The Cimmerian September starts tomorrow – a month in which a number of Youtubers will read all the original Conan stories written by Robert E, Howard, and post videos about it.
And I thought, why not do something similar here on Karavansara?

Robert E. Howard wrote only 21 stories about Conan during his life, and those are the ones I’m going to read.The reference edition I’ll be using is the Gollancz The Complete Chronicles of Conan, Centenary Edition edited by Stephen Jones.

For reason of portability I might also check The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, published by DelRey, that collects the earliest stories of Conan, masterfully illustrated by Mark Schultz.
I’ll add a simple copybook to jot down notes while reading in bed or out in the garden, and I’ll get me lots of hot tea and treats, because, why not?

The idea is to go through the series from cover to cover, and then write a post about them – possibly collecting two or three stories in one post for practical purposes.

While there are stories that I re-read regularly, most of the series belongs to a dim and distant past, and it will be fun to revisit the Hyborian Age after all this time.
I will also try and squeeze in some extras, and do some extended cut for my Patrons.
But anyway, tomorrow we start.
Watch this space.
It’s going to be fun.