In our continual effort to improve our quality we are remastering our old stories. (this will be updated on our playlists and the previous versions removed with the next couple of months to let any of our viewers update any personal playlists they have) th-cam.com/video/E3F1eY7kEbI/w-d-xo.html
Good to hear Kane with a West Country accent! It's an overlooked part of his background. Even though his travels took him all over the world and had him speaking a dozen different languages, there's always going to be something Devonian in his voice.
This story made me realise something: For a long time, I had the impression that most of Robert E. Howards protagonists are variations on the same theme. Virtually all of them are great fighting men. And even in those stories, where it doesn't come up, it is still implied that they are both ready and perfectly able to use violence, should it be useful. And all of them are barbarians - Those set in fictional or primordial times were clearly named as such, and those set in historical or his own time, are Irish or Irish-Americans - Before you draw the wrong conclusions, old master Howard clearly describes those characters as hard men, precisely because they are Celts, and because in the Celt he saw a reservoir of barbarian vigour. (And if anyone has any doubts, to Robert E. Howard being a barbarian was a GOOD thing). And though some of these characters have a sense of honour, others, like Conan (in the Queen of the Black Coast leaves his friend the Argosian skipper unavenged, for the chance of a kiss of Belit's lips) are decidedly pragmatic. But enter Solomon Kane - He is none of those. Or rather. He is a great fighting man. But, he is an agent of civilisation. He travels the moors and marshes and drives out demons. He travels the interior of Africa and slays a horde of vampires. He follows a trail of Slavers on his own, just because he knows that slavery is wrong AS SUCH. Often he goes on quests of vengeance for someone who is already dead And finally, he is not a Barbarian (Or an Irishman - But see above), but he is often and consistently called an Englishman. For once, it is not the raw vitality of the barbarian (Solomon Kane is not even a Cavalier but a Puritan) but the might of the civilised man that goes forth to triumph and a bright sunrise.
But at the end of the day these differences are just cosmetic .When you strip away the detail, you keep ending up with ' Nobel; wandering warrior fights evil monsters, bandits & wizards .
Solomon Kane is described both as a cavalier (moon of skulls) and a barbarian (wings in the night) it's also pointed out many times that while he sees himself as a puritan, that's not entirely true.
Thank you so much for such a great reading, I'm really looking forward to more! The Moon of Skulls is in desperate need of a good recording from someone like yourself. Thanks again.
Not so much requests, but happy to receive suggestions, unfortunately timing and copyright are factors we have to consider. (eg. Someone suggested the Arthus world of warcraft book, alas that is under copyright and 600+ pages so that's not happening without permission from blizzard and funding for staffing)
Great reading and audio design man (and accent) would love to hear you do the elric of melnibone books PS where's your patreon? no one else is making this content, it'd be cool to be able to support it
![Solomon Kane - The Footfalls Within, by Robert E. Howard [English audio book]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WW5FVr_eHPc/mqdefault.jpg)
![Kull the Conqueror, The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune, by Robert E. Howard [English audio book]](/img/n.gif)
In our continual effort to improve our quality we are remastering our old stories. (this will be updated on our playlists and the previous versions removed with the next couple of months to let any of our viewers update any personal playlists they have)
th-cam.com/video/E3F1eY7kEbI/w-d-xo.html
Good to hear Kane with a West Country accent! It's an overlooked part of his background. Even though his travels took him all over the world and had him speaking a dozen different languages, there's always going to be something Devonian in his voice.
Very well done. Solomon Kane is one of the coolest of Howard's characters.
Thank you, we have lots more Solomon Kane stories, enjoy.
This story made me realise something:
For a long time, I had the impression that most of Robert E. Howards protagonists are variations on the same theme. Virtually all of them are great fighting men. And even in those stories, where it doesn't come up, it is still implied that they are both ready and perfectly able to use violence, should it be useful.
And all of them are barbarians - Those set in fictional or primordial times were clearly named as such, and those set in historical or his own time, are Irish or Irish-Americans - Before you draw the wrong conclusions, old master Howard clearly describes those characters as hard men, precisely because they are Celts, and because in the Celt he saw a reservoir of barbarian vigour. (And if anyone has any doubts, to Robert E. Howard being a barbarian was a GOOD thing). And though some of these characters have a sense of honour, others, like Conan (in the Queen of the Black Coast leaves his friend the Argosian skipper unavenged, for the chance of a kiss of Belit's lips) are decidedly pragmatic.
But enter Solomon Kane - He is none of those. Or rather. He is a great fighting man. But, he is an agent of civilisation. He travels the moors and marshes and drives out demons. He travels the interior of Africa and slays a horde of vampires. He follows a trail of Slavers on his own, just because he knows that slavery is wrong AS SUCH. Often he goes on quests of vengeance for someone who is already dead And finally, he is not a Barbarian (Or an Irishman - But see above), but he is often and consistently called an Englishman.
For once, it is not the raw vitality of the barbarian (Solomon Kane is not even a Cavalier but a Puritan) but the might of the civilised man that goes forth to triumph and a bright sunrise.
But at the end of the day these differences are just cosmetic .When you strip away the detail, you keep ending up with ' Nobel; wandering warrior fights evil monsters, bandits & wizards .
Solomon Kane is described both as a cavalier (moon of skulls) and a barbarian (wings in the night) it's also pointed out many times that while he sees himself as a puritan, that's not entirely true.
Your voice is such a perfect fit for Solomon Kane.
Agreed.
As a lifelong REH fan, I can say without hesitation you guys are the best of the best. Thank you!
Great, hope you enjoyed our new Solomon kane Hills of the dead, too.
Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for such a great reading, I'm really looking forward to more! The Moon of Skulls is in desperate need of a good recording from someone like yourself. Thanks again.
You are very welcome.
We'll look into moon of skulls for you.
We've had some other suggestions of Kull etc.
Lots to look fwd to.
:)
Wonderful tale!
I am sure that, facing a person tortured, the thing closest to home that came to mind of a XVII century English puritan was the Spanish Inquisition.
Excellent video dude! You are an excellent narrator! ☺👍will you be posting any other Solomon Kane stories?
Thank you for your work my friend
Do you take requests at all?
Not so much requests, but happy to receive suggestions, unfortunately timing and copyright are factors we have to consider.
(eg. Someone suggested the Arthus world of warcraft book, alas that is under copyright and 600+ pages so that's not happening without permission from blizzard and funding for staffing)
As always man, great work!
Great job !
Lovely narraation, cheers to you and your team.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is good stuff. I'm tired of dull audiobooks that sound like my car's GPS
Excellent. Reminds me of reading the short story and the Marvel adaptation.
Great reading and audio design man (and accent) would love to hear you do the elric of melnibone books
PS where's your patreon? no one else is making this content, it'd be cool to be able to support it
We don't have a patreon yet, but we have just registered with 'buy us a coffee'...
www.buymeacoffee.com/cybrarian