Conan the Rebel
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (807 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0553138316 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the decades since, there have been feature films, television and comic book series, and numerous spin-off novels. Yet it all began with a handful of stories from Robert E. Striking at the heart of tyranny, Conan must break the chains of oppression before eternal darkness claims them all.. Howard. A grand adventure of the mighty thewed barbarian, from one of Fantasy’s biggest namesConan, The name has inspired generations, one that resounds through time immemorial. In 1979, Poul Anderson—winner of a staggering eight Hugo and three Nebula Awards—wrote what is regarded as one of the finest adventures in the canon of Conan:
Amazon Customer said Entertaining, but a Missed Opportunity. Anderson's story of Conan's time as captain of a pirate ship alongside his love, Belit, is an interesting one, but I can't help feeling that it was a missed opportunity. Very few Conan pastiches continue directly from one of Howard's original pulp stories from the 19Entertaining, but a Missed Opportunity Anderson's story of Conan's time as captain of a pirate ship alongside his love, Belit, is an interesting one, but I can't help feeling that it was a missed opportunity. Very few Conan pastiches continue directly from one of Howard's original pulp stories from the 1930s. This one does, picking up from Howard's "Queen of the Black Coast".While the plot for this novel was entertaining, dealing with family ties, sacrifice, prophecy, and differen. 0s. This one does, picking up from Howard's "Queen of the Black Coast".While the plot for this novel was entertaining, dealing with family ties, sacrifice, prophecy, and differen. A Customer said A good version of this popular hero. Due to the machinations of the evil sorcerer Tothapis, Set the reptile God cruelly rules Stygia. Set warns Tothapis that a threat to their well being comes from the alliance between Conan and Belit, who met in sword to sword combat, felt an attraction and joined sides. Belit leads pirates trying to free her people from the reptile�s rule while Conan lays back providing strategic advice to her. Everything changes when Conan finds th. Belit! Belit! Mel Odom Conan the Rebel was written back in 1980 by Poul Anderson, a writer I’ve read and admired for years. I’ve always enjoyed Anderson’s Dominic Flandry series (haven’t read all of them and it’s been years since I picked them up), but my favorite book he wrote was Three Hearts and Three Lions, a mix of Edgar Rice Burroughs and fantasy.I vaguely remember reading this Conan novel before, back when it first came out, and
Fans will applaud anyway. He wields the axe with full fettle, dismembering opponents, including armies of the dead riding on weird monsters, but still lovably gullible, he allows the dangerous Nehekba to delude him. Disappointingly, Conan never really rebels against anything in particular, and Anderson's version hardly lives up to Howard's incomparable creation (to be fair, Howard's often didn't, either). And of course, beautiful damsels Conan's beloved Belit, Daris, the witch Nehekba all of whom