Bücher von Robert E. Howard

This early work by Robert E. Howard was originally published in 1934 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'A Gent from Bear Creek' is a story in the Breckinridge Elkins series about a cowboy in the wild west. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Die Hölle der Anderen, das ist Conan. Im Verlies irgendeines unbedeutenden Stadtstaats versauert der Barbar in einer Zelle. Sein Ruf als Söldner eilt ihm voraus, und so tritt der Adlige Murilo mit einem Auftrag an ihn heran: Conan soll ihm seinen ärgsten Widersacher vom Hals schaffen, den Roten Priester Nabonidus. Nach gelungener Flucht aus dem Gefängnis bricht Conan in das Haus des Priesters ein, um ihn schnell und leise zu meucheln. Dabei überkommt ihn jedoch das Gefühl, dass jemand anderes hinter dem Machtkampf zwischen Nabonidus und Murilo stecken könnte... Weniger Kriegsherr, mehr Dieb und Assassine: »Der Rote Priester« präsentiert eine dunkle, geheimnisvolle Seite des Barbaren und ist unverzichtbar, um den Mythos Conan in all seinen Facetten abzurunden.Conan ist zurück. Wilder. Stärker. Schöner. Mächtiger als je zuvor. Seit Jahrzehnten betreibt der Barbar aus Cimmerien sein blutiges Handwerk in Comics aus den Häusern Marvel und Dark Horse. Aber diese Adaptionen der Novellen von Robert E. Howard sind aus einem anderen Holz geschnitzt: Die besten Szenaristen und Zeichner Frankreichs haben sich zusammengefunden, um dem Gott von Sword & Sorcery Tribut zu zollen. Legendäre Geschichten, bearbeitet von Größen der Comic-Kunst. So offenbaren sich frische Perspektiven auf Conan und seine gefährliche Welt und die klassischen Werke erstrahlen in neuem Glanz.Jeder Band umfasst eine abgeschlossene Geschichte, basierend auf einem Originalwerk von »Conan«-Schöpfer Robert E. Howard, und beinhaltet umfangreiches Bonusmaterial zur Entstehung des Mythos »Conan« und der Comic-Adaptionen.

A FICTION HOUSE PRESS REPRINT: Conan is King of Aquilonia. His enemies, through the use of a strange talismantic jewel known as the Heart of Ahriman, resurrect a sorceror of renown powers, Xaltotun. Conan is forced from his kingdom and begins his strenuous campaign to regain his throne. He travels alone through many exotic lands, experiencing a variety of exciting adventures, before he is ready to return to battle his usurper. This book contains the original text as it first appeared in Weird Tales pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied the story.

Conan the Conqueror - The Hour of the Dragon Conan the Cimmerian: he rose from boy-thief and mercenary to become king of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian Age. Collected together for the first time anywhere in the world, in chronological order, are all Robert E. Howard's definitive stories of Conan, exactly as he wrote them, as fresh, atmospheric and vibrant today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines more than sixty years ago. Conan is besieged by enemies! Xaltotun, an ancient sorcerer attacks the Kingdom of Aquilonia! The only way to defeat him is to retrieve the Heart of Ahriman! This is the only novel by Howard featuring his Conan character.

Conan the Barbarian by Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian - Warrior, Hero, Legend. Conan - Black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer... Discover how it all began. Conan the Barbarian spawned a hundred imitators. Find out why with these tales from his life. From the Tower of the Elephant to Beyond the Black River, follow Robert E. Howard's greatest creation as he cuts a bloody swathe through the history of Hyborea. Over 720 pages of epic action! All the original stories. "A hero of mythic proportion, fashioned by a storyteller who helped define what a modern fantasy should be" - Raymond E. Feist.

Robert E Howard is well known for his stories about Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. But he also wrote horror-, fantasy- and mystery- stories. This nice collection contains his supernatural detective stories about Steve Harrison and others like him, men investigating crimes of supernatural character.

THE DEVIL IN IRON-A tale of Conan the barbarian-and an amazing island city of green stone! A WITCH SHALL BE BORN-A vivid weird novelette of uncanny power and fascinating episodes-a tale of the old, forgotten times! JEWELS OF GWAHLUR-The tale of a weird, jungle-hidden palace and a strange weird people-and the marvelous sacred jewels that were known as the Teeth of Gwahlur! This book contains the original texts as they first appeared in Weird Tales pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied the stories.

One of the strangest stories ever written-the tale of a barbarian adventurer,a woman pirate, and a weird roofed city inhabited by the most peculiar race of men ever spawned! VALERIA, a woman pirate forced to join a mercenary army, killed an officer and fled into the wilderness. Conan, a Cimmerian, followed her, and caught up with her in a forest after a long pursuit. And that was just the beginning of this great yarn. This book contains the original text as it first appeared in WEIRD TALES pulp magazine as well as all of the original illustrations which accompanied this serial. This was the last Conan story written by Robert E. Howard and was published posthumously.