Cover of Conan the Barbarian

Conan the Barbarian

by Robert E. Howard · first published 2010

2mentions
1recommended by
2HN commenters
2014–2026first – last mentioned

50% recommend50% neutral

Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Mentions per year

10 2007: 0 mentions2008: 0 mentions2009: 0 mentions2010: 0 mentions2011: 0 mentions2012: 0 mentions2013: 0 mentions2014: 1 mention2015: 0 mentions2016: 0 mentions2017: 0 mentions2018: 0 mentions2019: 0 mentions2020: 0 mentions2021: 0 mentions2022: 0 mentions2023: 0 mentions2024: 0 mentions2025: 0 mentions2026: 1 mention200720172026

What Hacker News says

  • Huarache1 · Oct 8, 2026 · Recommends

    …New Sun series by Gene Wolfe. (Highly recommended) A Fire Upon the Deep (Either you like the Tines or the Skroderiders) Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius by Jorge Borges (Is reality imbued with our ideas?) Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard (Not unlike "the Greeks" of modern fic) John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs (perhaps the first true modern fic) Understand by Ted Chiang (Most of his short stories are good,…

    on “Book recommendations from Hacker News?” ↗
  • RexRollman · Jun 17, 2014 · Mentions

    Many of Robert E Howard's Conan stories are in the public domain now, due to renewals not being performed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian#Copyright_a...

    on “Sherlock lives in public domain, US court rules” ↗

Keyboard shortcuts

/
Focus search
j / k
Next / previous book
Enter
Open focused book
Esc
Close / go back
g h
Go to Home
g t
Go to Top all-time
g m
Go to Most recommended
g r
Go to Rising
g f
Go to For You
?
Show this help