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Conan the Barbarian: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation

By: L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter
Narrated by: Bradford Hastings
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Two of the most famous contributors to the Conan legend present the official novel of Conan the Barbarian, the seminal fantasy film written by John Milius and Oliver Stone.

In the novel by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, the Cimmerian youth Conan witnesses the death of his parents at the hands of Thulsa Doom, a priest of Set. Enslaved, he is trained as a gladiator. Gaining his freedom he allies with Subotai, a Hyrkanian archer, and a skilled swordswoman thief named Valeria. Together they raid the Tower of the Serpent, and then Conan breaks away to seek the cult of Doom—and revenge on the sorcerer who leads it.

©2023 Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing Action & Adventure Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins World Literature Adaptation
Expanded Storyline • Character Development • Faithful Adaptation • Magical Elements • Engaging Action
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Based on John Milius' screenplay, this has recently returned to print and audio. It's fun! A Lot of fun. There are slight differences from the movie but nothing that takes away its gusto. I think it's my favorite Conan novel outside of Howard's original stories.

Thoroughly enjoyable!

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Let me start by saying that I am very pleased they brought back the narrarator from Conan, Blood of the Serpent. His ability to capture a gruffness in the voice of Conan is awesome. Although I did notice that he mispronounced some words that he had gotten correct in Blood of the Serpent (Vilayet for example) - it wasn't jarring or anything so it was no big deal.

The story just works. It works in the movie and of course it works in the novel. They brought back the OGs to adapt this one - Lin Carter and L Sprauge De Camp. These guys are legends in the sword and sorcery genre for their work on the Conan pastiches. I was not disappointed by their work on this novel.

I'm glad the authors gave us a version of the actual Conan instead of Arnold.

Whatever company it is nowadays pushing these Conan novels (especially in audiobook format) you guys are heros.

And in the meantime - how about getting this great narrarator to do some of the past DeCamp/Carter novels? The pastiches don't get the love they deserve because for some reason it's cool to be seen as a Howard purist.

Great work all around for everyone involved in this - I thoroughly enjoyed every minute and I'll be giving it another listen for sure!

Great Conan Addition

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Cool that we finally know what his parents names are and the he was able to rescue his fathers sword and used it against Doom

The fathers sword

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Any Conan fan who has been around even a little while has seen the classic Arnold film. This book does it Justice and then some. If you love the film you’ll love this book. If you love Conan you’ll love this book. I have been a fan of both the film and Conan and all his adventures for years. By Crom I love this book!

By Crom, this narration is incredible!

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Great narration and story. It fills in some areas of the Movie and more context.

Conan as I want him

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I've watched the movie more timed to count. The audible version added so much to the movie. I'm glad I listened.

Exceeded My Expectations

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This novel was a great mix of creative writing and perfect voice acting. The VA authentically matched the movie characters and even added more depth through sarcasm and other correct tones.

Normally, I wouldn't think padding out a scene from the movie would add anything, but it allowed for so much more character development for Conan without having all the time in the world to depict him and his friends that way in the film's story.

It doesn't deviate too drastically from the film, and is very much just the super extended cut of this story. Which I was completely fine with. This novel has raised the bar for how to make a proper film to a book adaptation.

This book is amazing.

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This book was everything I wanted it to be. I’m going to listen to it again back to back.

What is best in life…

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This book expands on the movie in such great ways while still staying true to the story.

I’ve probably watched the movie 200x, and this still brought a ton of enjoyment. Wasn’t a bit of retelling.

Great compliment to the movie

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Overall I enjoyed the book. I liked the expansive storyline to the film. Only a couple things that I kind of disliked. The narrator is good, however, he makes Valeria sound kinda strange when he changes up his voice for a female character, and makes Conan sound like Optimus Prime. Lol. Also they changed some famous lines in the film we all know and enjoy, which was kind of a bummer. But at the end it was enjoyable.

Nice expanded story!

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