work has a special place in my heart

  • @GordonBeckles
    @GordonBeckles 8 місяців тому +4

    WOWWWWWWW... the
    internet is awesome for
    connecting to unique...
    or at least, "rare"
    experiences, likes,
    and viewpoints.
    When I read Charles
    Saunders book back
    decades ago, I felt
    like I was the only
    Black/African Sword
    and Sorcery fan in
    the world, and that
    as genre enthusiasts
    we were rare. This
    post about a book
    I loved is special
    to me.👍🏾🙏🏾👊🏾

  • @andrerobinson5831
    @andrerobinson5831 Рік тому +10

    1. Imaro references central Africa through referencing the pygmies of the jungle.
    2. Saunders wrote Imaro out of a love/hate relationship with Robert E Howard. He like the Conan stories but hated the racism of the Conan tales. I read the all of the Conan stories and black people are always cannibals and/or slaves with sharpened teeth .So he wrote Imaro as a refutation of Conan.

    • @Roondawg_Valhalla
      @Roondawg_Valhalla Рік тому

      I’m looking for book 4 The naama war, also the two books in the Dessoyu series. If u have copies I’m willing to pay a good amount. Please let me know.

  • @johngolebiewski1451
    @johngolebiewski1451 11 місяців тому +3

    Thanks! Love Conan the Barbarian. Yes, it has hokey and problematic elements. But the aesthetic is super transportive. The soundtrack is fire. And Arnold’s characterization of Conan as a simple-minded but contemplative warrior is moving.

    • @thewonderinggriot
      @thewonderinggriot  11 місяців тому +1

      lol, I consider the hokeyness apart of its charm.

  • @midnightgreen8319
    @midnightgreen8319 8 місяців тому +3

    Imaro is a fantastic Sword and Sorcery book!

  • @PrinceZakariyya
    @PrinceZakariyya 8 місяців тому +1

    great video

  • @bhorrthunderhoof4925
    @bhorrthunderhoof4925 5 місяців тому +1

    Very well explained, thank you for bringing Imaro to a wider audience. If you are into Sword & Soul I am sure you are aware of Milton J. Davis who has written "Changa's Safari" and more tales. With Imaro they would make damn good films and tv series. Well one can dream and hope.

  • @youngbalthazar5789
    @youngbalthazar5789 Рік тому +1

    Great video brotha.

  • @Daathverse
    @Daathverse Рік тому +2

    Awesome video. Charles Saunders is my favorite author. I discovered his books over 30 years ago. In my early ventures into writing, he always had encouraging words. I will never forget that elder nor his great works. Thanks for this.

    • @Roondawg_Valhalla
      @Roondawg_Valhalla Рік тому

      I’m looking for book 4 The naama war, also the two books in the Dessoyu series. If u have copies I’m willing to pay a good amount. Please let me know.

  • @Dehumanizer3000
    @Dehumanizer3000 6 місяців тому +1

    I recently picked up book one and two of the revised texts, I heard they were going out of print so got them cheap off amazon, the other books are not cheap! i do hope book 3 comes back into print

  • @н.джед.т
    @н.джед.т 6 місяців тому +1

    I do love the original Conan movie, despite myself. And I've enjoyed a Saunders edited anthology, his own story specifically. Think, based on your recommendation, time to pick up Imaro.

  • @thetabletopskirmisher
    @thetabletopskirmisher 6 місяців тому +1

    Problem is: cant get the books! I have (i think) 2 of the old DAWs (2 & 3) and the Kindle version for Book 1. But nothing else.
    Wish Imaro and Dossouye could get new updated ebooks.

  • @resistancepublishing
    @resistancepublishing 6 місяців тому +3

    The Conan 1980s movie may not have been the greatest or best written movie of its time but it has deep human themes wrapped in it if you can look deeper than the surface level action.

  • @davionb39
    @davionb39 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for this

  • @oguun_garvey6531
    @oguun_garvey6531 11 місяців тому +1

    Have you found a reasonably priced copy or an audiobook of Imaro III: Trail of Bohu ???
    Ive been on the hunt for years. Amazon has it for about $400 and thats the only place ive ever seen it

    • @thewonderinggriot
      @thewonderinggriot  11 місяців тому

      Unfortunately no, I've seen it on e-bay not too long ago but even then it was like $250. I believe thrift books.com may eventual get a copy of it, but they sell almost immediately.

  • @samiya6074
    @samiya6074 Рік тому +1

    great vid!!!!!

  • @yahnatanlevi6894
    @yahnatanlevi6894 5 місяців тому +2

    We need a live action imaro movie or tv series one day hopefully, if the African American community can get a live action superhero in black panther then i think it's time that we get a black Conan the barbarian in the world if sword and sorcery on the big screen as well as the small screen

    • @thewonderinggriot
      @thewonderinggriot  5 місяців тому +1

      @@yahnatanlevi6894 1000% agreed

    • @yahnatanlevi6894
      @yahnatanlevi6894 5 місяців тому +1

      @@thewonderinggriot I'm hoping 🙏 that Hollywood gets back to making old school sword and Sorcery Movies and TV Series just like in the 1980s 💪. A deathstalker remake is in the works as well as highlander reboot a red sonja movie etc... now is the time for imaro 💪

  • @Roondawg_Valhalla
    @Roondawg_Valhalla Рік тому

    I’m looking for book 4 The naama war, also the two books in the Dessoyu series. If u have copies I’m willing to pay a good amount. Please let me know.

  • @Chudi2000
    @Chudi2000 6 місяців тому +1

    I feel like Spear from Primal is the Conan for gen z