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Title: Red Nails
Series: The Essential Conan #3
Author: Robert Howard
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 295
Format: Digital Edition
Title: Red Nails
Series: The Essential Conan #3
Author: Robert Howard
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 295
Format: Digital Edition
Synopsis:
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Another collection
of stories about Conan with the final part of the book being a
“history” of the Pre-Cataclysmic world and the post-Cataclysmic
world leading up to our own known history.
My
Thoughts:
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I enjoyed this book the most of all 3 of these Essential Conan
books and I think it was a combination of slightly longer stories
coupled with not having as many. The final part of the book, the
“History” part was boring as all get out but I expected that as
History and me are acquaintances by circumstances instead of friends
by choice.
The History definitely showed up Howard's racial bias more than
anything in the stories. Purity of blood and the continual references
to racial superiority or inferiority really began to grate.
The titular story, Red Nails, was probably the best Conan story of
all I've read with these. From the killing of a monstrous lizard to
an enclosed city with near insane inhabitants to a sorceress who
feasts on live sacrifices, it just had it all. You could probably
read that story alone and get enough of everything to decide if more
Conan was for you or not.
I'm pretty pleased with this
Essential omnibus
that I read. I felt like I got a real taste of who and what Conan is
about, what kind of author Howard was and it was just the right size
so I've had enough without having too much. There are more Conan
stories by Howard, and tons by other authors, but this has sated me
so I feel no need to seek out more. I'd highly recommend this if you
wanted to try out Conan or even simply wanted a better understanding
of Fantasy from the early 1900's. You are never going to go wrong by
reading works that are foundational to the genres we have today.
★★★★☆
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