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Posted 04 October 2011 - 07:06 AM
Welcome, Thak. I can hardly wait to see what you will choose as your avatar.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 28 October 2011 - 02:32 AM
Hello,
I've actually been registered on this website for a while now, but have never gotten around to actually posting in the forums until now. I joined this community because I'm a sucker for the kind of fantasy adventure stories Robert E. Howard would tell. He's among my favorite writers in any genre (though my absolute favorite has to be Charles R. Saunders, author of the Imaro series, which IIRC were actually inspired by Howard). Also, the recent Conan movie was awesome.
I've actually been registered on this website for a while now, but have never gotten around to actually posting in the forums until now. I joined this community because I'm a sucker for the kind of fantasy adventure stories Robert E. Howard would tell. He's among my favorite writers in any genre (though my absolute favorite has to be Charles R. Saunders, author of the Imaro series, which IIRC were actually inspired by Howard). Also, the recent Conan movie was awesome.
Edited by Jabrosky, 28 October 2011 - 02:33 AM.
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Posted 28 October 2011 - 03:31 PM
Thak, Jabrosky, welcome aboard.Hello,
I've actually been registered on this website for a while now, but have never gotten around to actually posting in the forums until now. I joined this community because I'm a sucker for the kind of fantasy adventure stories Robert E. Howard would tell. He's among my favorite writers in any genre (though my absolute favorite has to be Charles R. Saunders, author of the Imaro series, which IIRC were actually inspired by Howard). Also, the recent Conan movie was awesome.
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Posted 31 October 2011 - 08:46 PM
Hails guys! Its me again. Well I was named "Wrath of Crom" before but I lost all my infos and couldnt log in anymore. Had to make a new profile. I've been off the forum a good while. Like a good year.....needed to for sometime, but I'm back. I will post some new art again dont worry. Have lots of stuff going on. But just wanted to write a few words.
Hope to hear from you guys again.
Talk to you soon.
SOC.
Hope to hear from you guys again.
Talk to you soon.
SOC.
“What lies before me is known only to those who weave the destiny of men. Yet I will fear no darkness for the glitter of steel lights my path yonder shadowy abysses.” -The Woodwoman. by Vjohrrnt Wodansson
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Posted 06 November 2011 - 11:15 PM
Hello everyone, new to the Conan forums!
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Posted 07 November 2011 - 03:36 AM
Hello everyone, new to the Conan forums!
Welcome! Nice avatar, btw!
Money and muscle, that's what I want; to be able to do any damned thing I want and get away with it. Money won't do that altogether, because if a man is a weakling, all the money in the world won't enable him to soak an enemy himself; on the other hand, unless he has money he may not be able to get away with it.
--Robert E. Howard to Harold Preece, ca. June 1928--
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Posted 26 November 2011 - 09:54 PM
I'm a new kid checking out the forums.
Read my first Conan book when I was in 6th grade.
I can't recall if it was 'King Conan' or 'Conan Of Cimmeria'....too long ago.
But, I've been a fan ever since.
Personally, given the plethora of Conan authors, the only Conan authors I would read are by REH and Robert Jordan.
I have the complete (12) Ace series purchase when they first starting printing them.
I also have the (3) Jordan ones being 'Chronicles Of Conan' - 'Further Chronicles Of Conan' and 'Sagas Of Conan.
Lastly, I have 'Conan The Swordsman' in paper back which I believe is redundant with what I already have.
From what I've read on the web the REH purists have little good things to say of the many other authored renditions.
Carry on.....have a good weekend.
Read my first Conan book when I was in 6th grade.
I can't recall if it was 'King Conan' or 'Conan Of Cimmeria'....too long ago.
But, I've been a fan ever since.
Personally, given the plethora of Conan authors, the only Conan authors I would read are by REH and Robert Jordan.
I have the complete (12) Ace series purchase when they first starting printing them.
I also have the (3) Jordan ones being 'Chronicles Of Conan' - 'Further Chronicles Of Conan' and 'Sagas Of Conan.
Lastly, I have 'Conan The Swordsman' in paper back which I believe is redundant with what I already have.
From what I've read on the web the REH purists have little good things to say of the many other authored renditions.
Carry on.....have a good weekend.
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Posted 26 November 2011 - 11:33 PM
I'm a new kid checking out the forums.
Read my first Conan book when I was in 6th grade.
I can't recall if it was 'King Conan' or 'Conan Of Cimmeria'....too long ago.
But, I've been a fan ever since.
Personally, given the plethora of Conan authors, the only Conan authors I would read are by REH and Robert Jordan.
I have the complete (12) Ace series purchase when they first starting printing them.
I also have the (3) Jordan ones being 'Chronicles Of Conan' - 'Further Chronicles Of Conan' and 'Sagas Of Conan.
Lastly, I have 'Conan The Swordsman' in paper back which I believe is redundant with what I already have.
Welocome aboard, Quaz! So, did you start out reading one of the Gnome Press volumes? I did.
From what I've read on the web the REH purists have little good things to say of the many other authored renditions.
Ah, the "purist" thing. You might want to check out this thread:
http://www.conan.com...st&fromsearch=1
...and this document: http://www.rehupa.co...e_manifesto.htm
"Purist" gets thrown around a quite a bit on this fine forum, usually by someone who wants to portray another member as narrow-minded/whatever. Burke's manifesto nowhere forbids readers from enjoying Howardian pastiches. Mr. Burke himself is on record as being a fan of the pastiche work by Roy Thomas and Wagner. I, myself, am a fan of those two as well as Hocking and Roberts. While there are a few (self-labeled) "purists" proclaiming they read "REH and nothing but" who occasionally post here, most "purists" that one finds in Howard fandom are of the "Burkean" variety (including myself). Just setting the record straight.
Carry on.....have a good weekend.
You do the same.
Good to have another guitar player on here.
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Posted 27 November 2011 - 07:28 AM
Welcome Quaz! Looking forward to getting to know you better.
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Posted 29 November 2011 - 02:49 AM
Howdy......
For the record...trust me....I'm no 'purist' nor pretend to be any literary critic.
Hope I'm not inadvertently 'stirring the pot' from an epic thread.
I just read a lot of 'reviews' (for what they are worth) about the all the Conan versions during my web research.
I believe half of what I see and none of what I hear anyway but the 'purist' attitudes in many of the reviews was painfully obvious to me.
Personally, I like REH and Jordon and have yet not read any of the other authors.
Frazetta's artwork is still most captivating to me.
Just today I ordered 'Conan The Destroyer' (Jordon) in paperback for three big dollars which completes my purchasing interests.....for the moment.
Can't recall if my first was Gnome or not.
A friend in 8th grade recommended Conan and I checked it out from the library.
Hard bound...a bit worn on the edges.
Yeah....guitar playing....I've stuck with it over some decades.
It's good therapy.
Thanks for the responses and welcome.
Carry on...
For the record...trust me....I'm no 'purist' nor pretend to be any literary critic.
Hope I'm not inadvertently 'stirring the pot' from an epic thread.
I just read a lot of 'reviews' (for what they are worth) about the all the Conan versions during my web research.
I believe half of what I see and none of what I hear anyway but the 'purist' attitudes in many of the reviews was painfully obvious to me.
Personally, I like REH and Jordon and have yet not read any of the other authors.
Frazetta's artwork is still most captivating to me.
Just today I ordered 'Conan The Destroyer' (Jordon) in paperback for three big dollars which completes my purchasing interests.....for the moment.
Can't recall if my first was Gnome or not.
A friend in 8th grade recommended Conan and I checked it out from the library.
Hard bound...a bit worn on the edges.
Yeah....guitar playing....I've stuck with it over some decades.
It's good therapy.
Thanks for the responses and welcome.
Carry on...
Edited by Quaz, 29 November 2011 - 05:30 PM.
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 05:32 AM
I have just 3 nice words for you......Personally, I like REH and Jordon and have yet not read any of the other authors....
JOHN MADDOX ROBERTS
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[ i like Jordan, very good, but Roberts is much better at grim Conan, and dark weird tales. ]
Check out our lots of reviews and info on all the pastiche books.
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 06:55 AM
I would like to mention John Hocking's Conan and the Emerald Lotus.
"Did you deem yourself strong, because you were able to twist the heads off civilized folk, poor weaklings with muscles like rotten string? Hell! Break the neck of a wild Cimmerian bull before you call yourself strong. I did that, before I was a full-grown man...!" - Conan, in "Shadows in Zamboula", by Robert E. Howard
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
"... you speak of Venarium familiarly. Perhaps you were there?"
"I was," grunted [Conan]. "I was one of the horde that swarmed over the hills. I hadn't yet seen fifteen snows, but already my name was repeated about the council fires." - "Beyond the Black River", by Robert E. Howard
Read my Conan screenplays at The Scrolls of Ironhand (in particular my transcription of THE FROST GIANT'S DAUGHTER in Act II of "The Snow Devil") at
http://www.scrollsof...d.us/index.html or at
http://www.delicious...ic=ConanProject
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 10:40 AM
Buxom Sorceress & Ironhand.....
Thank you both for the recommendations and I'm happy to check them out.
Very cool that John Maddox Roberts contributes here also.
Duece.....
Being as how I'm 64 it must have been the 'Gnome press' volumes in my elementary school library.
Couldn't sleep so here I am wasting bandwidth.
Have a good day all...
Thank you both for the recommendations and I'm happy to check them out.
Very cool that John Maddox Roberts contributes here also.
Duece.....
Being as how I'm 64 it must have been the 'Gnome press' volumes in my elementary school library.
Couldn't sleep so here I am wasting bandwidth.
Have a good day all...
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 11:29 AM
I would like to mention John Hocking's Conan and the Emerald Lotus.
An excellent Conan pastiche.
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 11:34 AM
Buxom Sorceress & Ironhand.....
Thank you both for the recommendations and I'm happy to check them out.
Very cool that John Maddox Roberts contributes here also.
Mr. Hocking posts here at least as much as JMR. We're glad to have them both.
Duece.....
Being as how I'm 64 it must have been the 'Gnome press' volumes in my elementary school library.
Without a doubt. The Gnomes, not the Lancers were my first intro to REH's Conan.
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 05:39 PM
John Hocking here too....I'm sure having their contributions here generates much good dialogue.
I'll continue lurking and contribute with some dumb questions, I'm sure.
A good day to all....carry on...
I'll continue lurking and contribute with some dumb questions, I'm sure.
A good day to all....carry on...
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Posted 01 December 2011 - 05:59 PM
Welcome John!John Hocking here too....I'm sure having their contributions here generates much good dialogue.
I'll continue lurking and contribute with some dumb questions, I'm sure.
A good day to all....carry on...
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Posted 12 January 2012 - 11:16 PM
I discovered Robert E Howard 30 years ago. He was one of two writers that really got me interested in reading . Im glad to be here.
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Posted 13 January 2012 - 01:06 AM
Welcome to the REH Forum, Rockamobile!
Tex
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Tex
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Posted 17 January 2012 - 06:02 AM
I AM BACK, well i wasnt a very active member before but i did post a few times and enjoyed this site. It been a rough year for ole howler. (2011 startting out in the middle of 2010) long story short.
2010 summer noticed things weren't right between and me and Mrs Howler. Dec 2010. Mrs Howler says she wants divorce after 9 years of marriage, howler knows he is not an easy guy to live with, combat vet, (paratrooper 82nd airborne) now wrestling/grappling coach, single father of 3 before we met, howler pretty broken up at first.
Mrs howler knew what she was getting and she also knew howler doesnt party, does smoke a little mj, doesnt drink often, but likes good beer will drink new years, birthday, and 4th of july and maybe one or two other times a year. like good exspensive beer. Jan 2011 howler kicks wife out of house till he finds him house to live in. Mrs howler is a jam band fan and a party chick stays gone for about a 3rd of year, last 3 to 4 years in row since kids get out of highschool. spends holwers money howler lives off of 300 a month and still runs gym.
finds house took 4 months to get, was still looking while trying to get house wanted, little trouble from sellers due to number (20 something damn it) heirs, still got good deal on brick house on a nice "holler" (hollow-howler from eastern KY, he can say that) kept getting flak from future ex mrs howler wanting"her"house back, howler takes time doesnt give a shit. kids. howlers kids not future ex kids (she has none) take mrs howlers side despite her cheating on their dad howler. howler gets confused hurt then pissed disowns kids all in their 20s. Ex mrs howler family has money but ex mrs howler doesnt and lives beyond her means underderminers howlers athority with howlers kiids, ex mrs howler is left wing liberal howler thinks since he is strict and not rich howlers kids lean towards no displine and money, oldest gay female left wing liberal,like ex mrs holwer, hate military therefor hate every male member of howlers family howler told this by howler oldest while howler is going through divorce howler thinks oldest knew about affair ex mrs howler was having. howler pretty mad..
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Moved into house April 2011 love house 4.5 acres great change from ex mrs howlers house, one good note howlers gym he is partners in teaching wrestling (3rd in state in1985) and combat grappling. fight and grappling team does well, win tournys and fights, howler doesnt fight howler old 45 but does grapple competitivly got 4th and 3rd in 2 tourneys grappling younger guys cause no old fat bastards like howler go to those damn tournments, got girlfriend summer of 2011,hot looking but party chick howler had to kick her to curb, howler doesnt party. Howlers doberman dies, howler loved that damn dog, howler spends holidays alone not to happy howlers best friends son hangs self, howlers other good friends and students looses baby to SIDS funeral yesterday.
Good note howlers gym hosts seminars by isreal gomez, anderson silvas corner man and thai kick boxing trainner, howler gets 2nd stripe on blue belt oldest member of gym 2nd oldest in 5 gym 150 or so memeber bjj group.
howler not sure why share so much, been pissed long time, but easing off, really enjoying having money now that divorced and freedom ot work on gym, gyms competition team MMA and grappling doing well. developing highly skilled grapplers who win at tourneys and MMA fights despite no black belt in gym only in bjj group.
Howler just watched new connan on xbox thought about this site found it! on new conan didnt like the butcherd story did like the fights, oh well hollywood sucks sometime.
last time holwer talks in 3rd person. finds out it is kind of a pain in the ass to read, howler real sorry about that but started and now has to finish, glad to find the site and log in. will be more active. site looks new,
going to check out other threads glad to be back hope to have to fun, talk to ya later
thanks for reading
howler
2010 summer noticed things weren't right between and me and Mrs Howler. Dec 2010. Mrs Howler says she wants divorce after 9 years of marriage, howler knows he is not an easy guy to live with, combat vet, (paratrooper 82nd airborne) now wrestling/grappling coach, single father of 3 before we met, howler pretty broken up at first.
Mrs howler knew what she was getting and she also knew howler doesnt party, does smoke a little mj, doesnt drink often, but likes good beer will drink new years, birthday, and 4th of july and maybe one or two other times a year. like good exspensive beer. Jan 2011 howler kicks wife out of house till he finds him house to live in. Mrs howler is a jam band fan and a party chick stays gone for about a 3rd of year, last 3 to 4 years in row since kids get out of highschool. spends holwers money howler lives off of 300 a month and still runs gym.
finds house took 4 months to get, was still looking while trying to get house wanted, little trouble from sellers due to number (20 something damn it) heirs, still got good deal on brick house on a nice "holler" (hollow-howler from eastern KY, he can say that) kept getting flak from future ex mrs howler wanting"her"house back, howler takes time doesnt give a shit. kids. howlers kids not future ex kids (she has none) take mrs howlers side despite her cheating on their dad howler. howler gets confused hurt then pissed disowns kids all in their 20s. Ex mrs howler family has money but ex mrs howler doesnt and lives beyond her means underderminers howlers athority with howlers kiids, ex mrs howler is left wing liberal howler thinks since he is strict and not rich howlers kids lean towards no displine and money, oldest gay female left wing liberal,like ex mrs holwer, hate military therefor hate every male member of howlers family howler told this by howler oldest while howler is going through divorce howler thinks oldest knew about affair ex mrs howler was having. howler pretty mad..
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Moved into house April 2011 love house 4.5 acres great change from ex mrs howlers house, one good note howlers gym he is partners in teaching wrestling (3rd in state in1985) and combat grappling. fight and grappling team does well, win tournys and fights, howler doesnt fight howler old 45 but does grapple competitivly got 4th and 3rd in 2 tourneys grappling younger guys cause no old fat bastards like howler go to those damn tournments, got girlfriend summer of 2011,hot looking but party chick howler had to kick her to curb, howler doesnt party. Howlers doberman dies, howler loved that damn dog, howler spends holidays alone not to happy howlers best friends son hangs self, howlers other good friends and students looses baby to SIDS funeral yesterday.
Good note howlers gym hosts seminars by isreal gomez, anderson silvas corner man and thai kick boxing trainner, howler gets 2nd stripe on blue belt oldest member of gym 2nd oldest in 5 gym 150 or so memeber bjj group.
howler not sure why share so much, been pissed long time, but easing off, really enjoying having money now that divorced and freedom ot work on gym, gyms competition team MMA and grappling doing well. developing highly skilled grapplers who win at tourneys and MMA fights despite no black belt in gym only in bjj group.
Howler just watched new connan on xbox thought about this site found it! on new conan didnt like the butcherd story did like the fights, oh well hollywood sucks sometime.
last time holwer talks in 3rd person. finds out it is kind of a pain in the ass to read, howler real sorry about that but started and now has to finish, glad to find the site and log in. will be more active. site looks new,
going to check out other threads glad to be back hope to have to fun, talk to ya later
thanks for reading
howler
