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Title: Conan the Champion
Series: Conan the Barbarian
Authors: John Maddox Roberts
Rating: 3 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 260
Words: 65K
| Synopsis: |
From the Publisher
Stranded in the furthest northern reaches of Brythunia, Conan the Cimmerian pledges himself as the haughty and beautiful Queen Alcuina . Soon the mighty barbarian is embroiled in a war with two kings who covet Acuina’s lands and the evil wizard lilma ,who wants even more .From the blood -drenched snows of the Brythunian forests to the sorcerous Shifting Lands the battles rage .The dead rise to slay and victory can only come from CONAN THE CHAMPION .
| My Thoughts: |
The foray into the Shifting Lands was interesting but the rest was passe.
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What makes the lands so shifting?
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It literally moves around. So you might see a mountain ahead of you, then when you’ve gone through a forest, said mountain is now behind you.
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Is there some wizard behind this?
Does anyone get sucked into the sand?
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In conan stories, there is ALWAYS a wizard behind almost everything. THey’re like cockroaches 😀
Sadly, no. Lots of evil vampire elves though for Conan to slaughter.
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Oh, THAT is me on the big horse, and going BOOF on your napper with my big sword!
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Feeling your oats today eh? Well, Conan is a good choice for a friday 🙂
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Conan seems a bit of a lad.
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Wearing only a loincloth leaves him w extra energy to go gallivanting about 🙂
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I’m trying to remember where I know this author’s name from…? Possibly from past your reviews?
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I’ve one or two other Conan books by Roberts but I don’t think I’ve ever read anything else by him.
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OK thanks. I just had a look at his bibliography and am not familiar with his other books.
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I really, really enjoyed the shifting lands. And, among other sources, that sequence probably provides some inspiration for the World of Dreams and especially the Aelfinn and Eelfinn in The Wheel of Time. I know Robert Jordan edited some of Tor’s Conan pastiches.
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Jordan wrote a bunch of Conan too, was it for TOR?
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Yes.
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Man, those incredibly short reviews of yours make commenting a difficult task for me! 😉
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Yep, which is why this is pretty much happening only for this month…
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Would you recommend Conan to a particular audience? I want to give it a try someday, at least more comics or something, but I’m never properly inspired to dive deep.
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If you like old school fantasy and by that I mean a fun adventure filled story that doesn’t worry about anything in real life, and just want something simple, then I’d recommend Conan.
That being said, I’d highly recommend the original stuff by Howard first, just so you got the best first.
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