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...and Their Memory Was A Bitter Tree from Underwood Books

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 12:30 AM

Underwood Books: ...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE - Coming in September!
by Robert E. Howard; with art by Frank Frazetta & Brom

This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel by the "Father of Sword & Sorcery," Robert E. Howard. Also included is The Hyborian Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched fantasy world Conan inhabited. Featuring an Afterword by American horror writer and cult figure H.P. Lovecraft, written in Howard's memory after his untimely death at age thirty, ...And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree includes a new color map of Howard's fictional Hyborian realm and a cover and interior painting by Brom (Darkwerks), along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings.

This volume is also available in a deluxe, slipcased edition strictly limited to 500 copies, complete with an additional new Conan painting by Brom.

Hardcover, 7x10, 640 pages, $25.00
Limited Slipcased Hardcover, 7x10, 640 pages, $100.00
Underwood Books
http://www.underwoodbooks.com/

...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (Now Available in comic shops).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN084491. (Hardcover)
The Diamond Item Code is JUN084492. (Limited Slipcased Hardcover)

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 01:35 AM

Looks good. I really like that cover illustration, though she's a bit pale to be Belit, don't you think?

Any chance of an interior preview?
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Posted 31 May 2008 - 01:38 AM

Not at this time.
As the book nears publication, I hope to have additional info on the story contents and illustrations.

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 02:13 AM

bthom, thanks for the tip! I already preordered it on Amazon. It looks like it will be a worthy addition to my collection.
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Posted 31 May 2008 - 02:20 AM

View PostCormac, on May 30 2008, 08:35 PM, said:

Looks good. I really like that cover illustration, though she's a bit pale to be Belit, don't you think?


Yeah, but look at that face! She's totally hard-core. I think that's the best illustration of Belit I've ever seen.
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Posted 31 May 2008 - 05:10 AM

View Postbthom, on May 31 2008, 01:30 AM, said:

Underwood Books: ...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE - Coming in September!
by Robert E. Howard; with art by Frank Frazetta & Brom

This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel by the "Father of Sword & Sorcery," Robert E. Howard. Also included is The Hyborian Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched fantasy world Conan inhabited. Featuring an Afterword by American horror writer and cult figure H.P. Lovecraft, written in Howard's memory after his untimely death at age thirty, ...And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree includes a new color map of Howard's fictional Hyborian realm and a cover and interior painting by Brom (Darkwerks), along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings.

This volume is also available in a deluxe, slipcased edition strictly limited to 500 copies, complete with an additional new Conan painting by Brom.

Hardcover, 7x10, 640 pages, $25.00
Limited Slipcased Hardcover, 7x10, 640 pages, $100.00
Underwood Books
http://www.underwoodbooks.com/

...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (Now Available in comic shops).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN084491. (Hardcover)
The Diamond Item Code is JUN084492. (Limited Slipcased Hardcover)

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That's just AWESOME! Thank you SO much, Bill. :D For those who might not know, the "Arnie Fenner" who has written the foreword is the editor/publisher (along with his wife, Cathy) of SPECTRUM magazine, the premier fantasy art publication.

This looks to be a great companion piece to Wandering Star's The Ultimate Triumph. Underwood is a quality publisher. I'm probably buying this one. Even the title kicks a$$!

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 07:06 AM

This sounds great! Is the limited edition available for pre-order on amazon.com too?

And I am about to show ignorance - where is the title quote from?
“ Roll on me like a flood, now, if ye dare! Before your viper fangs drink my life I will reap your multitudes like ripened barley - of your severed heads will I build a tower and of your mangled corpses will I rear up a wall!.” - Bran Mak Morn in "Worms of the Earth"

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 07:15 AM

View PostPrimeval, on May 31 2008, 02:06 AM, said:

This sounds great! Is the limited edition available for pre-order on amazon.com too?

And I am about to show ignorance - where is the title quote from?


Chapter 2 of Queen of the Black Coast

The Tigress ranged the sea, and the black villages shuddered. Tomtoms beat in the night, with a tale that the she-devil of the sea had found a mate, an iron man whose wrath was as that of a wounded lion. And survivors of butchered Stygian ships named Belit with curses, and a white warrior with fierce blue eyes; so the Stygian princes remembered this man long and long, and their memory was a bitter tree which bore crimson fruit in the years to come.

Probably the place to go for the limited edition will be Bud Plant, although its not listed yet. The limited edition of "Exile of Atlantis" is, though.

http://budsartbooks.com/

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--Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, ca. June 1928--

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 07:32 AM

Thanks! I'm embarrassed I didn't know that considering "Queen of the Black Coast" is my favorite Conan story :(
“ Roll on me like a flood, now, if ye dare! Before your viper fangs drink my life I will reap your multitudes like ripened barley - of your severed heads will I build a tower and of your mangled corpses will I rear up a wall!.” - Bran Mak Morn in "Worms of the Earth"

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 05:10 PM

Yes, the limited edition is also available for pre-order on Amazon.com.
http://tinyurl.com/6bea2p

Bud's Art Books will also carry both editions once the book is published.
http://budsartbooks.com/

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 05:18 PM

Beautiful cover, and a fantastic title!

I wonder what the 9 Chosen Conan tales will be? I think Queen of the Black Coast is a given from the title, and Hour of the Dragon would be the full-length novel. What about the other 8?

I'd guess...
The Phoenix on the Sword
The Scarlet Citadel
The Tower of the Elephant
Rogues in the House
The People of the Black Circle
Beyond the Black River
Red Nails
The Black Stranger

I think these are good contenders. Any other guesses?
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Posted 31 May 2008 - 05:28 PM

View PostTaranaich, on May 31 2008, 06:18 PM, said:

Beautiful cover, and a fantastic title!

I wonder what the 9 Chosen Conan tales will be? I think Queen of the Black Coast is a given from the title, and Hour of the Dragon would be the full-length novel. What about the other 8?

I'd guess...
The Phoenix on the Sword
The Scarlet Citadel
The Tower of the Elephant
Rogues in the House
The People of the Black Circle
Beyond the Black River
Red Nails
The Black Stranger

I think these are good contenders. Any other guesses?


Hey Taranaich! MY guess would be that they'll try to tie the yarns in with as many FF Conan covers as they can (which matches up with your list pretty well). Then again, maybe not. :)

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Posted 31 May 2008 - 09:35 PM

A gorgeous cover. They should have got Brom to illustrate those Gor books. His work has an S&M flavour, but then again he tends to favour dominant women, so maybe not! What a pity Del Rey didn't gey hold of him as well.

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Posted 02 June 2008 - 07:14 AM

I love that cover illo. If I was a fat merchant sea captain on a fat merchant ship, those are definitely the last two people in the world I would want to meet. :unsure:
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Posted 02 June 2008 - 07:57 AM

Me WANT!!! ME MUST HAVE!!!

Is there an official release date yet?
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Posted 02 June 2008 - 11:59 AM

View Postberserkmax, on Jun 2 2008, 08:57 AM, said:

Me WANT!!! ME MUST HAVE!!!

Is there an official release date yet?


Me want too!! :lol:
Me pre-ordered amazon.
Amazon sez me book come end September/ start October!!
Me so happy me make pants full!! :P


Seriously, Amazon.de has it listed for the end of September or the beginning of October. But since this is amazon.de it could be a week or so earlier in the states.
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Posted 18 June 2008 - 08:01 PM

The limited edition is 40% off at Amazon.

It is now mine!

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Posted 19 June 2008 - 07:07 AM

View PostIronhand, on Jun 2 2008, 03:14 PM, said:

I love that cover illo. If I was a fat merchant sea captain on a fat merchant ship, those are definitely the last two people in the world I would want to meet. :unsure:


Let's hope they find that 'unknown' and he bears a striking resemblance. Cuz that's almost perfect (IMO).
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 05:15 PM

Wow!!! I am getting the limited edition and throwing it on the shelf next to "Ultimate Triumph"!!!

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Posted 20 June 2008 - 05:28 PM

View PostIronhand, on Jun 1 2008, 11:14 PM, said:

I love that cover illo. If I was a fat merchant sea captain on a fat merchant ship, those are definitely the last two people in the world I would want to meet. :unsure:


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