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by Robert E Howard (Author)
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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd (3 April 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1840226110
  • ISBN-13: 978-1840226119
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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The sixteenth-century Puritan Solomon Kane has a thirst for justice which surpasses common reason. Sombre of mood, clad in black and grey, he 'never sought to analyse his motives and he never wavered once his mind was made up. Though he always acted on impulse, he firmly believed that all his actions were governed by cold and logical reasonings... A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things, and avenge all crimes against right and justice'. Immune to the attractions of the opposite sex, he seems drawn by some psychological distress beacon to places where he knows only that he will be called upon to defend the helpless or (more often) exact retribution on their behalf. Himself a Christian, possessed of enormous strength and skill in swordplay, he yet has little hesitation in calling upon the assistance of his Voodoo-practising friend N Longa when strength, skill and Christian belief are not enough.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Pulp heroics at their finest - with reservations..., 13 Feb 2008
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Robert E Howard is best remembered for his creation Conan, the sword-swinging barbarian who spawned a small industry of books, comics, games and films, but he wrote many other characters including the adventures of the lesser-known sixteeth/seventeenth century puritan Solomon Kane.
Kane shares many characteristics with Conan - mighty thews, a cold demeanor riven by mighty passions, unfailing bravery and an unerring sense of right and wrong and these stories might be seen as Howard taking the opportunity to write his stories in a world with pistols and cannon rather than sword and shield.
Certainly there's a wide variety of subject matter - Kane battles everything from bandits and slavers to ghosts, vampires and Cthonian horrors in his travels and some of the stories are excellent: 'The Footsteps Within' ranks as a wierd tale to match anything ever penned by Lovecraft.
However, there's a problem with these stories and I'm not going to skip over it - Solomon Kane was written at a time when as far as much of the west was concerned Africa was jungle from cape to Cairo populated by either blood-drinking cannibals or good-hearted by ignorant savages, and Kane spends a lot of his time slaughtering the first and patronising the second. From a modern perspective, some of these stories can be seen as quite spectacularly racist.
If you approach Solomon Kane in the way you would Conan - pulp fiction set in a fantasy world which bears no resemblance to ours - there's some highly enjoyable reading in here. However, readers should be aware that to modern eyes they may well have difficulty doing so.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just spectacular..., 29 Oct 2009
By Lark (Ireland) - See all my reviews
This is one of the most enjoyable books I've had the pleasure to read in a long time, its very much a page turner and the pace is break neck with the action following quickly upon the beginning of each of the stories.

While each story is in very many ways simple, proceeding very quickly through action packed escapades, daring do and ferocious battle (the fights, particularly sword fighting are probably the best that I've read) to a thrilling conclusion, there is some characterisation too. For instance while Soloman Kane is characterised pretty simply as a compulsive opponent of injustice, oppression and champion of the weak Howard also provides brief asides about how Kane doesnt acknowledge but is motivated by the thrill of risk taking, facing dangerous and testing his courage too. I didnt make the immediate connection between Howard the author of Soloman Kane and Howard the author of Conan, there is enough of a difference between the characters, their setting and adventures, or so I felt. The world that Kane inhabits is much more like that Tim Powers has written about in The Anubis Gates (Fantasy Masterworks) and The Drawing Of The Dark (Fantasy Masterworks) than Conan.

Like other books in the range, such as Dennis Wheatley's books are a product of its time but I really dont believe they are particularly racist really. Its all part of the narrative and no one ever complained that Tolkein's hobbits were discriminatory portrayals of people who are short. This is really pacey adventure reading and I recommend it to anyone who just wants a good entertaining courageous, good vs. evil read or fans of the books I mentioned.
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