Robert E. Howard - Bran Mak Morn - Men Of The Shadows

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[@rtt1961]

Fine reading of a classic tale.

[@rattlejaw9976]

The first robert e howard story I listened to. Gotta be my favorite.

[@azmountaineer4630]

Robert E Howard, was a f'n genius.

[@christiansmith6272]

What a awesome writer and great narrator. Thank you!

[@jonnyknuckles7942]

Thank you so much for posting these gems of Texan brilliance, hearing Mr. Howard's scintillating tales brings me back to the best days of my childhood. God bless you, good sir

[@RolandWieffering1]

Thanks for your kind reaction, I wish all he wrote was available to us without all the copyright issues. REH wrote some very remarkable stories. But they are very hard to come by, especially here in the Netherlands. All the best from Holland.

[@illmade2]

love Howard one of the great pulp writers, to bad many only think of him in terms of the Conan Movies. Thanks for posting these.

[@RolandWieffering1]

illmade2 Thanks

[@donb8173]

Thanks for these uploads. I have trouble reading these days, it's good to have audio choices.

[@RolandWieffering1]

Don B you're welcome.

[@savvaszoakos4349]

Don B

[@ghostwarrior3878]

I agree as well I've been so busy with work and other things these days I haven't had much time to read

[@timfreckman5227]

Atavism! Howard had to have read Jack London. Good story with a superior narration. Thanks for posting.

[@tobypack6328]

Simply Fantastic

[@blakmajk3512]

Sweetness

[@cygnusx-1862]

Good reader I like him

[@RolandWieffering1]

Thanks, so do I...

[@Holypikemanz]

Awesome upload and sad.

[@RolandWieffering1]

Yes, and it gives a nice view into experiences of reincarnation. Glad you liked it.

[@danieljones9463]

There was a magnificent depiction of "Bran Mak Morn" on one of the old paperback books and I have not been able to find it again. This art had Bran sitting on a rough hewn stone throne with a robust and voluptuous Woman at his feet. He was brooding and extremely powerful looking, just like Robert E. Howard described him. This illustration was richly rendered... the artist had really worked hard on it as to detail and tones of colors. It embedded itself permanently in my Mind and I would really enjoy seeing it, either as the illustration on the book cover, or, better yet, the original work. It might have been done by Frazzetta, but I have not found it in his galleries online. But I haven't searched for it for many years and maybe it has resurfaced. Might you, Rolland Wieffering, or someone here subscribed to your important "You Tube" site, have any knowledge as to this particular painting's where abouts? I have often wondered how large the original work is, that the book cover was developed from?

[@RolandWieffering1]

I can't help you, I don't know which picture you mean. I am Dutch and live in Holland and the book you refer to is in English I guess. But I will keep an eye out for any Bran Mak Morn picture depicting him on a throne.Glad you liked the story...

[@danieljones9463]

Thank you for the reply, Roland. I will just keep searching. I might add that the setting for the throne was jungle, or dark northern forest. Gloomy to match Bran's depicted glum mood. The picture was similar to the ones that show Conan on his thrones, but Bran Mak Morn was even burlier, more massive, than Conan was....or so it seemed. Is that you reading the stories here? Thank you for that. Interesting that there is no Dutch accent. Have a great day.

[@RolandWieffering1]

No, that's not me reading the stories. I could only wish speaking without accent. I mean I'm good but not that good. I found the stories on KZbin, and knowing that they would be removed I downloaded them all. Everything of REH, HPL and CAS. I wish I could upload more but then I would get the same trouble as the channel I downloaded them from. You have a great day too friend.

[@jacobitewiseman3696]

@@RolandWieffering1 I thought you were a native American or a educated black man

[@RolandWieffering1]

@@jacobitewiseman3696 No, I'm Dutch. But started at a very young age with English, and kept on educating myself through the years. Thank you for the compliment 👍🏻

[@hobbes2555]

Who is the narrator, I like his reading voice. Anyone know?

[@davidwhite7294]

The narrator is Robertson Dean, for me ,the best narrator of this genre.

[@troisot1107]

Could you add more Solomon Kane audiobooks?

[@pbr-streetgang]

Thanks much. Who is the narrator??? Great voice.

[@ghostwarrior3878]

How many bran Mak morn stories were published compared to the likes of Conan Kane and kull?

[@dominicandostoyevsky2429]

Look up an Audiobook called Brandon Mak Morn. All of Morns stories are in there. They are all narrated by Robertson Dean the same gentleman who is narrating this story.

[@alba..8479]

Excellent narration, fck a.i

[@PfcFloyd]

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[@FourthSun]

Oddly I find this to be one of Howard's weaker tales, perhaps because it is too couched in what would now be regarded as pseudo-historical themes, and yet, isn't fantastical enough to overwhelm those grievous flaws and draw me into the world. The dubious conflation of the Pict's as bestial apeish savages - of which we now know they were nothing if at all like - and the Romans and Norse - completely two separate epochs of history, with Rome never even making it past Germania, nevermind even touching the Danes - all forms a tumbled mash that is more jarring than enchanting. Perhaps its because he tried too hard to fit it within historical realism, whilst still trying to establish it's own fantastical background, is exactly where it fails. Definitely I feel it's the most overtly theosophic of his tales, which perhaps hinders overawing my instincts in ways his other stories don't. It also doesn't have the benefit of either doubt - such as with 'People of the Dark' - or self-justification - such as say, Conan and Kull - of belonging to an entirely unknown age of dreams. Strangely 'Worms of the Earth' proved a better yarn than 'Men of the Shadows' in my opinion, certainly it depicts a more rounded version of the Picts.

[@FourthSun]

@Comstar: Space AT&T Well it is the internet, people have opinions on occasion, and every good author is going to have a dud now and then. Having said that, the story isn't totally lacking in its own power, it just doesn't flow smoothly - an opinion that was shared by Weird Tales if I recall correctly, they knocked it back to Howard because it was "too little of a tale" and because he'd rambled off the main storyline to explore his racial history of his Picts.

[@johanberggren9692]

There exists clear signs that scandinavians served in roman armies so the norseman isn't that odd.