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Violence
A lot
Strong pulp action violence; a battle sequence, sorcerous threats, Conan's combat; in the 1930s pulp adventure tradition
Language
Barely any
Mild; pulp adventure register
Sexual Content
Barely any
Mild; the princess is objectified in the pulp tradition; no explicit content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the nature of civilization versus barbarism is Howard's persistent philosophical preoccupation
What this book is about
Robert E. Howard's Black Colossus is a Conan story in which a wizard named Natohk, awakened from millennia of suspended death, raises an army against the kingdom of Khoraja. The princess Yasmela, guided by the god Mitra, seeks the greatest warrior she can find — and finds Conan. Howard's Conan stories are efficient pulp action-adventure: vivid sorcery, battle scenes, a protagonist of phenomenal capability, and a persistent philosophy of freedom against civilized corruption.
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