Episode 03 - The Tower of the Elephant (Or, Sayonara Yara! An Elephant Alien Demon God Man Never Forgets!)

Episode three time! This week, we discuss the classic Conan the Cimmerian tale "The Tower of the Elephant"! (Download mp3 here!) You can read the story on Wikisource here.

The awesome cover for Savage Sword of Conan #24, as done by Earl Norem! This issue includes one of Marvel's multiple "Tower of the Elephant" adaptations.

Here are some resources for this week's tale!

1. Gary Romeo's essay on REHUPA.

2. The online / open-source text-based computer game.

3. General comments about TotE in relation to other contemporary stories (Tolkien, Dunsany, etc).

4. Dungeons and Dragons module for TotE.

5. Bandcamp Page for The Tower of the Elephant, a stoner rock band. Check 'em out, and send us other Robert E. Howard inspired music!

6. Here's a nice Comics Alliance article about Barry Windsor Smith, artist from some of Marvel's fine Conan adaptations! His interpretation of Conan is unique. Let us know who you think drew the best Conan!

In two weeks, join us for the next thrilling Conan the Cimmerian adventure, Black Colossus!
(Read it on Wikisource.)

"Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Episode 02 - The Scarlet Citadel (Or, Pelias Likes to Party!)

We're back! It's episode two of The Mighty Cromcast! (Download mp3 here!) This episode, we're discussing Robert E. Howard's story The Scarlet Citadel. The story was published in the January 1933 issue of Weird Tales, and takes the excitement found in the previous story The Phoenix on the Sword to new heights!

In two weeks we'll return with a thrilling tale from Conan's early days as a thief, it's The Tower of the Elephant! (Read it on WikiSource!)

Hear The Phoenix on The Sword at Podcastle!

"Sudden Defeat" and "Five Armies" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Don't Lose Your Head," as illustrated by Jayem Wilcox in Weird Tales, 1933.

The second episode of The Cromcast is coming this Wednesday! Have you read The Scarlet Citadel yet? Leave a comment and let us know what you think of it!

The Road of Kings (Conan the Barbarian Story Order)

Hi all! We'll be examining the original Robert E. Howard Conan stories in order of publication.

Episode 1 covered The Phoenix on the Sword, published in the December 1932 issue of Weird Tales.

Here is our "Road of Kings!"

The Phoenix on the Sword
The Scarlet Citadel
The Tower of the Elephant
Black Colossus
Xuthal of the Dusk (Or, The Slithering Shadow)
The Pool of the Black One
Rogues in the House
Gods of the North (Or, The Frost Giant's Daughter)
Iron Shadows in the Moon (Or, Shadows in the Moonlight)
Queen of the Black Coast
The Devil in Iron
The People of the Black Circle
A Witch Shall be Born
Jewels of Gwahlur
Beyond the Black River
Man-Eaters of Zamboula (Or, Shadows in Zamboula)
The Hour of the Dragon (Or, Conan the Conqueror)
Red Nails

We'll try to stick with that order, but we also want to cover Conan comics, pop culture, and the character's influence on music. We'll throw those episodes into the mix and try to keep it interesting and entertaining!

Episode 01 - The Phoenix on the Sword (Or, How Thoth-Amon Got His Groove Back)

"Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of..."

Here it is - the series premiere of The Cromcast! (Download mp3 here.)

We certainly hit the ground running with the first episode. We discuss the fictionalized history of Robert E. Howard's Hyborean Age, and the first Conan story "The Phoenix on The Sword", published in the December 1932 issue of Weird Tales.You can find a copy of The Phoenix on the Sword in this excellent collection of Robert E. Howard's Conan tales from Del Ray. It is also available in the Ace paperback titled Conan the Usurper and can be found here. (Links are to Amazon.com, but if you can find them at local book sellers we highly recommend that! Support your local bookstores, by Crom!)

Finally, you can read it for free on the web at WikiSource.

We'll be back in two weeks, and we'll be covering the second published Conan the Barbarian story, The Scarlet Citadel! Read it on WikiSource.

"Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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"Anvil of Crom" by Basil Poledouris, from the Conan the Barbarian: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Score: (c) 1982 Basil Poledouris; Album: (c) 2010 Prometheus Records. Used without permission.

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Episode 01 - The Phoenix on the Sword (Or, How Thoth-Amon Got His Groove Back)

"Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of..."

Here it is - the series premiere of The Cromcast! (Download mp3 here.)

We certainly hit the ground running with the first episode. We discuss the fictionalized history of Robert E. Howard's Hyborean Age, and the first Conan story "The Phoenix on The Sword", published in the December 1932 issue of Weird Tales.You can find a copy of The Phoenix on the Sword in this excellent collection of Robert E. Howard's Conan tales from Del Ray. It is also available in the Ace paperback titled Conan the Usurper and can be found here. (Links are to Amazon.com, but if you can find them at local book sellers we highly recommend that! Support your local bookstores, by Crom!)

Finally, you can read it for free on the web at WikiSource.

We'll be back in two weeks, and we'll be covering the second published Conan the Barbarian story, The Scarlet Citadel! Read it on WikiSource.

"Sudden Defeat" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

"Anvil of Crom" by Basil Poledouris, from the Conan the Barbarian: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Score: (c) 1982 Basil Poledouris; Album: (c) 2010 Prometheus Records. Used without permission.

Thanks for listening!

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