I know the "Darkest Africa" Kane stories get some flak but the relationship growth between Kane and N'longa is actually a pretty good representation of an initially ignorant character (as far as race goes) adapting his views as he gets more familiar with another.
Same with Edgar Rice Burroughs, but I'll always love both authors. Any author of any period is going to project the zeitgeist of his time and place. Tarzan, Kane, and Conan all had great friends from different races, including African.
@@harrymills2770 Harry, you may like the stories by Philip Jose Farmer. I found this author by chance when I picked a book at a free library ..Hadon of ancient Opar (The same Opar from rice burroughs Tarzan) Hadon lived millennia before Tarzan in that city. Jose Farmer does write about Tarzan as well.'' Times last gift'' is carrying on the Tarzan tradition. So to sumarise.. Flight to Opar Book 1---Hadon of ancient Opar book 2. Times last gift--Another linked Tarzan Novel. There are many more. It may be possible you already know this author. Also Doc Savage is incarnated as Caliban. Anyone else may like these stories as well. I found them a great read. It is always good to find a new author who you like. Cheers.
Solomon Kane stories are largely "fair for its day", Conan has more racist elements. But if you want bigotry that even contemporaries raise their eyebrows at, try reading HP Lovecraft 😇 He makes Robert E Howard look like a liberal 😆
Thank you...I am reminded how important Howard's stories were to me in my youth...and how entertaining they still are...again, my thanks for your efforts.
These get better and better. Thanks for doing them .They are by far the best of the other R.E.H. audiobooks I have found. You bring Howard's worlds to life. Kull, Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane. Would love to see Kirby O'Donnell in there too. Looking forward to the next one.
Damn...I love how Howard wrote Kane's cold fury, describing how he set the gunpowder trap alight & sent thirteen brigands to hell, as well as your reading of it. That is damn good.
Excellent, we have more Solomon Kane (links below) and plan to do more in future... ruclips.net/video/SvBdfoIlA1E/видео.html ruclips.net/video/kHSbY8siCtw/видео.html ruclips.net/video/WW5FVr_eHPc/видео.html
Thanks for your hard work. I discovered Howard in the 1980s in my childhood and shared it with my son. I forward these to him now he is deployed with the army and they help us both pass the time and break away from our worlds. Thank u
Our pleasure. That reminds us of Tolkien, writing the start of middle earth during his time in the military, then sharing and growing that world with his son in letters when his son was in service.
Your videos are like quicksand. Everytime I put one on I get sucked in, and then 9 hours and several videos later I wonder what happened to my afternoon. Absolutely amazing stuff
The production put into this, the quality of the narration. Outstanding work! The Actor behind Kane does a spectacular job! Easily the greatest audiobook of Kane's stories I'll be likely to come across.
I have a prior audio of this story but as usual, your version is better. 🙂 The sound effects and accents of the characters make this a more enjoyable listening experience. Another job well done!
After finishing all your Conan works, which were mind blowingly good..I'm less than 5 minutes in and already loving this, The accent is awesome, the production..seriously one of my favourite channels out there as someone that for into audiobooks and Dramas a few years ago thanks to Alien day on Audible..you're already on that level of great production, doing the UK proud, thank you for doing so many Rober E Howard stories.
Wow, thank you! we hadnt heard about alien day,we'll need to check that out if ur into other genres we can recommend Big Finish Production in the UK, they do a lot of Dr Who etc, and Graphic Audio in the US that do a lot of comic franchises
@@TheCybrarian no need to thank me at all and if you're going to check out the Alien Day stuff, I highly recommend Alien: out of the shadows, brilliantly done audio drama that started my journey into all this. 🤣 Thank you for the recommendations too, they both sound right up my alley. Keep up the epic work, so glad there's so much content here to binge. 😎
@@TheCybrarian also..if ever you were to cover some Alien books like, earth hive, Nightmare asylum and all the overlooked books of old, that would be fantastic, your fantasy/sword and sorcery work has already hooked me, pretty sure you'd kill it at some sci fi too.
@@RetroRanter atm we try to stick to public domain works like original REH as we don't need to pay for permission to use, but we're looking into expanding to other authors like HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Edgar Rice Burroughs etc, classics
Thanks so much for this one. The Solomon Kane stories are very underrated and often overshadowed by Howard's Conan work. This is excellent work - and your reading brings Kane alive in a way I've never experienced before! I know it's a long one, but do you have any intention of doing The Moon of Skulls in the future? It is my favourite Kane story, and I would be over the moon to see you handle it!
Glad you enjoyed it! The Moon of Skulls will def be done by us in future, it's one of the original stories by Howard and it's only about twice as long as Red Shadows (and we've done longer stories before, like Beyond the Black River).
Another fantastic reading! It really made my work as a groundsman a lot more epic. It struck me, that (minus the rape and the underhanded dealings) Le Loupe is a very, very conanesque character- A reaver and a plunderer and a raider, and a complete opportunist.
understandable they are both survivors, then opportunists, but Loup goes further, crossing those lines, betraying and killing his own people for loot and a chance to escape
@@TheCybrarian Of course - But I think it also helps Conan's case, that we are almost never confronted with his victims directly. The only instance I can think of, is the slave in The Scarlet Citadel. I know it is impossible, but I now that I think of it, I would have loved a story in which Conan and Solomon Kane met - Akin to the Kings of the Night.
Oh the character in scarlet citadel that's trying to get revenge for his brother killed by conan, hmm I think conan and Solomon kane would take a while to earn each others respect, the barbarian and the puritan seem diametrically opposed, it'd certainly be interesting to read
@@TheCybrarian Conan would ply his talents aquired in "civilized lands" such as debauchery, drunkenness, murder for hire, theivery, and a bevy of other "sins", would surely grate mightily upon the righteous Puritan. Conan would find Kane's devoutness to a singular god, teetotaling, and aloofness, an annoyance. Yet, begrudgingly, each would come to recognize the others remarkable skills with a blade. Kane would tolerate a temporary alliance, for a short term goal, however, with Conan's mercurial temperament -who knows? Respect -yes, a brief alliance -maybe, friendship -probably not.
Cyber librarian, I'm enjoying your audio book adaptations of Solomon Kane! In the for what it's worth department, have you ever heard of another author named Karl E. Wagner? He created a most memorable character named " Kane "; supposedly one the first humans, who was cursed by an insane Elder God with Immortality. His books started with Bloodstone, Darkness Weaves, Death Angel's Shadow, what makes him fascinating is he's part sorcerer savant; a warrior, a barbarian, a King; a Conquerer, and many other things! It was published by Warner Books during the mid 1980s until about 2000 or so . Adding him to your library would make an excellent idea.
That was incredible, I've always heard of Soloman Kane but never gotten the chance nor time to read any of it. So thank you for this outstanding Audio and Production.
I loved this Audiobook so much that I started to listen all the other ones you did for some of Robert E. Howard's characters! I hope you do audiobooks for Dark Agnus and El Borak at some point.
well, we'll try n do all the public domain ones, alkready done about 6 on our mature fiction playlist... ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rk4q-y-nrIEIU1lK2__Zidj
Thank you, spread the word, yes we have Solomon Kane, and Kull and more, here's a link to our Robert Howard playlist with them all on... ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rk4q-y-nrIEIU1lK2__Zidj
🍻 indeed they shall, indeed they did... Thanks for making me stop & listen for legit@badfoody lines..a far second😎 "..D'ae mon from hell..". ."..more fiercer English feen..". ...Shadow among shadows.. ..".I am Solomon Kane, " Are you prepared to meet your master, the devil!?"🤠🕯🗡
Well, if you want to stick with Solomon Kane our 'Wings in the Night' story was well received. But for general advice we have a Robert E. Howard playlist in chronological order... ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rk4q-y-nrIEIU1lK2__Zidj
Love it , can I suggest you do some popular h.p love craft ? It’s in the public domain and suggest you view horrorbabbles yt channel , I think it would draw a significant audience to the channel. I really enjoy the Conan and sword and slasher stuff tho so looking forward to those !
yup, we will be moving into lovecraft at some point (probably bridging with REHs own cthulu mythos). we already have plenty of conan for u to dig into... ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rkUvq2sqnHxKQ6AmeSN-2QK
@@TheCybrarian the curse of yin At the mountains of madness The dunwich horror The haunted in the dark ( not too long) The hound The mound Pickmans model ( I WOULD START HERE SHORT AND very descriptive)
The righteous puritanical Christian heathen slayer! Whom seeks out evil across the world no matter what form it takes shape, for no other reason than it is the right thing todo! Solomon Kane!
@@TheCybrarian Thanks for the expatiation. I was just surprised to have three double ads within this time frame. Two at the start, two after the intro and two after the fist chapter.
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I know the "Darkest Africa" Kane stories get some flak but the relationship growth between Kane and N'longa is actually a pretty good representation of an initially ignorant character (as far as race goes) adapting his views as he gets more familiar with another.
Same with Edgar Rice Burroughs, but I'll always love both authors. Any author of any period is going to project the zeitgeist of his time and place.
Tarzan, Kane, and Conan all had great friends from different races, including African.
Judging people of different eras by the standards of today might be fashionable but it isn't very honest .
@@harrymills2770 Harry, you may like the stories by Philip Jose Farmer. I found this author by chance when I picked a book at a free library ..Hadon of ancient Opar (The same Opar from rice burroughs Tarzan) Hadon lived millennia before Tarzan in that city. Jose Farmer does write about Tarzan as well.'' Times last gift'' is carrying on the Tarzan tradition. So to sumarise.. Flight to Opar Book 1---Hadon of ancient Opar book 2.
Times last gift--Another linked Tarzan Novel. There are many more. It may be possible you already know this author. Also Doc Savage is incarnated as Caliban.
Anyone else may like these stories as well. I found them a great read. It is always good to find a new author who you like. Cheers.
Solomon Kane stories are largely "fair for its day", Conan has more racist elements. But if you want bigotry that even contemporaries raise their eyebrows at, try reading HP Lovecraft 😇 He makes Robert E Howard look like a liberal 😆
Solomon Kane!!!
Another excellent treatment of a one of Howard best but most under appreciated characters. Thank You.
What a great surprise! The atmosphere, the voices, narration and sound design: all excelent!
Thank you kindly!
Feel free to share it around. :)
Thank you...I am reminded how important Howard's stories were to me in my youth...and how entertaining they still are...again, my thanks for your efforts.
Our pleasure!
People throw around phrases like 'classic' and 'timeless' too often, but they really do apply to REH.
These get better and better. Thanks for doing them .They are by far the best of the other R.E.H. audiobooks I have found. You bring Howard's worlds to life. Kull, Conan, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane. Would love to see Kirby O'Donnell in there too. Looking forward to the next one.
Glad you like them!
Kirby is a good call but there are only 2 public domain stories by REH of Kirby.
Maybe some day...Thank you again for these. So look forward to them.
Damn...I love how Howard wrote Kane's cold fury, describing how he set the gunpowder trap alight & sent thirteen brigands to hell, as well as your reading of it. That is damn good.
I'd heard of Solomon Kane for much of my life, but I'd never got to read any of it. Thanks for this! Stories are rarely this good anymore
Excellent, we have more Solomon Kane (links below) and plan to do more in future...
ruclips.net/video/SvBdfoIlA1E/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/kHSbY8siCtw/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/WW5FVr_eHPc/видео.html
@@TheCybrarian Thank you so much and keep up the great work!
This is amazing. So good to see Kane getting some love. Perfect voices for it and the sound effects add a lot of atmosphere. You rule 🤘
Thanks for your hard work. I discovered Howard in the 1980s in my childhood and shared it with my son. I forward these to him now he is deployed with the army and they help us both pass the time and break away from our worlds. Thank u
Our pleasure.
That reminds us of Tolkien, writing the start of middle earth during his time in the military, then sharing and growing that world with his son in letters when his son was in service.
Love the voice work and accents. Really brings Kane's world alive.
The hairs on the back of my head are tingling. This was so good!!!
great, enjoy wings in the night and hills of the dead, too :)
@@TheCybrarian I sure will!
Your videos are like quicksand. Everytime I put one on I get sucked in, and then 9 hours and several videos later I wonder what happened to my afternoon. Absolutely amazing stuff
can be useful, we used to headphone audio stories to make boring office work fly by.
This was truly fantastic
Love your videos bro
I’d love more REH
El Borak premiering this weekend coming.
The production put into this, the quality of the narration. Outstanding work! The Actor behind Kane does a spectacular job! Easily the greatest audiobook of Kane's stories I'll be likely to come across.
Missed the premiere, but still, an excellent read! Hon-hon-hon.
No probs, see u there next time!
Thank you so much for this. The story is Howard at his best and your reading is truly excellent.
This is the second audiobook I'm listening and it blows away any audiobook format I've ever listened in the past. Excellent job!
Awesome 😎
I have a prior audio of this story but as usual, your version is better. 🙂
The sound effects and accents of the characters make this a more enjoyable listening experience. Another job well done!
Thanks, we try to create as close to a movie experience as we can.
After finishing all your Conan works, which were mind blowingly good..I'm less than 5 minutes in and already loving this, The accent is awesome, the production..seriously one of my favourite channels out there as someone that for into audiobooks and Dramas a few years ago thanks to Alien day on Audible..you're already on that level of great production, doing the UK proud, thank you for doing so many Rober E Howard stories.
Wow, thank you!
we hadnt heard about alien day,we'll need to check that out
if ur into other genres we can recommend Big Finish Production in the UK, they do a lot of Dr Who etc, and Graphic Audio in the US that do a lot of comic franchises
@@TheCybrarian no need to thank me at all and if you're going to check out the Alien Day stuff, I highly recommend Alien: out of the shadows, brilliantly done audio drama that started my journey into all this. 🤣
Thank you for the recommendations too, they both sound right up my alley.
Keep up the epic work, so glad there's so much content here to binge. 😎
@@TheCybrarian also..if ever you were to cover some Alien books like, earth hive, Nightmare asylum and all the overlooked books of old, that would be fantastic, your fantasy/sword and sorcery work has already hooked me, pretty sure you'd kill it at some sci fi too.
@@RetroRanter atm we try to stick to public domain works like original REH as we don't need to pay for permission to use, but we're looking into expanding to other authors like HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Edgar Rice Burroughs etc, classics
You've got a sub for this masterpiece of recording. Thanks for the high-value production. That's what Two Gun Bob deserves.
Thank you 🤓👍
Thanks so much for this one. The Solomon Kane stories are very underrated and often overshadowed by Howard's Conan work. This is excellent work - and your reading brings Kane alive in a way I've never experienced before! I know it's a long one, but do you have any intention of doing The Moon of Skulls in the future? It is my favourite Kane story, and I would be over the moon to see you handle it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Moon of Skulls will def be done by us in future, it's one of the original stories by Howard and it's only about twice as long as Red Shadows (and we've done longer stories before, like Beyond the Black River).
Another fantastic reading! It really made my work as a groundsman a lot more epic.
It struck me, that (minus the rape and the underhanded dealings) Le Loupe is a very, very conanesque character- A reaver and a plunderer and a raider, and a complete opportunist.
understandable
they are both survivors, then opportunists, but Loup goes further, crossing those lines, betraying and killing his own people for loot and a chance to escape
@@TheCybrarian Of course - But I think it also helps Conan's case, that we are almost never confronted with his victims directly. The only instance I can think of, is the slave in The Scarlet Citadel.
I know it is impossible, but I now that I think of it, I would have loved a story in which Conan and Solomon Kane met - Akin to the Kings of the Night.
Oh the character in scarlet citadel that's trying to get revenge for his brother killed by conan, hmm
I think conan and Solomon kane would take a while to earn each others respect, the barbarian and the puritan seem diametrically opposed, it'd certainly be interesting to read
@@TheCybrarian
Conan would ply his talents aquired in "civilized lands" such as debauchery, drunkenness, murder for hire, theivery, and a bevy of other "sins", would surely grate mightily upon the righteous Puritan. Conan would find Kane's devoutness to a singular god, teetotaling, and aloofness, an annoyance. Yet, begrudgingly, each would come to recognize the others remarkable skills with a blade. Kane would tolerate a temporary alliance, for a short term goal, however, with Conan's mercurial temperament -who knows?
Respect -yes, a brief alliance -maybe, friendship -probably not.
@@bugsplat2755 very well put, check out a vid by Michael k Vaughan where he compares conan to tarzan
I've gone through conan kull now my personal favorite Solomon kane. Thank you for this
you're very welcome
Cyber librarian, I'm enjoying your audio book adaptations of Solomon Kane! In the for what it's worth department, have you ever heard of another author named Karl E. Wagner? He created a most memorable character named " Kane "; supposedly one the first humans, who was cursed by an insane Elder God with Immortality. His books started with Bloodstone, Darkness Weaves, Death Angel's Shadow, what makes him fascinating is he's part sorcerer savant; a warrior, a barbarian, a King; a Conquerer, and many other things! It was published by Warner Books during the mid 1980s until about 2000 or so . Adding him to your library would make an excellent idea.
alas, they'd be under copyright
Crushed it again, thank you Cybrarian
A friend on Twitter recommended me this and I love it. I'll need to listen to other Solomon Kane stories.
thank you, we have all but one of robert howards solomon kane stories (and are looking to ddo the last one this year)
That was incredible, I've always heard of Soloman Kane but never gotten the chance nor time to read any of it. So thank you for this outstanding Audio and Production.
Glad you enjoyed it!
We have more Solomon Kane, like 'Wings in the Night'.
Excellent! Would love Hills of the Dead
We'll get to it eventually.
Awesome reading, love it. Thank you. Look forward to your future work. If it bleeds, we can kill it ⚔️
I loved this Audiobook so much that I started to listen all the other ones you did for some of Robert E. Howard's characters!
I hope you do audiobooks for Dark Agnus and El Borak at some point.
thank you
we've had a few requests for borak, but thats the first for agnes
very worth considering
Awesome video, thank you
Fantastic!
I hope you do audiobooks of all the Solomon Kane stories.
well, we'll try n do all the public domain ones, alkready done about 6 on our mature fiction playlist...
ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rk4q-y-nrIEIU1lK2__Zidj
you are so good keep up the good work
Love the character of N'Longa - I think he's even better in "Hills of the Dead."
Great read, great sound work. Well done.
YOU HAVE SOLOMON KANE ASWELL?!?!?!
My dude, you're incredible! Sharing with all my friends!
Thank you, spread the word, yes we have Solomon Kane, and Kull and more, here's a link to our Robert Howard playlist with them all on...
ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rk4q-y-nrIEIU1lK2__Zidj
Thank you
Another awesome audio book as normal. Keep up the awesome work.
Good job. Would love to hear more Solomon Kane stories from you.
We have 'Wings in the Night' here...
ruclips.net/video/6FEi_9ZPTLc/видео.html
(with other shorts, and more to come)
I've often wondered if Solomon Kane was an inspiration for the Punisher. The transistion from chapter 1 to 2 feels like a classic Punisher story.
quite possibly, but we plan on dong another character in the future that is even more of a Punisher inspiration
"Men will die for this" -Hardest line ever
absolutely
and we will be putting on a t-shirt
🍻 indeed they shall, indeed they did...
Thanks for making me stop & listen for legit@badfoody lines..a far second😎
"..D'ae mon from hell..".
."..more fiercer English feen..".
...Shadow among shadows..
..".I am Solomon Kane,
" Are you prepared to meet your master, the devil!?"🤠🕯🗡
"As the wizard rose, they all fell prostate." LOL!
that's one really impressive wizard ;)
I’m just getting into Howard and this has been a most enjoyable introduction! What do you recommend next?
Well, if you want to stick with Solomon Kane our 'Wings in the Night' story was well received.
But for general advice we have a Robert E. Howard playlist in chronological order...
ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rk4q-y-nrIEIU1lK2__Zidj
GODDAMN THIS WAS AMAZING
Excellent
Very good! Subscribed ❤
Thank you and welcome
Love it , can I suggest you do some popular h.p love craft ? It’s in the public domain and suggest you view horrorbabbles yt channel , I think it would draw a significant audience to the channel. I really enjoy the Conan and sword and slasher stuff tho so looking forward to those !
yup, we will be moving into lovecraft at some point (probably bridging with REHs own cthulu mythos).
we already have plenty of conan for u to dig into...
ruclips.net/p/PLlFcav_ti8rkUvq2sqnHxKQ6AmeSN-2QK
@@TheCybrarian May I make some suggestions of stories I think most would like and would fit your narration style ?
@@TheCybrarian and I’ve listened to all the Conan binge drinking this weekend and getting into the Solomon cane stuff
@@TheCybrarian the curse of yin
At the mountains of madness
The dunwich horror
The haunted in the dark ( not too long)
The hound
The mound
Pickmans model ( I WOULD START HERE SHORT AND very descriptive)
Those are guaranteed winners , pickmans model shouldn’t take more than 30 mins.
Thanks
Thanks man. You have to do "Guin Saga" too.
this guin saga...?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guin_Saga
(if that's the one you mean, unfortunately it's under copyright)
We get a lotta crows where I live. I feel like I'm going crazy, are the crow sounds from this video? I swear I keep turning but don't see any nearby!
Yeah, there are crow or carrion bird sound fx in the background, all's well.
@@TheCybrarian
Apparently it's bad luck to be "laughed at" by a crow. I love superstitions like this, makes them creepier somehow.
The righteous puritanical Christian heathen slayer! Whom seeks out evil across the world no matter what form it takes shape, for no other reason than it is the right thing todo! Solomon Kane!
Men Shall Die for This!!!
❤💚💙
Solomon kane is like an English blade
oh yeah, and here he is battling vampires...
ruclips.net/video/W1CBrTbCVSo/видео.html
..Monsieur Galahad ...
.. Full Filler o'God's judgement...
Well, I shall not be going there for my holidays.
THEY SHOULD RESUME THE SOLOMON KANE MOVIES....ALTHOUGH PURIFY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY HIM AGAIN....
well there are rumours of a Conan series, and if that is successful, they same people have a Solomon Kane series outline, too
@@TheCybrarian THAT WOULD A GOD DECISION ! ROBERT HOWARD HAS LEFT ENOUGH EXCITING STORIES OF SALOMON KANE !!
Ah they are
Unless there are crows inside now...
Six ads in six minutes? Seriously?
apologies, we don't put the ads in, but we do put chapter breaks in where the algorythm should put any ads, so we'll msg RUclips about this.
@@TheCybrarian Thanks for the expatiation. I was just surprised to have three double ads within this time frame. Two at the start, two after the intro and two after the fist chapter.
51min
The accents really detract from my enjoying it. Too much. I’m giving up on this one
understandable, other channels do straight readings of this classic if you'd like to finish it
Your French accent is as outrageous as a taunting Norman.
"your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries"-John Cleese
I think its hilarious that Howard thought that condors pounced on prey.....they're scavenger carrion eaters lol wth.
1930s Texas, it's not like he could google it, haha
Another excellent treatment of a one of Howard best but most under appreciated characters. Thank You.