After watching the Solomon Kane movie on DVD last weekend I decided to pick up The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane in Kindle format on Amazon for both my fiancee and myself. Last nite I finally got around to reading the first short story Skulls in the Stars. I must say, I like it.
I'm the first to admit I've never read Howard's original works before. Everyone knows of Conan. I read the Marvel Comics series, played the Play By Mail game back in the day, have the TSR and Mongoose RPGs, watched the original movie and caught some of the recent TV series. Never read a short story or novel.
I think I'm hooked now. Skulls in the Stars held my attention from the first paragraph. Guess I'm back to reading fiction on a semi-regular basis again. It's a good thing.
Cool! The Del Rey trade paperback has all of the stories, poems and fragments. Gary Gianni's artwork rocks, too!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've been enjoying the art myself.
ReplyDeleteHowards' Kane stories are some of my favorite REH writings.
ReplyDelete"Far back in Kane's gloomy eyes a scintillant light had begun to glimmer, like a witch's torch glinting under fathoms of cold grey ice. His blood quickened. Adventure! The lure of life-risk and battle!"
ReplyDeleteI got the set of his works on the Nook and read all of them during the Lent. Fun stuff!