Monday, March 27, 2023

Season 18 Episode 5: The Black Colossus

Howdy, Cromrades. Today The Cromcast continues down their 10th anniversary trail by stopping in at the small kingdom of Khoraja where we'll come face to face with Natohk... or is that Thugra Khotan hiding under those mummy bandages? Tune in to hear about the first world war in Hyborea and the role that Conan plays in it. Dissect the role of the Yasmeela, the woman in charge or Khoraja and wonder at the cold open with us. All that and a big ol' mail bag!





Useful Reads about The Black Colossus

http://shareduniversereviews.blogspot.com/2015/11/short-story-sunday-09-black-colossus.html

http://www.howardandrewjones.com/sword-and-sorcery/the-coming-of-conan-re-read-black-colossus

https://www.blackgate.com/2019/07/01/hither-came-conan-deuce-richardson-on-black-colossus/

Email Grab Bag 

A chronology for Kull of Atlantis by listener Tom!

Paracosom explanation from Tom as well. 

One Things

Josh: Swiss Army Knives, the utility, the beauty, the history, and it all fits in your pocket

Luke: Pity the Beast by Robin McLean, prepare to have your notions of the west and masculinity challenged (at least that's what the cover says!). 

Jonathan: Venture Brothers from Adult Swim


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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Season 18 Episode 4: The Tower of the Elephant

Hile, Cromrades! We continue our season with another humdinger! For this episode we read the much lauded The Tower of the Elephant, and frame up the episode in a less conventional fashion using the old TSR Conan Role-Playing Game System from 1985! Join us, won't you?

Useful Reads about The Tower of the Elephant

Howard Andrew Jones and Bill Ward's Reread and Discussion

Waltz's Hither Came Conan Essay


One Things

Luke: Survivor Song by Paul Tremblay!

Jon: Promethea, by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III!

Josh: Raiders, by Freedman and Crom!


Questions? Comments? Curses

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Legal Mumbo-Jumbo

Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. Outro: Hearts on Fire, by John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band and as featured in the incomparable Film, Rocky IV. Music obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!