Conan the Hero

Conan the Hero PDF Author: Leonard Carpenter
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812533187
Category : Conan (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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In the steaming jungles of Venji, Conan of Cimmeria fights in a war against drug-crazed raiders and an implacable wizard. The intrigues of court eunuchs and generals of Imperial Aghrapur reach south as well, and even the conjurings of Conan's own mind will be turned against him.

Conan the Hero

Conan the Hero PDF Author: Leonard Carpenter
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812533187
Category : Conan (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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In the steaming jungles of Venji, Conan of Cimmeria fights in a war against drug-crazed raiders and an implacable wizard. The intrigues of court eunuchs and generals of Imperial Aghrapur reach south as well, and even the conjurings of Conan's own mind will be turned against him.

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian PDF Author: Robert Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781853756993
Category : Conan (Fictitious character)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This title features 17 original adventures from the creator of 'Conan'.

Conan The Gladiator

Conan The Gladiator PDF Author: Leonard Carpenter
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780812524925
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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When Conan puts Roganthus the Strongman out of commission in a street brawl he soon finds himself drawn in by the slender Sathilda and her pet panther as part of a travelling troupe. What starts as an innocent pastime turns into a deadly game when the circus is called to the Arena of the Stygian capital of Luxor. There they are forced to fight for their lives against exotic warriors and all manner of wild beasts. no one has yet survived the whims of the tyrannical Emperor Commodorus. And then there are the foul sorceries of the black-robed priests of the snake-god Set...

Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian

Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian Barbarian PDF Author: Robert E. Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781635912715
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 860

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This 860-page collection contains all of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian stories published during his lifetime, contextualized with biographical details of their author. The hardcover, a Multimedia Bundle Edition, includes the e-book and audiobook editions as downloadable bonus content. Excerpt from Introduction: "When the first Conan of Cimmeria story appeared in the pages of Weird Tales magazine in December 1932, nothing quite like it had ever before appeared in print.Author Robert E. Howard had been writing stories broadly similar to it for half a decade; but it was with Conan, and the Hyborian Age storyworld in which he was placed, that Howard finally fully doped out the sub-genre that would become known as "sword and sorcery," of which Howard is today considered the founding father. "Conan's origins date back to an experiment in 1926 titled "The Shadow Kingdom," featuring the character Kull, exile of Atlantis. The idea -- Howard's great innovation -- was, at its core, historical fiction set in a pre-historical period. That pre-historical period -- being, of course, lost in the mists of time -- could contain anything Howard might like to include: evil races of sentient snake-things, sorcerers, undead creatures, demons walking upon the earth, anything. "In other words, Howard was creating a secular mythology. "And as with any mythology, secular or no, there would be a hero, a Ulysses or a Theseus, an exceptional man of legend striding through that myth-world, sword in hand, righting wrongs and slaying supernatural monsters and, along the way, providing metaphorical insight onto his world and ours. "At the same time, he was finding success with another historical-fiction-fusion innovation: The grim, savage English Puritan Solomon Kane. Kane's world was the skull-strewn chaos of Europe and north Africa during the Thirty Years War, in the early 1600s. Little enough is known about specific events during that dark time that it was possible to take historical liberties with it as a storyworld, so that it could accommodate dark magic, walking skeletons, vampires, magic staffs, and, of course, N'Longa the witch-doctor. "Howard quickly realized he was onto something with Solomon Kane. The first Solomon Kane story, "Red Shadows," appeared in August 1928 in Weird Tales, and readers loved it. Here was a dark, brooding world of menace and witchcraft connected pseudo-genealogically to their own. It was easy for readers to "take the ride" -- to suspend their disbelief and envision Kane's adventures as a part of the real world. "But, perhaps the connection with the real world was too close. The countries of 1630s Europe are well known; the causes of the conflict fully understood. There was only so much Howard could do in Solomon Kane's world. Moreover, Solomon Kane is just a hard character to root for. Unlike Kull, he is, not to put too fine a point on it, really not a sane man. "So it makes perfect sense that after the shadowy, prehistoric world of Kull and the dark, necromantic world of Solomon Kane, Howard would combine these two precursors to develop a world that was far enough into the distant past to be free of actual historical constraints -- like Kull's -- yet close enough to the present to still exist as echoes and legends in the world's mythologies. "And so Howard created The Hyborian Age, circa 10,000 B.C. And to play the role of our avatar as we explore this shadowy, almost-historical world, he gave us Conan the Cimmerian - to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."

Conan the Barbarian Vol. 2

Conan the Barbarian Vol. 2 PDF Author:
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9781302915032
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The many loves of Conan! Beyond his lusts for ale, battle and gold, there have been many women who have captured the Barbarian's heart over the years. But nothing is sacred when the Crimson Witch strikes - and twists what is truly best in life! Then, Conan returns home to Cimmeria! But things aren't exactly as he remembers them... Is he that out of touch - or is he falling right into the trap of the wizard Thoth-Amon?! "The Life and Death of Conan" continues! COLLECTING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN 7-12

Conan The Hunter

Conan The Hunter PDF Author: Sean A. Moore
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812535310
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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A jeweled bracelet he purchases for his current lady love, Yvanna, from a Zamoran thief sends Conan on a quest for murderous when he discovers that the bracelet had belonged to the King of Brythunia's murdered daughter. Original.

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian PDF Author: L. Sprague De Camp
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN: 1803365250
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Two of the most famous contributors to the Conan legend write the official novel of CONAN THE BARBARIAN, the seminal fantasy film by John Milius. In 1982, Robert E. Howard's iconic literary antihero, CONAN, slashed his way from page to screen after a perilous decades-long journey. With its potent mix of epic vistas and bloody battles, CONAN THE BARBARIAN thrilled moviegoers around the world and launched the film career of Arnold Schwarzenegger. To mark the occasion, CONAN authors and editors L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter were tasked with translating the visions of filmmakers John Milius and Oliver Stone back to the printed page in this rollicking novelization of the original screenplay. Heroic Signatures is proud to bring this sublime work of sword and sorcery back into print!

Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast

Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast PDF Author: Leonard Carpenter
Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
ISBN: 9780812524888
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Conan, the pirate king of the Vilayet Sea, faces dangers on every side as the lure of ancient pirate treasure draws him into conflict with the evil arch-wizard, Croyalus, and into a dangerous battle. Original.

Conan the Valorous

Conan the Valorous PDF Author: John Maddox Roberts
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 9780812518092
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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In his native Cimmeria, Conan discovers foreign sorcerers defiling the most sacred place in the land as they struggle for the power to command the very gods. As demons ride to war on the slopes of Ben Morgh, the fate of the world rides on Conan's sword. "A rousing tale in the best Howard tradition".--Robert Jordan.

Miyazaki and the Hero's Journey

Miyazaki and the Hero's Journey PDF Author: Deborah Scally
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476685053
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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This book explores anime auteur Hayao Miyazaki's films through the lens of the monomyth of the Heroic Quest Cycle. According to Joseph Campbell and other mythology researchers, the Quest is for boys and men, with women acting as either the Hero's mother or the Prize at the end of the journey. Miyazaki nearly exclusively portrays girls and young women as heroes, arguing that we must reassess Campbell's archetype. The text begins with a brief history of animation and anime, followed by Miyazaki's background and rise to prominence. The following chapters look at each of Miyazaki's films from the perspective of the Heroic Quest Cycle, with the last section outlining where Miyazaki and other animators can lead the archetype of the Hero in the future.