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[megocimmerian]

Hello, I'm new too!

[HowardHead]

Hello, Rossdude! We're all students and scholars here, pal. We look forward to hearing from you whenever you can give it to us. I'm coming from the opposite perspective: I read his non-Conan tales and poetry long before just starting to read The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian. Bob hasn't disappointed me yet: Thank you, Sir. Poetry's the safe drug.

[Alhazred]

Hello I'm new here. I'm a long time Conan fan. I first discovered Conan through R.E.Howards association with H.P.Lovecraft and there connected Mythos. I read Dark Horse Conan aswell and also play Age of Conan. My favorite element of the Conan tales are demons and dark gods that lurk in Hyboria's forgotten places and the dark wizards and priest who serve them. My favorite story in 'The Slithering Shadow' but i have not as of yet read all the tales.

[deuce]

Hello I'm new here. I'm a long time Conan fan. I first discovered Conan through R.E.Howards association with H.P.Lovecraft and there connected Mythos. I read Dark Horse Conan aswell and also play Age of Conan. My favorite element of the Conan tales are demons and dark gods that lurk in Hyboria's forgotten places and the dark wizards and priest who serve them. My favorite story in 'The Slithering Shadow' but i have not as of yet read all the tales.

Glad you found your way here, Alhazred! I envy you your first time reading Howard's Conan yarns. BTW, we have threads regarding the Mythos and the Hyborian Age, as well as a thread on all of REH's Mythos tales.

[Cromsfist]

Greetings,

I have been a Conan fan since I was a teenager in the 80's,which then led to me liking Kull, which led to me liking Solomon Kane and Black Vulmea as well. By the time I was a young adult I realized I was a fan of REH.

I look forward to interacting with the like minded people on this forum. My son and I have a Conan blog and we'd love to have any of you drop in and check it out. (I linked it in my signature as I didn't want to break any forum rules.) It mostly has to do with the Conan comics. I'm so excited that my son has become a fan of Conan too...Almost feel like the torch has been passed on and he'll tend to the flame.

Thanks!

Edited by Cromsfist, 19 June 2011 - 12:35 AM.

[Buxom Sorceress]

Greetings,

I have been a Conan fan since I was a teenager in the 80's,which then led to me liking Kull, which led to me liking Solomon Kane and Black Vulmea as well. By the time I was a young adult I realized I was a fan of REH.

I look forward to interacting with the like minded people on this forum. My son and I have a Conan blog and we'd love to have any of you drop in and check it out. (I linked it in my signature as I didn't want to break any forum rules.) It mostly has to do with the Conan comics. I'm so excited that my son has become a fan of Conan too...Almost feel like the torch has been passed on and he'll tend to the flame.

Thanks!

Welcome !

I enjoyed reading your Blog of reviews of comics.

[Cromsfist]

Greetings,

I have been a Conan fan since I was a teenager in the 80's,which then led to me liking Kull, which led to me liking Solomon Kane and Black Vulmea as well. By the time I was a young adult I realized I was a fan of REH.

I look forward to interacting with the like minded people on this forum. My son and I have a Conan blog and we'd love to have any of you drop in and check it out. (I linked it in my signature as I didn't want to break any forum rules.) It mostly has to do with the Conan comics. I'm so excited that my son has become a fan of Conan too...Almost feel like the torch has been passed on and he'll tend to the flame.

Thanks!

Welcome !

I enjoyed reading your Blog of reviews of comics.

Thanks!

[mario]

Hello all! new to the forum as well and wanted to introduce myself.Been a longtime fan of howard, got the del rey conan series as well as many of the ace rerpints bought in the 90's as well as the baen kull, solomon kane, bran mak morn, cormac mac art etc... there are still i need to get around to.I was a regular at the movie blog, knew about this place and wanted to give it a whirl...looking forward to reading posting and sharing with everyone, and most importantly to have fun! cheers!

[Crom]

Hello all! new to the forum as well and wanted to introduce myself.Been a longtime fan of howard, got the del rey conan series as well as many of the ace rerpints bought in the 90's as well as the baen kull, solomon kane, bran mak morn, cormac mac art etc... there are still i need to get around to.I was a regular at the movie blog, knew about this place and wanted to give it a whirl...looking forward to reading posting and sharing with everyone, and most importantly to have fun! cheers!

Welcome aboard, Mario. There's lots to see.

[muskrat]

Hello, folks. This is Muskrat. I've been a Conan/REH fan since I was old enough to read. This is a great site, some really interesting and intelligent folks 'round here. Be expecting some muskratty comments here and there. Rock on.

[Kortoso]

Hello, folks. This is Muskrat. I've been a Conan/REH fan since I was old enough to read. This is a great site, some really interesting and intelligent folks 'round here. Be expecting some muskratty comments here and there. Rock on.

Thank you and welcome Muskrat!

[deuce]

Hello, folks. This is Muskrat. I've been a Conan/REH fan since I was old enough to read. This is a great site, some really interesting and intelligent folks 'round here. Be expecting some muskratty comments here and there. Rock on.

Good to have ya!

[theagenes]

Welcome Cromsfist, Mario, and Muskrat!

[Reaver]

Hello again! I'm back (for now). Who wants to punch me first?

[Officer Aggro]

Hello again! I'm back (for now). Who wants to punch me first?

Depends on whether or not you hit back.

[willderbeast]

Greetings, y'all!

I are being the Willderbeast, from the sparkly, sunny (and suspiciously sea monster-free) waters of Prince Edward Island, Canada. I've recently hopped aboard the forums as a full-on member after months spent occasionally popping in and out for tidbits of information as I wallow my way through Robert E. Howard's fiction -- a practice I continue to follow, but this time with a username.

I originally came to Howard's work through H.P. Lovecraft after reading the short story, The Black Stone in a Cthulhu mythos omnibus I'd received for Christmas in 1997. I'd long known of both men's admiration and penpalship with one another, so it seemed only natural to switch trains over to Howard's work as I wrapped up my reading of Lovecraft; the man's complete catalog hardly reaches Howard's voluminous output, but it's pretty great all the same.

At the time, finding anything written by Howard outside the used bookstores amounted to a well-nigh impossible task with the recently published Baen editions going out-of-print and the first Wandering Star/Del Ray editions still more than a year or two away. Nonetheless, I tracked down and read the adventures of Kull, Bran Mak Morn, El Borak and Solomon Kane, along with a soupcon of other stories and poems before giving it a rest for awhile. I can still recall my first late night, pants-wetting reading of Pigeons From Hell -- spooky stuff!

Of late, I've returned to reading Howard's fiction through the loving ministrations of Penguin Books' fine collection, Heroes in the Wind and the fortuitous birthday acquisition of the Prion Conan the Barbarian omnibus. Having blazed my way through both volumes, I've now resumed my readings with the Baen Cormac Mac Art edition and will likely continue in this vein for quite some time.

As for my participation on this board, you're not likely to hear from me very often since I tend to use the forum mainly for information and enlightenment concerning Howard's stories and characters. Nonetheless, I wanted to introduce myself and thank you all for your knowledgable opinions and insights that have made this place an invaluable learning resource for me.

It's also kinda fun!

Cheers, mates!

[Crom]

Greetings, y'all!

I are being the Willderbeast, from the sparkly, sunny (and suspiciously sea monster-free) waters of Prince Edward Island, Canada. I've recently hopped aboard the forums as a full-on member after months spent occasionally popping in and out for tidbits of information as I wallow my way through Robert E. Howard's fiction -- a practice I continue to follow, but this time with a username.

I originally came to Howard's work through H.P. Lovecraft after reading the short story, The Black Stone in a Cthulhu mythos omnibus I'd received for Christmas in 1997. I'd long known of both men's admiration and penpalship with one another, so it seemed only natural to switch trains over to Howard's work as I wrapped up my reading of Lovecraft; the man's complete catalog hardly reaches Howard's voluminous output, but it's pretty great all the same.

At the time, finding anything written by Howard outside the used bookstores amounted to a well-nigh impossible task with the recently published Baen editions going out-of-print and the first Wandering Star/Del Ray editions still more than a year or two away. Nonetheless, I tracked down and read the adventures of Kull, Bran Mak Morn, El Borak and Solomon Kane, along with a soupcon of other stories and poems before giving it a rest for awhile. I can still recall my first late night, pants-wetting reading of Pigeons From Hell -- spooky stuff!

Of late, I've returned to reading Howard's fiction through the loving ministrations of Penguin Books' fine collection, Heroes in the Wind and the fortuitous birthday acquisition of the Prion Conan the Barbarian omnibus. Having blazed my way through both volumes, I've now resumed my readings with the Baen Cormac Mac Art edition and will likely continue in this vein for quite some time.

As for my participation on this board, you're not likely to hear from me very often since I tend to use the forum mainly for information and enlightenment concerning Howard's stories and characters. Nonetheless, I wanted to introduce myself and thank you all for your knowledgable opinions and insights that have made this place an invaluable learning resource for me.

It's also kinda fun!

Cheers, mates!

Ah, a fellow Canuck. Welcome aboard.

[willderbeast]

Ah, a fellow Canuck. Welcome aboard.

Thanks, eh! Just had a boo at your Website and I gotta say I love Toronto a lot; I'm considering a move there at some point when my Marketing/Advertising course is finished next April.

I'm originally from Nova Scotia - the same province that forum member Seamvs appears to be from. In fact, I'd thought about contributing to the Oak Island Money Pit thread, but I didn't really have any insights to offer since I lived in the next bay over -- St. Margaret's Bay -- and hadn't been to the place since I was nine. I do remember being upset we couldn't catch a tour boat to the place, but that's about it, really.

Oh, and there was ice cream -- I do remember that!
Wonderful, wonderful ice cream.

Edited by willderbeast, 30 August 2011 - 06:28 PM.

[Crom]

Ah, a fellow Canuck. Welcome aboard.

Thanks, eh! Just had a boo at your Website and I gotta say I love Toronto a lot; I'm considering a move there at some point when my Marketing/Advertising course is finished next April.

I'm originally from Nova Scotia - the same province that forum member Seamvs appears to be from. In fact, I'd thought about contributing to the Oak Island Money Pit thread, but I didn't really have any insights to offer since I lived in the next bay over -- St. Margaret's Bay -- and hadn't been to the place since I was nine. I do remember being upset we couldn't catch a tour boat to the place, but that's about it, really.

Oh, and there was ice cream -- I do remember that!
Wonderful, wonderful ice cream.

Thanks for checking out the site. If you make it to Toronto look me up.

[Thak]

Hello, just signed up recently. I guess the new movie made me do it . I have been on and off this board reading posts for about 8yrs or so. Don't know why i never joined.
I got into Conan at about the age of 11. Wow almost 30 years ago. My mom asked me to pick a book for reading while we were in a shopping mall, and when i saw book 1 of the 12 book series on the shelf, i decided to give it a try and have been hooked ever since. I think i read that book a hundred times, that first year. I could probably re-tell the god in the bowl or the tower of the Elephant word for word, lol.
I have a nice book , comic, toy, collection, anything Conan.
I hope to post and contribute a bit more.
thanks


Also from Toronto

Edited by Thak, 03 October 2011 - 09:30 PM.