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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane (originale 1998; edizione 2004)di Robert E. Howard
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Fun to read. I enjoyed it more than I would've guessed. ( ) I really was unprepared, though I had prepared myself because I have read other R E Howard stories, for just how racist these stories are. I tried to enjoy them for what they were in spite of this, but it was difficult at times. What enjoyment I could get was good enough, apparently, to get through these. They are good stories, and definitely R E Howard; and, while I feel uncomfortable recommending them because of the racism, if you can get past that part these stories are pretty darn good in a lot of ways. But, I keep asking myself if I _should_ have tried to get past the racism. I mean it's not like reading Sir Richard Francis Burton, and forgiving him for being a product of his time while reading fantastic stories of real life adventures of someone larger than life. These Solomon Kane stories are fantastic stories of fictional adventures and so there's less reason to forgive and less reason to choose to read them and more reason to choose to fill my time with other things. In the end, I don't regret reading these stories. I'm just a bit embarrassed by having read them for that reason. And, I certainly have to wonder how much if anything the filmmakers will salvage of the actual stories for the forthcoming film nominally Solomon Kane, or if the name and general characteristics will be all that's left after denaturing the offensiveness out. I find short story collections some of the hardest books to read. It's hard to get into a rhythm, and the impetuous to continue on is not there. This book was no exception. Solomon Kane is a fantastical man who sees only right and wrong and goes around the world defeating evil. I found the stories to be rather gothic in emotion and style, and I really had a hard time caring what happened next to this character. Overblown, dramatic, and boring. Not a good combination. This review is written with a GPL 4.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. Crossposted at WordPress, Blogspot & Librarything by Bookstooge’s Exalted Permission Title: The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane Series: ---------- Author: Robert Howard Rating: 3 of 5 Stars Genre: Fantasy Pages: 432 Format: Digital Edition Synopsis: The collected works following the adventures of the Puritan Swordsman, Solomon Kane. From the deepest depths of Africa to the windswept shores of England, Solomon Kane follows wither the spirit leads. Avenging wrongs, rescuing maidens, defeating evil incarnate, Solomon Kane knows no fear, for he is God's Avenging Sword against Evil. My Thoughts: Not as enjoyable as the Essential Conan collection I read last year. Part of that was that there just wasn't nearly as much material for Solomon Kane as there was for Conan. Almost 1/3 of the stories in this book were fragments that Howard had started and then either set aside or just never finished. Thankfully each story that was a fragment had the word (fragment), like that, next to the story name. There were also 2 or 3 poems and I'm just not a poetry buff of any sort. My biggest problem however, was that Kane was supposed to be a Puritan. While he dresses like one, not once does he act in any way that I recognized as a Godly man. He consorts with sorcerers, uses gifts of magic from a devil worshipper, thinks that men are nothing but higher animals and generally displays no reverence for God. He occasionally mouths a platitude or two about “faith” but what he said could just as easily have come from a Hindu, a Muslim or a Buddhist. Now with all of that out of the way... There were some fine pulp stories here. Encountering lost civilizations in the heart of Africa, fighting off a tribe of flying cannibal creatures, torching a city of zombie vampires, fighting a whole crew of pirates, Solomon Kane has the chops to keep you entertained. Everydayshouldbetuesday talked about Solomon Kane back in May and that peaked my interest. I would recommend this if you enjoyed Howard's Conan stories and wanted to try something different. However, if you haven't read any Howard, don't start with this. ★★★☆☆ nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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With Conan the Cimmerian, Robert E. Howard created more than the greatest action hero of the twentieth century-he also launched a genre that came to be known as sword and sorcery. But Conan was not the first archetypal adventurer to spring from Howard's fertile imagination.He was...a strange blending of Puritan and Cavalier, with a touch of the ancient philosopher, and more than a touch of the pagan.... A hunger in his soul drove him on and on, an urge to right all wrongs, protect all weaker things.... Wayward and restless as the wind, he was consistent in only one respect-he was true to his ideals of justice and right. Such was Solomon Kane.Collected in this volume are all of the stories that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan: "Skulls in the Stars," "The Right Hand of Doom," "Red Shadows," "Rattle of Bones," "The Castle of the Devil," "Death's Black Riders," "The Moon of Skulls," "The One Black Stain," "The Blue Flame of Vengeance," "The Hills of the Dead," "Hawk of Basti," "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville," "Wings in the Night," "The Footfalls Within," "The Children of Asshur," and "Solomon Kane's Homecoming." Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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