treeplanter
Mongoose
Just curious
Me: Beyond the black rivers and The Black stranger (you get the idea )
Me: Beyond the black rivers and The Black stranger (you get the idea )
What your favorite Conan story?
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VincentDarlage
Mongoose
My favorite is the first Conan story I ever read: "The People of the Black Circle."
Red Tulwar
Mongoose
Queen of the Black Coast, though The Flesh-Eaters of Zamboula is a close second!
thelevitator
Mongoose
Another vote for Red Nails.
Magister_Ordo_Lyrae
Mongoose
I always liked A Witch Shall be born. Its one of my favorites. Beyond the black river is also a favorite.
Maybe I'm just a freak on a leash but I love "The Slithering Shadow" / Xuthal of the Dusk.
I became positively soft-porn freak happy when I read about the Stygian noblewoman Thalis whipping the brythunian slave girl NAtala.
I also liked it since it had Conan doing something very sensible: Getting the Hell out of a bad situation with only a horse, girl, a little gem.
Very cool moral of the story:
Don't mess with stygian Demon-loving Beeyatches.
I love the stories that take place inthe Black Kingdoms most of all.
I became positively soft-porn freak happy when I read about the Stygian noblewoman Thalis whipping the brythunian slave girl NAtala.
I also liked it since it had Conan doing something very sensible: Getting the Hell out of a bad situation with only a horse, girl, a little gem.
Very cool moral of the story:
Don't mess with stygian Demon-loving Beeyatches.
I love the stories that take place inthe Black Kingdoms most of all.
The Eye of Argon! :lol: JK!
Actually, its the first yarn I have read: Red Nails.
By the way, its not Conan, but The Beast from the Abyss is a must read essay for any REH fan, and I even find non-REH fans really enjoy it!
Actually, its the first yarn I have read: Red Nails.
By the way, its not Conan, but The Beast from the Abyss is a must read essay for any REH fan, and I even find non-REH fans really enjoy it!
VincentDarlage
Mongoose
Spectator said:
That is my second-favorite story (after "People of the Black Circle"); it is also the second Conan story I ever read (Conan the Adventurer is the first Conan book I ever read, since those stories follow one after the other in it. Awesome cover to that book).
Strangely, my two of my favorites are ones in which Conan shares the stage with other characters: "Beyond the Black River" and "A Witch Shall be Born".
However, I reserve a special place for "The Tower of the Elephant". The opening scene in the Maul, and the fight in the dark that ends with a strident yell of agony just blew my mind when I first read it.
However, I reserve a special place for "The Tower of the Elephant". The opening scene in the Maul, and the fight in the dark that ends with a strident yell of agony just blew my mind when I first read it.
treeplanter
Mongoose
Spectator said:
:lol: a soft porn freak heh? Xuthal of the dusk also rank pretty high, it's my favorite of the "Weird story". It's also the toughest combat for Conan, the only time he almost die
People of the black circle is pretty cool too
VincentDarlage said:
YEah the I love the Ace Cover of Frazetta's Conan on a pile of bodies/skulls/something. Truly kick-ass.
The Thing about People of the Black circle that always makes me go "What the Hell" is the magic puffballs, I just thought that was a little too "Cabbage-Patch Kid".
I think Red Nailsis also right up there I love the jungle, the dragon the greenstone city and the crazy Hatfield /McCoy blood-feud with a hot sadistic sorceror!
I thought A Witch shall be born had such great potential, I thought the ending though of this massive demon thing caling it quits after he gets peppered with some shemite arrows, bordered on the lame. C'mon you are a demon, when's stinking 1/2 pound non-magical arrow gonna hurt you.?
