The Treasure of Tranicos ("The Black Stranger") by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp

Originally named "The Black Stranger" by Robert E. Howard this unpublished novel was rewritten by L. Sprague de Camp into "The Treasure of Tranicos".

[@fredkelly6953]

Howard's work is addictive but like any addict I just wish there was more of it.

[@SubyBristow]

Thank the R,,E,H fans for getting the real Conan stories published

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

I first read this in 1988 when I was 14. This is one of my favorite conan stories. I love it. I remember I gave the novel to this intellectual and highly educated woman when I was working as a waiter at a restaurant. She took the book but she never returned it as I never saw her again. I hope she read thus amazing story.

[@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938]

She never returned it ? That's what you get. Conan would NEVER have done such a foolish thing !!!

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

@@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938 By Crom you are right. You can't blame me though, I maen how many times did conan get taken advantage of by women? I bet even you have been taken advantage of women a few times. Women have a strange power over all men that make us do things we normally wouldn't. I'd do anytbing to have the woman of my dreams. Remember what Uther Pentrafon did in Excalibur. Excalibur is a true story too, just like all of Conans adventures are true stories.

[@nunyanunya4147]

how to tell if Howard wrote it 1) its good 2) "he ejaculated" 3) its erotic with out being porn. 4) more backstory than advancement.

[@ericswain70]

Back again. Thankyou for these.

[@JaythePandaren]

Conan is the ultimate warrior. A Warrior who fought armies of wicked men, demons and undead, dragons, and even Gods with only a cloth to cover his privates and hundreds of pounds of muscle.

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

True. In fact I believe there must be a real Conan somewhere maybe even in another parralel universe or some other part of the universe. You just never know.

[@JaythePandaren]

@@stefanosprokopis6974 I guarantee there is a planet out there that is full of barbarians like this. Like fire and ice kinda planet where everyone is just barbarians and cave men.

[@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938]

And usually, with the riddle of Steel in hand

[@figjam9530]

and a bloody great hunk of sharp metal. kinda important.

[@thomasdavison7184]

Yeah man I've read these books since I was barely able to read and I've never read of a better.

[@tonygary7611]

Thx 4 uploading great stories

[@tobypack6328]

By Mitra! Simply Fantastic ! I’ll have another! 👏🤓

[@Rickwmc]

18:02 "Well? Are you all drunk? You might offer me a glass of that wine you're swigging. By Crom, you show damn poor courtesy to one who has been a member of your own Brotherhood." My favorite line from "Treasure of Tranicos."

[@cheersbro7347]

L sprague de camp made a lot of changes in the stories. Especially conan's character. I respect the work behind the audiobook but if you want the real conan, don't read the L spargue de camp versions. The only positive things about them are the frazetta cover arts and the fact that they made conan's character popular again. We wouldn't have the 82 conan movie and the 70's marvel comics without these books. They are also very different from the original, especially the movie, but in the case of the movie they made changes for a creative reason. L sprague de camp just wanted to downtune the stories and conan to make more money.

[@Jubb-eo5vk]

To be fair this particular Howard/De Camp fusion, it's a damn good tale and very true to Howard's original I think.

[@bingboompow8861]

SCREAM BLOODY GORE

[@thomasdavison7184]

I disagree. He kept the character of Conan intact and just added to it. He did an amazing job. Lin Carter too

[@thomasdavison7184]

@@Jubb-eo5vk I said the same. Conan character is exactly the same. He just added to the storyline.

[@ge0metr1xx]

@@thomasdavison7184 No. de Camp not only changes REH's sentence structures, he changes the ending and key elements of Conan. de Camp ruins REH's beautiful visceral prose. de Camp killed all the REH in Conan. Because de Camp had serious pen envy

[@dustydesertdisciple6290]

Conan is The OG of OGs. When he saves the hussy as he called her over the chest of the most valuable gems ever just shows hes the GOAT.

[@micahminor4764]

Best story I've heard in such a long time. I am now devoted to the lore of Conan.

[@thomasdavison7184]

It's awesome man. Some are better but I've never heard a bad one.

[@ianfwhite7573]

A c!assic tale. Resigned in at least one more form in a Red Brotherhood version. Howard was a genius!

[@RUTHAN667]

Conan was genius too, how he acted great in every situation, learned lots of languages to speak all of them, know lots of worlds lore.. was able to get along with commoners and rulers, understood women, if someone see only stupid brute, he doesnt know him.

[@johnjaleco5683]

@@RUTHAN667 I agree apart from the understanding women part , that's just too far fetched.

[@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938]

@@johnjaleco5683, there's not too much about them to be understood. Let us refer to a modern-day American... "Son, don't understand women. Women understand women and they hate each other." - Al Bundy American Hero

[@johnjaleco5683]

@@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938 great guy Al 👍

[@frugducked420]

a eWetube ho gotta eat, too..! women, can't live with them - the end! Al Bundy

[@drew3865]

This is one of my more favorite Conan stories. It showed a witty and more humorous side of him in the negotiations in the fort.

[@JohnSmith-2koolaid]

Crom! people should be more like conan he doesn't complain lol

[@forkittens]

no. people should complain more! so krom may hear them and send them them dooms to face and make themselves stronger

[@sp10sn]

Conan complains constantly... with his sword. And everyone he meets is compelled to agree 😅

[@KeithDec25]

A man for all seasons C the B GREAT READING and thanks for sharing

[@thomasdavison7184]

This whole world is amazing. There's more to it than you can believe

[@johndoe1.196]

¡Excellente, señor!

[@danthoreson4062]

1k thumbs up in the house

[@jeffreyratliff4685]

I am waiting for someone to do Conan the Valorous. One of the best in my opinion.

[@pavelyankouski4913]

Robert E. Howard is still lives. Arthas tha dark wanderer

[@etheadarkrider5234]

Awesome

[@samuelludescher6978]

Conan is so badass man amazing writing by Mr. Howard.

[@jerrycornelius6335]

This is Sprague de camp (not Robert e Howard) who basically stole Robert Howard's work after he died. You can definitely see the difference. Watch this for a good history of REH and the de camp controversy... kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJeylYScmKuMY5o

[@alswann2702]

This is NOT the Black Stranger that Two Gun Bob penned. De Camp arrogantly butchered what arguably Howard's best Conan yarn to create a tie in for Conan becoming King of Aquilonia. Crom!

[@thomasdavison7184]

Nah

[@ge0metr1xx]

@@thomasdavison7184 Yah. Fook de camp. He intentionally butchered not only REH's literary characters but he also assassinated REH's personal character in real life. Then de Camp cannibalized all of REH's work and put him out of publication. de Camp was a vulture who fundamentally disagreed with everything that REH stood for. again, fuck de Camp.

[@ericswain70]

Top notch

[@richardsanchez5444]

1:11:38 cant help but find that funny. Awesome story though.

[@johntower4271]

great adventure.takes awile for to get used to me. any solamon kane audio books?

[@kafkatrap6812]

Unlike the surly pirate captains I would have liked to hear more about Conan's frog munching dietary adventures.

[@thomasdavison7184]

Read beyond the black river

[@Branicos]

i am conan the worrier youll get it when you get it!!!!

[@TotalTech_]

Nice

[@EthanReadsHisBooks]

Personal favorite Conan book read by the masterful John Polk.

[@RolandWieffering1]

25:43 last stop

[@levigarrett8674]

Great reading,so much better than the poorly made Arnold movies,it sucks there are 2 thumbs down,most likely from soft skulls

[@kalebspicer4848]

The 1st one was good, the second one sucked

[@lalli8152]

@@kalebspicer4848 The first one was good movie the story, and character just didnt feel as Howards vision of Conan. Theres no way Howards Conan had childhood of been slave. He was always free, and thats kinda core of his character. Arnolds Conan also seemed like dim witted d&d kinda barbarian unlike Conan from og stories by Howard. The original idea, and script for the movie was more in line with Conan lore i believe, but that was abandoned by the new director. After that hastily drafted new script that had really nothing to do with any old Conan stories was made just for the movie. I saw synopsis of the first script, and it would have been even better movie most likely i feel, and most importantly better Conan story.

[@TrueBagPipeRock]

I am glad Sprague hacked Howard. I am glad writers hack. They keep the thread going. It's like literary jazz. They keep the conversation going. Conan has endured for almost a hundred years now.

[@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938]

Or 25,000...by CROM !!!

[@sargonixvalechek2084]

Where is the film.......by crom

[@AAron-gr3jk]

I have to say, despite the memorable early "chase scene", the rest of the yarn can't be saved. I can't seem to get through this plodding, very un-conan-like storyline. Where's the action?

[@dacedebeer2697]

You're looking for the movies. In the books Conan is as smart as he is strong, his victories often include some sort of outwitting his enemies as much as his outfighting them.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

@@dacedebeer2697 no no, I'm specifically talking about this particular story versus the others. I've read all of them several times over

[@sargonixvalechek2084]

You know not of which you speak

[@AAron-gr3jk]

@neil dear thank you for the explanation. Yes. I had a real wtf moment when (what I assume is L sprague de Camp contribution) when: (from memory) 1. There's a whole chapter introducing the fort from the perspective of an orphaned little girl. That perspective has never been used. There's no? children in any of the other stories. 2. The pirate meeting where conan convinces everyone through logic that they all need to work together. I think REH conan would have done this differently.

[@ge0metr1xx]

This is de Camps bastardization. But yes this story is more psychological horror than action. That's what makes it Sword and Sorcery and not high fantasy.

[@TheCimmerian6]

If she just turns her head slightly,,, ummm

[@forkittens]

34:51 I've always heard and the pronunciation of gorget as "gore-shzea" (as it is a french word) in the SCA. but "gore-git" does make sense as an American interpretation. or maybe im just racist.

[@d-logan5280]

I'm not American and I've always imagined it as Gor-Jzet.

[@Rickwmc]

My favorite Conan story.

[@AAron-gr3jk]

You know it's weird because that first chapter is strong and stayed with me for many years and I could not figure out which REH story it was ..

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

Mine too. Also I love the Phoenix of the sword.

[@ninepillarsofsalt]

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[@src3360]

My bf looks like conan or Heman lol

[@davidwestfall4121]

The pictish people were the precursors of the scots and Welsh peoples and were not dark skinned!

[@aewetubehogottaeattoo..2938]

ahhh...yes, the numbers are growing..!

[@etheadarkrider5234]

Yea, folks didn’t get tan in those day’s! 😂😂

[@TA-by9wv]

The picts in the Conan stories are proxies for American Indians.

[@ge0metr1xx]

@@TA-by9wv No they were not. REH did not base his Picts on Native Americans. This is a myth and hearsay. If you know you know. It's all in his letters and essays.

[@ge0metr1xx]

Yes they were dark skin with blue eyes back then. Look up the newest data. REH was a great scholar of history and I believe he would have made contributions to academia had he lived. According to REH Hybororian Picts were dark skinned but still a white race.