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[Mondas]

I been hearing a lot about imaro... Is it any good???? I heard him described as the black Conan in an alternate Africa... Is his books worth reading??? I checked online and ebay and I can't find them...

[Kane]

I been hearing a lot about imaro... Is it any good???? I heard him described as the black Conan in an alternate Africa... Is his books worth reading??? I checked online and ebay and I can't find them...

Currenty all of the books are OOP. I've read that there is the possibility that they may be reprinted sometime next year.
Information about the character and setting can be found here;
http://www.dodgenet....ossom/imaro.htm

[Snake]

Imaro is an proto-African warrior created by Charles Saunders who is Canadian. He first appeared in the Seventies.

[PaulMc]

I been hearing a lot about this book... Is it any good???? I heard him described as the black Conan in an alternate Africa... Is his books worth reading??? I checked online and ebay and I can't find them...

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I have not read Imaro, but just last night I read a story about Dossouye, a female warrior Saunders created, and it was a very good read.

eBay usually doesn't have much, but if you're really curious, try http://www.abebooks.com

I've seen most of the Imaro books listed there at one time or another.

In addition to 'Heroes of Dark Fantasy', you can find an interesting interview with Saunders here;

http://www.scifidime...lessaunders.htm

Personally, I love this quote;

My first story ... was about a character named Imaro, whom I specifically created as the brother who could kick Tarzan's ass...

[PaulMc]

Imaro

And, see the news item from 2/27/2006 for more details on the cover.

I can't wait to get this! I just wish it was hardcover and not trade-paperback.

[Almuric]

I'll have to watch for this. I've read the Imaro short stories, but not the novels. Great cover, too!

[Primeval]

I have been hoping this would show up at my local Barnes and Noble, or Border's, but no luck yet. I had seen the cover but didn't know who did it until your post - I wonder if that is the same Vince Evans who did some really great covers for SSOC years ago?

Edited by Primeval, 14 April 2006 - 11:44 PM.

[Hyborian Frog]

I just wish it was hardcover and not trade-paperback.

I was looking at this one on Nightshade's site the otherday myself. I wish it was hardcover.

[Croms Bones]

Great!

I just preordered this the other day, but wasn't expecting it until June.

[Hyborian Frog]

Awesome cover. Thanks for reminding me of this book threadstarter, I'll put an order in myself!!!

[deuce]

Rock on! Imaro, along with Keith Taylor's Felimid mac Fal (BARD), was one of the best sword-and-sorcery heroes to come out of the 80's (though both "premiered" in the 70's). The cover looks WAY better than Kelly's for the first book (though that Dinotopia guy actually kicked a$$ on the next two). I'd think Saunders would've wanted Imaro blacker.

[Croms Bones]

It's shipping at Amazon.. I just got my notification.

[Glstar6]

That is one amazing cover. I have been eagerly anticipating the release of Imaro since I first heard about Nightshade's plans to release it. I just put my order in for Imaro yesterday with Amazon.

I really do wish it was a hardcover instead of a trade paperback though.

[Almuric]

I finally ordered mine. More after I read it.

[Hyborian Frog]

Imaro 2 - The Quest for Cush is now available from Nighshade!!!

http://www.nightshad...aspx?bookid=149

Edited by Hyborian Frog, 12 January 2007 - 12:44 AM.

[PaulMc]

Imaro 2: Quest for Cush
http://www.nightshad...aspx?bookid=149

I know a few of us have been waiting for this! I have been, anyway!

[Almuric]

I'll have to order that one. The first was good. Hopefully Saunders will get to finish the series this time around.

[Kane]

Imaro 2: Quest for Cush
http://www.nightshad...aspx?bookid=149

I know a few of us have been waiting for this! I have been, anyway!

Thanks for the update and link. I've been waiting for this to be released ever since I finished the first book.

[deuce]

I've been an Imaro/Saunders fan since I bought the first one in the mid-80s (with that truly horrid Kelly cover). The cover on "2", like the first Wildside, ain't bad. Still, I think that Dinotopia dude really captured the essence of Imaro. On those covers Imaro is really black, as Saunders described him.

I hope Saunders is done with politically motivated "revisions". His reasoning vis a vis the Rwanda/Ruanda issue is ridiculous, IMO. The "Giant-Kings" chapter/tale was never a "cash-in" piece (since it was written way before), so why all the guilt and revisions? Is it misdirected shame over the fact that "Nyumbanis" can behave just as atrociously as "Mizungus"? I feel that it proves Saunders to be prophetic (as Howard has proved to be). The new chapters Saunders wrote are fine, but the "Giant-Kings" arc could have been fit in quite comfortably, if it weren't for Saunders' (rationally) inexplicable compulsion to "rewrite history". My two cents.

I forgot to give credit where credit is due: I first encountered Imaro in the truly excellent fantasy series The Year's Best Fantasy (DAW), edited by Lin Carter.

Edited by deuce, 07 February 2008 - 09:18 PM.

[Primeval]

I've been an Imaro/Saunders fan since I bought the first one in the mid-80s (with that truly horrid Kelly cover). The cover on "2", like the first Wildside, ain't bad. Still, I think that Dinotopia dude really captured the essence of Imaro. On those covers Imaro is really black, as Saunders described him.

I hope Saunders is done with politically motivated "revisions". His reasoning vis a vis the Rwanda/Ruanda issue is ridiculous, IMO. The "Giant-Kings" chapter/tale was never a "cash-in" piece (since it was written way before), so why all the guilt and revisions? Is it misdirected shame over the fact that "Nyumbanis" can behave just as atrociously as "Mizungus"? I feel that it proves Saunders to be prophetic (as Howard has proved to be). The new chapters Saunders wrote are fine, but the "Giant-Kings" arc could have been fit in quite comfortably, if it weren't for Saunders' inexplicable (rationally) compulsion to "rewrite history". My two cents.

I am just getting ready to read the replacement story, and have to admit I don't really understand the big deal over the original. There have been countless genocides through the course of history, so any story dealing with such a situation would have a parallel somewhere. I personally don't get offended by seige stories just because some of my ancestors may have been starved to death at Alesia by the Romans. On the other hand it is good to get something new from Saunders since I enjoy his writing so much. So I don't begrudge him this rewrite.

And I agree the Vince Evans covers are great - I always liked his SSOC covers quite a bit.

Edited by Primeval, 13 January 2007 - 09:35 PM.