And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree: Queen of the Black Coast and Others [Hardcover]

Robert E Howard (Author), H. P. Lovecraft (Afterword), Arnie Fenner (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 4, 2008

As one of the three most important American pulp fantasy authors of the 1930s (with Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith), Robert E. Howard captivated readers with his indomitable, battle-scarred barbarian hero Conan. Though Howard's life ended prematurely in 1936 at the age of 30, Conan lives on as one of the genre's most enduring icons. This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel. Also included is The Hyborean Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched world Conan inhabited, an alternative Earth that preceded Tolkien's Middle Earth. And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree features a color map of this realm and an interior painting by cult artist Brom, along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings, appearing for the first time with the stories for which they were created.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 640 pages
• Publisher: Underwood Books; Limited Edition edition (November 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1599290235
• ISBN-13: 978-1599290232
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,091,805 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Salient Conan, December 10, 2008

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Eric Moonchild (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree: Queen of the Black Coast and Others (Hardcover)

Robert E Howard is the father of Sword and Sorcery genre, and Conan is still vivid and powerful since first published in 1932.

The Frazetta cover paintings for the Lancer paperbacks of the 1960s are published here, though not always associated with the original Lancer stories. These powerful images and superb occult adventures helped launch the 1970s Fantasy & SF wave.

The afterword is by HP Lovecraft, with an amateurish and ill informed forward by Arnie Fenner, which has drawn angry criticism from dedicated Howard experts and fans.

Eight Conan stories, just less than one third of the stories, are here with Frazetta art. I had to buy this, even though I have the art & stories in other books.

It still is a must buy.