Review: A Classic in Adventure Fantasy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 13, 2014
While I've have always loved the Conan story and have been familar with it for decades this is the first time that I have ever taken the opportunity to read the stories as written by the author.  I must say that I am greatly impressed.  These stories are timeless classics of adventure fantasy.  While short, they are filled with amazing detail and vibrant words that create wonderful literary imagery that carries the reader into a wonderful world of daring and gusto.  Conan is brave, bold, and bigger than life.  He fights men, demons, and monsters and vanquishes them through strength and cunning.  Conan always gets the woman and he always wins, making him both a legend in literature and in our own world.  Taken with a grain of salt, Conan is a very fun read.The book itself has a few problems.  There are typos, although only a few and they're scattered throughout the book.  They are however obvious when you spot them and I found them distracting.  My other complaint is that the 'Go to..." feature of the book does not include the Table of Contents.  It's there but you don't find it until you start reading the actual stories.  There is a link at the beginnig of each story that will take you to it.  Unfortunately, the book opens not to the first story but to the essays on 'Who is Conan' and 'The Hyboerian Age' and you have to read these first before getting into the stories and learning that there is a Table of Contents.Still it is a fantastic read and well worth the price of the book.  I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in it.  I enjoyed it and I'm certain that you will as well.