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"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing." "The Tower of the Elephant" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian,... Read Full Overview

"The Tower of the Elephant" is one of the original short stories starring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard. It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan infiltrating a perilous tower in... Read Full Overview

A Torre do Elefante ? uma das hist?rias originais escritas pelo autor norte-americano Robert E. Howard, tendo como protagonista o personagem Conan da Cim?ria que viveu no per?odo pseudo-hist?rico da Era Hiboriana. A hist?ria narra os acontecimentos em que Conan infiltra-se em... Read Full Overview

Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the... Read Full Overview

Set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan infiltrating a perilous tower in order to steal a fabled gem from an evil sorcerer named Yara. Due to its unique insights into the Hyborian world and atypical science fiction elements, the story is considered a classic... Read Full Overview