the coming of conan the cimmerian by robert e howard

Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet.'Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created-a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand. there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.'Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. He is well known for having created-in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales-the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Howard wrote 'over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion' and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of 'a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror.' Wikipedia Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads data Robert Ervin Howard was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

Howard wrote 'over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion' and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of 'a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror.' He is well known for having created-in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales-the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Robert Ervin Howard was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction.

The coming of conan the cimmerian by robert e howard