About this title: Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan, takes readers to Almuric, a savage planet of crumbling stone ruins and debased, near-human inhabitants. Into this world comes Esau Cairn--Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780425034835ISBN:0425034836
Description: Poor. No dust jacket as issued. 202 pgs in gd reading condition w/wear on edges; cover has creases and wear on edges; fold out poster missing. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good Plus. F-305. Light wear to edges of covers; tight square book; pages yellowing. Number written to top outer edges of pages. "When Esau Cain was sent across space to the demon haunted plnaet of Almuric, he knew nothing of his destination. The secret discovery of the scientist who had invented the space transition machine, Almuric was a world of strange and terrible beings, of savages and swordsmen, of winged monsters and incredible secrets. How Esau, alone on Almuris, with nothing but his ... read more
Binding: Mass market pb
Publisher: Ace Books, inc, New York
Date Published: c1964
Description: Very Good. No dust jacket, as issued. very good light tanning small tear on back. First printing. 157 p.; 17 cm. "F-305. " Original magazine serialization copyright, 1939, by Weird Tales. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Ace (01750)
Date Published: 1970
ISBN-13:9780441017508ISBN:0441017509
Description: Jones, Jeff. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 157 p. Paperback edition from Ace (01750), 1970. VERY GOOD. Jeff Jones cover art. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Berkley Pub Group, New York
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780425034835ISBN:0425034836
Description: Virgil Finlay Frontispiece. Very Good + Paperback. 6 1/2h x 4 1/2w. A nice 202 page book with fold out poster still intact. This is a first Berkley Medallion printing which was first published in 1939 Weird Tales. Beyond the veil of space and time a dark world where men and winged ones meet in terrifying combat. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Ace Books Inc [1964], New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Good. First edition [a paperback original]. Ace Book F-305 with 40 cents cover price. Originally appeared as a three part serial in Weird Tales magazine in 1939. "Earthman Esau Cairn, a fugitive on his native planet, is transported to Almuric, a barbaric and warlike planet of the remote solar system, where he became Esau Ironhand". 157 pages. Otherwise VG or better copy [cover creasing, cheap text paper tanned] with a diagonal fold across the front cover. read more
""I am certain that I could have torn out his biceps like rotten cloth, broken his spine across my knee, or caved in his breastbone with my clenched fist; and as for speed, the most finely trained Earth athlete would have seemed awkward and sluggish in comparison to the tigerish quickness lurking in my rippling sinews.
Yet for all that, I knew that I would be strained to the uttermost even to hold my own with the giant they called Ghor the Bear. He did, indeed, resemble a shaggy rusty-hued cave-bear."
God love Robert E. Howard. Three stars because his later work was much improved."
"A fairly short book, with less than 150 pages of story, this is standard Howard fare, with a mighty man using his strength and cunning to kill dark horrors from beyond imagination. And get the girl, that part was important, as well. The story was pretty good, good enough for me to knock most of it off in one day."
""We rolled from one side of the chamber to the other, a gasping, thrashing, cursing, hammering mass, while with the yells, howls, earnest profanity, and impact of heavy bodies, it was a perfect bedlam."
Delicious. If you generate any testosterone you'll enjoy it."
"Without a doubt, once you start reading it you will see that this story was inspired by Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series. I thought that the narration was well done and moved the story along at a nice fluid pace. My only complaint is that I would have liked to have learned more about the different people of Almuric. A fun read all around!"
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