Conan the Swordsman

Read this collection of linked Conan shorts three times, the first being in my early teens, the second in my early twenties, and *lastly* in my late thirties.

I enjoyed it very much as a teen, a little less so second time around, and by the third time I came to realise that the best Conan tales are written by Robert E. Howard.

This is one of the better collections by other writers, though, so unless you’re a Conan-by-Howard-only reader, it’s worth checking out.

Overwritten but brisk.

I grew up reading the Conan stories finished mostly by Carter & DeCamp, so tend to like them better. Wagner was an excellent writer & I loved his Kane books. The rest are OK.