- Hardcover: 736 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0575089873
- ISBN-13: 978-0575089877
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 4.8 x 23.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #285,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Contents of this great collection,
By M Chandler (Ottawa, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Conans Brethren (Hardcover)
Just to let you know what "Conan's Brethren" means, here's the official contents from the editor. Having read most of these tales in other collections, I can tell you that they make for hours of enjoyment- and that as soon as I received my hardcover copy of The Complete Chronicles of Conan (the companion volume to this) and saw how much bigger and more beautfiul it was than I expected, I immediately ordered this and the hardcover Necronomicon: The Weird Tales of H.P. Lovecraft. They'll be a fabulous trio on my shelf.CONAN'S BRETHREN. Introduction ``Solomon Kane Solomon Kane's Homecoming (verse) Red Shadows Skulls in the Stars Rattle of Bones The Moon of Skulls The Hills of the Dead The Footfalls Within Wings in the Night ``King Kull The Shadow Kingdom The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune The King and the Oak (verse) ``Bran Mak Morn & the Picts The Lost Race Kings of the Night The Dark Man Worms of the Earth ``Savages, Swordsmen & Sorcerers Spear and Fang Hawks of Outremer The Gods of Bal-Sagoth The Sowers of the Thunder Lord of Samarcand The Lion of Tiberias The Shadow of the Vulture The Valley of the Worm The Frost King's Daughter The Garden of Fear Gates of Empire Almuric The Ghost Kings (verse) Afterword: Kinsmen of Conan by Stephen Jones
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LIST OF STORIES FOR THOSE INTERESTED... WE ALL KNOW THESE STORIES ARE ROCKIN' AWESOME!!!!,
By Travis Deputy "TheInsatiableBookReader" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Conan's Brethren (Paperback)
This isn't a review per se, but a list of the contents in Conan's Brethren. And what a brethren he has! I've read about 99% of these stories at one time or another in various collections over years and there is not a dog in the bunch. In fact, all of them are classics! These stories are a greatest hits of Conan's Brethren; Bran Mak Morn, Kull, Solomon Kane, Black Turlough, James Allison etc. You'll find about all of them here. Now, for a list of the stories....Introduction Solomon Kane Solomon Kane's Homecoming (verse) Red Shadows Skulls in the Stars Rattle of Bones The Moon of Skulls The Hills of the Dead The Footfalls Within Wings in the Night King Kull The Shadow Kingdom The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune The King and the Oak (verse) Bran Mak Morn & the Picts The Lost Race Kings of the Night The Dark Man Worms of the Earth Savages, Swordsmen & Sorcerers Spear and Fang Hawks of Outremer The Gods of Bal-Sagoth The Sowers of the Thunder Lord of Samarcand The Lion of Tiberias The Shadow of the Vulture The Valley of the Worm The Frost King's Daughter The Garden of Fear Gates of Empire Almuric The Ghost Kings (verse) Afterword: Kinsmen of Conan by Stephen Jones BUY IT! If you haven't read these fabulous REH stories I envy you. If you have, well, you're still in for a treat because you get to relive all those great adventures again! 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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The birth of sword and sorcery,
By John Middleton - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Conans Brethren (Hardcover)
Robert E Howard wrote a lot of things besides Conan. There were other fantastic heroes such as Kull and Bran Mak Morn, the "historical" stories of Soloman Kane, puritan killer. He also wrote modern horror, such as the short story Pigeons from Hell, westerns, sea tales...whatever took his fancy, and would pay the bills. Most of this writing was short stories, but then there was the odd novel, such as Almuric. This book is a collection of stories Howard wrote, and, save for Almuric, had published in his lifetime.Solomon Kane opens the collection, with 5 or 6 stories devoted to him. Set largely (but not exclusively) in 1500's Africa, Kane is something of a driven man, intriguing to read about. Then there is Kull, virgin king of Valusia: The Shadow Kingdom is one of the best short sword and sorcery short stories I have ever read, a real little gem. Kull reappears later in a Bran Mak Morn tale, and, speaking of Bran Mak Morn, the Worms of the Earth is a superb weird horror story set in the early years of the Roman Empire in Britain. There is then a collection of short stories about various heroes of various short lengths, culminating in Almuric. Almuric is a sword and planet tale, in the tradition of Burrough's Mars. Esau Cairn is an impressive physical specimen - the most perfect man on earth, perhaps - when he kills a corrupt politician and escapes to the lost planet Almuric with the help of a random scientist. That's pretty much the first page of the story, so I am not spoiling anything there. After that, Cairn has a pile of adventures, matching strength and wits with the locals - ape-like men and beautiful-like women (they have bred themselves that way. Really). Lastly there is a short essay by Stephen Jones on these other heroes, and their publicaiton history, which is interesting reading. Travis Deputy's review has the contents; I wont repeat that. This is another excellent single volume colleciton of Howard's brawling heroes: the various Del Rey volumes have more in total (as do Wandering Star or Sub Press, if your budget stretches to it), but for a solid starting point for non-Conan Howard, you can't beat this. 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Conan Plus,
By Chad Westall "cwest" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Conans Brethren (Hardcover)
The cover and style of the book is a great visual draw. I usually like to travel with smaller books, but his stories are short and easy to read. You will be through them in no time and have a book that looks amazing on the shelf. Read the adventures you want to live.
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