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Summary: Super Reader
Comment: Am omnibus collection of three reasonable Robert Jordan Conan pastiches. They try hard to be confusing with Conan publishing, with Chronicles all over the place, and with his name Robert as well, sheesh.
Conan the Magnificent is actually quite a reasonable pastiche. The barbarian runs into a female thief, who bests him before he realises.
Getting into more trouble, he has to leave Shadizar for a while, where he encounters a female noblewoman who likes to hunt with a small retinue.
Some others would like her jewels and other treasures lurk, so there is sword swinging to be done, and an evil sorcerer to top it off.
3.5 out of 5
Conan this time has three women to deal with, although the first, a young nobleman reduced to trying out trulldom is easy, once he finds her employment.
The high priestess of a demon lord he is working for and does not know it is far worse.
Karela the Red Hawk just likes to compare him to any dirty ugly animal she can think of because she likes him so much and doesn't know whether to shag him or stab him.
All this on top of leading a Free Company.
3 out of 5
Conan gets poisoned, and gets to trade sword blows with more than one demon, as well as deal with devious Vendhyans.
3 out of 5
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Summary: conan lovers will love these stories
Comment: even though robert jordan first captured me with the wheel of time series after book 6 it just all went downhill from there BIGTIME...BUT i must give him his due he sure can write some conan novels!!. jordan is at his best here all of his conan books made me roar with laughter and made me hunt for more... kudos jordan come back to writing conan and forget the WOT series.
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Summary: OVERALL SCORE: (A)
Comment: This is a great read, it is a beautiful epic whose true force lies in the poignant details of its characters, richly detailed, woven into a wonderful tapestry.
This is one of the best fantasy series, the story is lively and entertaining, the characters are colorful and interesting, and the plot is energetic and spellbinding! The action scenes are much better than what you find in Robert Jordan "Wheel of Time" series, and much more manageable in scope. OVERALL SCORE: (A)
READABILITY: (A), PLOT: (B+), CHARATERS: (A), DIALOGUE: (B-), SETTING: (B+), ACTION/COMBAT: (B+), MONSTERS/ANTAGONISTS: (B+), ROMANCE: (B+), SEX: (Light/Moderate), AGE LEVEL: (PG13)
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Summary: Further Chronicles of Conan
Comment: The original Conan stories were interesting despite Robert Howard's frenetic style. Overwritten as they were, they still evoked unique worlds and sensuous action. Jordan's 're-write' captures the original tone and style (indeed, it seems changed very little from the original). I have not been a fan of audiobooks in general, but found myself listening to tale after tale once I got started. The narrator does a good job of maintaining a sense of adventure without being overtly dramatic. It must have been quite a task keeping track of all those characters. The production is minimal - perhaps it could have used a bit more for ambience - but the recording is clean.
If you like Conan, and like audiobooks, this seems a good buy.
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Summary: Not bad, not great either.
Comment: I read the first story of this collected trilogy and enjoyed it. The first story was "Conan the Magnificant." It was enjoyable. It was nothing special, but it was certainly a competent short story.I read halfway through the second story collected in this trilogy "Conan the triumphant", and quit.
The reason why is because this story was falling into the same mold of the first one. A competent short fantasy story - but nothing more. Life is to short to spend just on competent short stories. I must move on to other books that will be more enjoyable for me druring my short time on Earth.
One final note on the second story; halfway through the story I could easily tell how it was going to end up. All the plot devices and characters were in place. Reading the last 140 pages would just be witnessing the pieces falling into place to wind up the story.
I will rate this book 3 stars out of 5. This does not achieve the minimum 4 star rating that in my opinion makes a book worthwhile to read.
Skip it unless you like average short fantasy stories about Conan.
