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The Conan Chronicles I (Paperback)

by Robert Jordan (Author)
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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Orbit; New edition edition (4 Nov 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857237501
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857237504
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 144,056 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The bloodthirsty barbarian hero Conan the Cimmerian was created by Robert E. Howard in 17 stories written between 1932 and his suicide at age 30 in 1936. This influential saga of swords and sorcery has been rearranged and extended by other authors and Robert Jordan--now famous in fantasy for his Wheel of Time sequence--wrote seven new Conan novels in the early 1980s. The Conan Chronicles is an omnibus of the first three: Conan the Invincible, Conan the Defender and Conan the Unconquered. Though perhaps lacking that touch of inspired madness that shone through Howard's clumsy writing and made Conan immortal, these are competent, full-blooded fantasy thrillers. Conan clashes with typical Howard foes, such as Amanar the Necromancer, servant of that snaky god-demon the Eater of Souls; Albanus the intending royal usurper, who has assembled an armoury of magic weapons to take a throne which Conan finds himself defending; and Jhandar the chaos mage of the Cult of Doom, who unwisely decides to eliminate Conan as an obstacle to his planned empire. Throughout there are lashings of swordplay, blood, loot, sex, human sacrifice, supernatural nasties and battles against impossible odds. Conan always ends up footloose, underfunded and ready for fresh exploits. As in soap opera, the charm of sword-and-sorcery fantasy is that the adventures go on forever. --David Langford


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'The bloodthirsty barbarian hero Conan the Cimmerian was created by Robert E. Howard in 17 stories written between 1932 and his suicide at age 30 in 1936. This influential saga of swords and sorcery has been rearranged and extended by other authors and Robert Jordan--now famous in fantasy for his Wheel of Time sequence--wrote seven new Conan novels in the early 1980s. The Conan Chronicles is an omnibus of the first three: Conan the Invincible, Conan the Defender and Conan the Unconquered. Though perhaps lacking that touch of inspired madness that shone through Howard's clumsy writing and made Conan immortal, these are competent, full-blooded fantasy thrillers. Conan clashes with typical Howard foes, such as Amanar the Necromancer, servant of that snaky god-demon the Eater of Souls; Albanus the intending royal usurper, who has assembled an armoury of magic weapons to take a throne which Conan finds himself defending; and Jhandar the chaos mage of the Cult of Doom, who unwisely decides to eliminate Conan as an obstacle to his planned empire. Throughout there are lashings of swordplay, blood, loot, sex, human sacrifice, supernatural nasties and battles against impossible odds. Conan always ends up footloose, underfunded and ready for fresh exploits. As in soap opera, the charm of sword-and-sorcery fantasy is that the adventures go on forever.' - David Langford, AMAZON.CO.UK

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3.0 out of 5 stars Early Jordan Honing His Skills, 8 Feb 2001
By Daniel Dean (Myrtle Beach, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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I picked up this book as a fan of Jordan's Wheel of Time, and the Schwarzenegger Conan movies. I figure put the two together and we're in business. Well... The three stories in this book have pretty much nothing to do with one another other than being vaguely chronological, and sharing one or two supporting characters. They were entertaining, but involved no development for our hero at all. It was like Jordan merely borrowed Conan and then put him back the way he found him. Unchanged- for better or worse. Much like a Bond movie. Not exactly my taste, but if that is fine with you- give it a shot!

In CONAN the INVINCIBLE, the barbarian/thief is hired by a nasty ol' wizard to steal five precious gems from a King's throne room only to find that someone has beaten him to it. Conan is apparently never fazed by anything, and of course pursues the rival thieves. He will stop at nothing to get his reward. This brings him face to face with several perils including an army of the King's men, the mysterious Red Hawk and her band of caravan-raiding bandits, as well as another evil wizard and his army of Lizard men.

In CONAN the DEFENDER, our hero arrives in the city of Belverus to, again, find work to fill his gold purse. His plan is to raise his own company of warriors, but Civil war threatens the Kingdom- and he must choose sides between his friends and the King. But first he must find out who has been trying to kill him and why.

In CONAN the UNCONQUERED, the barbarian once again arrives in a new city looking for a way to fill his pockets with gold and manages to end up knee deep in trouble. As usual, he does some bar crawling, sleeps with some gorgeous women, and of course- stops the evil wizard. This story was not as good as the other two in my opinion, but it was ok.

Over all I gave this book a 3 because the three stories were almost exact replicas of one another. By the end, I was bored and had heard it all before. However, you could do worse than this book if looking for a quick read, but in general I'd only recommend it to a younger audience.

-If you are looking for more "Wheel of Time" you are likely to be disappointed -but it is fun watching Jordan hone his skills.

-As far as Conan goes, I hear R E Howard's works are the best -so you might want to look there instead. That's next for me as well.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Conan buy this now!!!, 22 May 2003
By Gnd Davies (Wales) - See all my reviews
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I like Conan but normally when i read some of the books people write about him I find them boring, mainly because there's a lot of small time writers that use him for the odd book. But after reading this I'm glad to see that there are still really good writers out there writing amazing stories about good characters, this book is amazing there's no slow bits where u get bored it keeps you interested constanly through the book abd provides an AMAZING READ, BUY IT NOW!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Compilation of three great stories, 1 Dec 2000
The Conan Chronicles are three really great stories, yes there are points in the plots that are predictable like A goodlooking woman will get her kit off, and you know Conan will always vanquish even the greatest of demons, but there is more to these stories, they are extremely hard to put down.With Jordans discriptions You find yourself transported to this world and once there unwilling to leave.This truly is a must for any fantasy reader.Black Erlicks throne to those who think otherwise.
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