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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7380976" data-attributes="member: 92305">READING L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP'S AND LIN CARTER'S NOVELIZATION OF....CONAN THE BARBARIANTHIEF.WARRIOR.BARBARIAN.KING.Now...how about we read the novelization of the original Conan movie!<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-78i9Wn8J8qk/U2JhO6tkErI/AAAAAAAAD40/nuc39m8YZpQ/s1600/conan005.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />It looks to be a small book.  It clocks in at 181 pages.  L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter wrote the novelization based on the screenplay by John Milius and Oliver Stone.The prologue is similar to, but not exactly like, the famous passage from Howard's story, The Phoenix on the Sword.  Then, as Chapter One begins, there is another like passage written by Kallias of Shamar.  Shamar is a city in Aquilonia, and Kallias identifies himself as King Conan's chronicler.  He says that what is inscribed in this book came straight from the lips of Conan himself in the later days of the king's reign.Conan is 9 years old at the start of the tale.  He and his father are high up in the Eiglophian mountains.  It is bitter cold.  A storm rages about.  It is dark--night time.I love the writing...Gives me goosebumps!Note that the sword seems to be described as much larger than the (awesome looking) sword Conan has in the movie.Another interesting thing is that the description goes on to show Conan's father chanting a rune spell, which strikes me as odd, since Cimmerians are so suspicious of magic.  At the same time, the passage is so damn cool to read, I don't care.<img src="http://www.toledosword.com/im/conan_father_sword.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />Father's Sword, from the 1982 film.</blockquote>

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