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[Croms Bones]

Received a response:

The Robert E. Howard titles were delayed in their releasing. The Coming
of Conan the Cimmerian released yesterday, 7/14/09 and we have begun
shipping this title. If you have placed a pre-order for this title it
will be shipping within the next 1-2 days.

Best regards,
Megan xxxx
Customer Service Representative
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[Jay@Paradox]

As stated above, the first book, The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, shipped on July 13. The next book, The Bloody Crown of Conan, will ship at the end of August and the third book, The Conquering Sword of Conan, will ship at the end of September.

[Quills]

I missed this post, and made one of my own. I downloaded the first book from audible. The reader is good, and I think folks will enjoy it. I found a few personal annoyances. The reader pronounces Cimmeria as Simmer-ia. I'm used to Sim-air-ia and it drives me nuts. But I understand that he's probably saying it correctly. Also, I liked the reader for the Jordan audio books. He really had a great command of accents and his Conan was gruff, but youthful. This reader seems to be playing with a bit of scottish or irish like Conan is a medieval tribesman. Good, but a bit of a personal disapointment. Still, I'm happy it's finally been done, and I will certainly buy the rest.
Q

For those interested, here is the audible.com link:

http://www.audible.c...UseBVCookie=Yes

Edited by Quills, 20 July 2009 - 11:58 PM.

[Groucho]

I missed this post, and made one of my own. I downloaded the first book from audible. The reader is good, and I think folks will enjoy it. I found a few personal annoyances. The reader pronounces Cimmeria as Simmer-ia. I'm used to Sim-air-ia and it drives me nuts. But I understand that he's probably saying it correctly. Also, I liked the reader for the Jordan audio books. He really had a great command of accents and his Conan was gruff, but youthful. This reader seems to be playing with a bit of scottish or irish like Conan is a medieval tribesman. Good, but a bit of a personal disapointment. Still, I'm happy it's finally been done, and I will certainly buy the rest.
Q

For those interested, here is the audible.com link:

http://www.audible.c...UseBVCookie=Yes

Are the Robert Jordan Conan stories available as audioboobks? I didn't see them at Audible nor have I ever seen them in audiobook form. I just finished reading "The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1" by Jordan and I'm looking to get "The Further Chronicles of Conan" sometime in the future. I'd rather have them in audiobook format since I commute alot.

[wayland]

I am downloading The Bloody Crown of Conan from Audible.com now. I thought Tantor did a great job with the first of the series. Not how I always pronounced Cimmeria though.

[Strom]

FYI - The Coming of Conan is now available on ITunes - at a significant discount - without having to join a club.

[Primeval]

I had a very long drive over the weekend, and listened to about half of "The Coming of Conan" and really enjoyed it. The reader does a good job. I will look forward to the rest of the series.

[deuce]

Forum member Brian Murphy takes a good look at the Tantor adaptation of The Tower of the Elephant here:


http://www.thecimmerian.com/?p=5477

[Cadogan]

It's been a long time since I've been on this forum, and look what I've been missing!! After reading this thread, I went directly to Amazon and bought all three of these. I'm in the car about 2 hours a day, and this will certainly add some spice to the drive. (though perhaps Conan is not the best thing to be listening to when battling through traffic lol) Can't wait to give them a listen!

[Lord Greystoke]

has the third volume, "Conquering Sword" been released yet?

[Strom]

has the third volume, "Conquering Sword" been released yet?

Looks like it LG:

Tantor Media -Conan

[Strom]

Has anyone purchased the audio CDs? I'm interested in how the CDs were packaged. I'm impressed with the front cover - a close-up of the Del Rey cover.

[Lord Greystoke]

i got the mp3 cd's

[wayland]

THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN is now avalible on Audible.com

[Waldgeist]

I am not impressed by the speaker to be honest, but then again as a german, we have the biggest voice-over market in the world due to the fact, that we get every movie, tv-series, book etc.. translated and we get voice over actors to read audio-books that normally do the voice over for award winning actors and they are a lot better than the average audio book reader I've heard in most English audio books so far. (though I did like the classic Harry Potter audio-books from the BBC, their voice over was really really well acted)

[Strom]

Great time to pickup a few REH audiobooks from Tantor Media - 30% off and free shipping! Offer ends April 16th!

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[Ironhand]

I am not impressed by the speaker to be honest, but then again as a german, we have the biggest voice-over market in the world due to the fact, that we get every movie, tv-series, book etc.. translated and we get voice over actors to read audio-books that normally do the voice over for award winning actors and they are a lot better than the average audio book reader I've heard in most English audio books so far. (though I did like the classic Harry Potter audio-books from the BBC, their voice over was really really well acted)

Hey, Waldgeist, I suddenly thought of a question: Do German voice actors bother to distinguish between an American accent and a British accent? Is there a difference to German ears? How did they handle Harry Potter?

[onewhowalkedalone]

I'll be very happy when these are released, i cant think of a better way to start your day than to drive down the road listening to the works of REH

[Strom]

I'll be very happy when these are released, i cant think of a better way to start your day than to drive down the road listening to the works of REH

Not sure which books you mean One! So for clarification - all three Conan Del Rey books have been released along with Kull and Solomon Kane. March 30th sees the release of The Horror Stories of REH, followed by Bran Mak Morn release on May 17, 2010.

[Waldgeist]

*sigh* I just tried to purchase the first volume from audible.com but thanks to Tantor not owning the rights to publish audio books in Germany, I am not even able to buy it from them. Man how I hate it, that in a GLOBAL internet, they still use borders in a traditional way. It just makes no sense. I could buy it in the US and it with me to Germany, but I cannot buy it virtually from Germany.

We're sorry. Due to publishing rights restrictions, we are not authorized to sell this item in the country where you live.