Conan the Barbarian: The Official Motion Picture Adaptation

De: L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter

Narrado por: Bradford Hastings

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

Thoroughly enjoyable!

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.

Great Conan Addition

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!

The fathers sword

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

By Crom, this narration is incredible!

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!

Conan as I want him

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

Exceeded My Expectations

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

This book is amazing.

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.

One of my favorite movies came to life.

I have been a fantasy nerd for most of my life, and Conan had a lot to do with my introduction to this genre. I found that the story was satisfying in a way that it gave you the story of Conan (with additional fantasy aspects throughout that you did not experience with the movie), yet the authors give you a Conan more in tune with Robert E. Howard's version of the iconic warrior. Conan seemed more intelligent, with more dialog that was absent from the movie, as opposed to the somber and brooding character that was portrayed. The only disappointment I felt was with the action sequences, which felt somewhat underwhelming. That being said, some things were explained better than what was portrayed in the movie. A must for true Conan fans.

High Adventure

Beautiful story of a man blessed by Crom to fight well and turn the fates back toward humanity, as the fell religion of Set, the Great Serpent rises in popularity at the cost of the generations youth, death, destruction murder and mayhem are the new norms. Enter Conan, to challenge the wizards, their rabid followers, inhuman beasts and giant snakes, who makes meals of men and women.

The Lord of the Rings if it was Mad Max

A great Conan story, well written and well told. Great action, fun monsters, weird magic, etc. As expected, Conan is the Lord of the Rings if Lord of the Rings was Mad Max. Oh, and it kind of reminds me of a movie I saw one time…