Continuing Literary Adventures!

Good afternoon everyone, I trust that you are doing well.

I've had a rather busy couple of days. Work has been busier and significantly more pleasant as of late. Unfortunately, the heater was broken so it was roughly 85 degrees (Fahrenheit) in the office. I was truly buggered. This went on from Wednesday until Friday afternoon.

After I arrived home from work on Friday, having been a particularly long and painful week, I fell asleep shortly after laying down to rest. Alas, missing my opportunity to say goodbye.

Saturday I played in a Magic tournament. Pre-release for the new set which comes out next week. I did okay 2-2-1. Which is roughly as well as I have ever done. I then had to go back to my now cooled office and take care of some stuff before falling asleep early again.

I am such an old man. My life is pretty much work, sleep, read, and tv. In a related note, my life is awesome!

Book review:

Conan Volume 1, by Robert Howard.

The early half of the twentieth century is probably my favorite era in literature. This gives us Tolkien, Lovecraft, Steinbeck, Howard, Leiber, Chandler, and many others. Not to mention the creation of comic books and several of the great comic book characters.
Which brings us to Conan. Conan is one of fantasy's most enduring characters. He has been popular for nearly a century now. Most people know him primarily from the mediocre movies with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (spelled it right, I'm awesome!) but his adventures have been continuously published and many writers have continued his tales.
The book that I read was an anthology of his earliest adventures. I mean earliest in relation to Conan's chronology, not publishing history. They were mostly by Howard himself, but a couple were by other authors. There was a noticeable style difference when reading stories not by Howard, but after a couple pages you get over it.

I should have noted that I have read much of the Conan series before, just not this particular printing, and primarily only Howard's own work.

Overall 3.5 out of 5 stars. Definitely a good read.

Next time it's Something from the Nightshade by Simon R. Green.

Goodbye!