The People of the Black Circle
Classic Tales Edition

I think I'm just tired of Conan. After all, Friz Leiber loved this novella, comparing it to the melodramatic tragedies of that great Elizabethan Kit Marlowe. And even I can still admire the compelling, propulsive prose—goodness, Howard knew how to tell a story!--a prose that pulls you right in and k......more

Great story with all the hallmarks of a top notch Conan adventure. I particularly enjoyed the shadowy evil wizards with their powers of hypnosis and transmutation, and Howard's descriptions of the landscapes through which Conan journeys, with kidnapped princess in tow, to their imposing lair, remote......more

Conan kidnaps a princess. Definitely a solid and gripping read in a gritty and mesmerizing setting, with a couple of good twists. It features quite a lot of what makes a good Conan story and everything is skillfully executed. The female character of Yasmina is at the very least not just another ster......more

I wonder if Howard was scared of snakes. I think I'm going to set this complete collection aside for a while. I feel like all the stories just kind of blend together. I get no sense of the character of Conan progressing in anyway. He is defined and established, he's the best and strongest and luckies......more

The People of the Black Circle? More rightly, the Shapeshifting Wizards of the Black Circle ... In the longest tale I've read so far, Conan is beset by multiple adversaries in a wonderfully layered novella. I believe we have an early instance of horcruxes on display - was J.K.Rowling a Conan fan? Reco......more