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Interested in reading Conan the Barbarian books.

MikestaMikesta Registered User regular
edited June 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
I'm interested in reading the original Robert E. Howard Conan books. However, I'm not sure where to begin. Which is the first book in the series? Is there a collection or specific edition I should look for? Are these books even worth reading to begin with?

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  • randerson84randerson84 Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I got the complete chronicles of Conan book. I found it very enjoyable.

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  • FrostyFrosty Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    I don't know about books, but theres a large collection of short stories over at Robert E Howard's Wikisource page arranged chronologically

    Gods of the North is one of my favs if you want to skip around

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  • TomantaTomanta Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    There is a three-book series with all of Howards Conan stories, starting with this book. It is in publication order rather than chronological; however, you really don't need to read them in chronological order.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Yeah I read a collection of his short stories. I don't think Howard really wrote "books" of Conan as he was mainly submitting them to magazines for money.

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  • MikestaMikesta Registered User regular
    edited June 2009
    Hmm. Interesting.

    I think I'll buy that Conan collection linked earlier. Oh, and I've just discovered Solomon Kane. Man, he sounds like a badass.

    I think I'll buy the Solomon Kane collection if I like Conan.

    Oh, and one last question: is Kull different from Conan in any meaningful way? Or is he just a reapplication of the Conan mold?

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  • JacobkoshJacobkosh Gamble a stamp. I can show you how to be a real man!Moderator mod
    edited June 2009
    Kull was a rewrite of a Conan story, or the other way around. That sort of thing wasn't really uncommon back then.

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