The Ultimate Guide to the World's Most Savage Barbarian

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The Ultimate Guide to the World's Most Savage Barbarian

Postby The King » Tue May 29, 2007 11:50 am

May be you know it or may be not. There is a new book on Conan's life and timeline written by none other than Roy Thomas.

http://www.amazon.com/Conan-Ultimate-Wo ... 75&sr=11-1

Those who already have it are wellcome to present there a brief review.
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Postby Prof.Dogg » Wed May 30, 2007 12:09 am

It's a good coffee-table book. Pretty pictures (mostly Frazetta and Marvel and DarkHorse illustrations)... Complete bio of Conan and a nice gazetteer of the world but each entry only gets a page or two at most so nothing in depth (sometimes just a small caption)... I bought mine from SFBC when it first released and I've browsed through it maybe three times since...
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Postby Auggie » Wed May 30, 2007 5:48 am

Picked up the book last Fall- very nice!
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Postby Bjorn the Barbarian » Thu May 31, 2007 5:50 pm

I bought this last year, and I have gotten a lot of use out of it. Nice reference book.
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Postby The King » Fri Jun 01, 2007 12:44 pm

LOL. I forgot to read the release date; I thought it was new. :roll:
Anyway it was the first time I heard about it.
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Postby thulsa » Fri Jun 01, 2007 3:46 pm

My review:

http://hyboria.xoth.net/reviews/conan_u ... _guide.htm

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Postby DaveNC » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:34 pm

I picked the book up when it first came out. It definately has some great art in it. It incorporates a LOT of the old Marvel comic book continuity it in. Since the book is written by Thomas, and he also wrote those old comic stories, that certainly makes sense.

I think it is worth picking up for any die hard Conan fan. I actually got some decent storylines/encounters from it.
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