i would recommend the conan the cimmerian stories to anyone who likes fantasy fiction, they are absolutely underrated masterpieces of the genre

I would too. Conan is phenomenal

Favorite story? I like Red Nails.

>>24488171
Tower of the Elephant is the best one.

>>24488230
That pic sucks, I'll repost another one.

>>24488237
That's a good one. Even though it's not my absolute favorite it's the one I always recommend to people first just because it's such a perfect example of how WEIRD this things can be compared to the normal perception

>>24488279
People's idea of Conan is largely formed by the Schwarzenegger movie, followed by the comic. The books being written by Lovecraft's penpal just doesn't fit into that framework at all.

>>24488279
>>24489420
It is shocking how many Conan stories end with him killing an alien god

I liked the one where he broke into a rich guys house to steal a vase stolen from the Stygians. There was a huge snake with a man’s head inside and Conan just takes one look at it and sprints out of the country.

>>24490994
God in the Bowl

>>24487801 (OP)
I wouldn't. People who like fantasy these days like authors like Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss. I'd recommend Conan to people who think they don't like fantasy because of all the Tolkien concepts that, by now, have been gobbled up and regurgitated by five or six authors before it arrived on a modern-day page. To people who hate Marvel films and the nerdy-webcomic style of quips and dialogue. People who think, rightly or wrongly, that the world mysteriously got neutered at some point in the last couple of decades. Read Conan if you like stories about cowboys and Indians, stories about buried treasure, stories about historical wars.

>>24491146
You hang out with dumb people. And I bet they never even read Tolkien either.

>>24488171
Beyond the Black River is unfiltered KINO. Devil in Iron is also very underrated. Pretty much any one where a giant snake shows up is going to be a good story

>>24487801 (OP)
Also, what are you guy's thoughts on Conan knockoffs like Thongor or Kothar???(I enjoy them, personally).

>>24491421
>Pretty much any one where a giant snake shows up is going to be a good story
True, big fan of Jewels of Gwahlur myself.

>>24491430
Most of them are dogshit, few people could write pulp action as well as Howard. Like Jeffrey Jones' art though.

>>24491430
I think Carter and Camp were grave robbing plagiarists and needed a kick in the face.

>>24491421
>Iron is also very underrated. Pretty much any one where a giant snake shows up is going to be a good story
Have you read Valley of the Worm? Not Conan but kickass story about the origin of the dragon slayer myth, being Aryans migrating out of Hyperborea and killing a Lovecraft god of the jungle.

>>24492159
Valley of the worm is included in a REH collection I own, I will probably give it a shot after I finish the first Elric Novella.

>>24492159
Here's my Conan collection BTW

>>24487801 (OP)
Beyond the Black River is great.

From there on they become so repetitive it hurts.

My favorite is the one with the lesbian BDSM scene

>>24492159
One of my favorite non Conan's was The Dark Man. Where some viking dude finds a statue of Bran Mak Morn that drives Picts mental

Recommend me more Conan-like kinos that are actually good. Doesn't even have to be fantasy genre either

>>24493516
Ive heard the Kane stories are good, Hardbacks cost a fortune though

If you like Conan, you should all read Kull. He’s another creation of Howard. Also a barbarian, but more contemplative. There’s one story where the villain just tricks him into wasting his time staring into a magical mirror, thinking about the nature of reality so Kulls friend has to come in and smash the mirror and tell him to get off his ass.

>>24487801 (OP)
I would recommend euthanasia to anyone who likes fantasy fiction.

>>24495346
Youth in Asia? Sorry desu, I don’t read light novels.

>>24495369
For a pulp fan, you show an unusually high reading comprehension.
Before long, you'll be progressing to comics.

>>24492386
>>24492387
>The Best of Robert E. Howard
Is this a good edition? I've seen it at the used bookstore a few times and wondered how well done the selection of stories was.

>>24495492
I don't own Grim Lands but it seems like a good edition. Here's a link to the REH website that shows all the stories in the collection -https://reh.world/howardworks/paperbacks/grim-lands/

>>24495346
Literally fiction readers tongue my anus

>>24495346
>>24495621
>>24495423
>Silent-film cinephile wishes death on fans of Ghost in the Shell because he thinks the medium should only be expressed in the way he prefers.
>Believes non-fiction is superior to fiction because he thinks events of a narrative must occur in the real world in order to reflect the human experience.
Why the conceit? Nonfiction does not possess a monopoly on expressing beauty, suffering, excitement, or joy; neither does utilitarian belief exclusively determine the value of art.

Go read Joyce and talk about modernism in another thread if you're so inclined.

>>24496045
That's not me, I meant LITERARY fiction readers tongue my anus as a joke. I love Robert E Howard.

>>24496045
I also dislike modernism

>>24493198
That same character shows up in two other stories. Gods of Bal Sagoth and another I can't remember where he's doing mercenary work in pict country.

>>24495613
>>24495492
The Del Ray collections are all pretty great.

>>24488171
The Scarlet Citadel
Shadows in Zamboula

>>24495346
Fun things are fun

>>24495423
I hope so. Comics are great