The 2011 American sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian is based on Robert E. Howard’s fictional character of the same name. The movie offers a fresh perspective on the Conan tale. Here’s how you ...

The classic image of the barbarian hero does not incorporate a philosophical mind. This is ironic as Conan, who defined the role in popular culture, was just as given to deep thoughts as he was ...

Texan author Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) was a prolific writer of pulp fiction stories. In his own lifetime, his most popular stories were his Westerns. However, in the decades following his death, ...