Book · 2010 · Fiction, fantasy, general
Conan the Barbarian
The stories that inspired the movie
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He was responsible for Conan the Barbarian and Crow the Conqueror and all these different fantasy books this dude wrote. They were awesome, dude. When you're 13, it's a 13-year-old boy's version of Twilight.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2011 Listen at 40:01 What they say about it
- Author and series discussion“Robert E. Howard”3
The best things said about it
Robert E. Howard. He lived with his mom. He was super depressed and wound up killing himself. And he wrote about like the most badass.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Nov 2025 Conan the Cimmerian right cime they created created a whole world and in this world is like it was like very games with Rhoni in a lot of ways the original like no one to this day has really captured the books in a movie.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Mar 2019 It's a novel. Robert E. Howard. He wrote a series of novels. It's about Conan the Barbarian.
Why people recommend it
Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard is a classic fantasy series that established the sword-and-sorcery genre through its depiction of a fierce Cimmerian warrior navigating a brutal prehistoric world. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan and Brian Redban discussed the turbulent life of the author, noting that Howard wrote these savage tales while struggling with severe depression in the 1930s. Rogan frequently referenced the books when comparing authors with quiet demeanors who manage to write intensely aggressive stories, and he fondly recalled becoming completely addicted to the series when he was thirteen years old, comparing the formative reading experience to a younger boy's version of a grand epic. Guest Daniele Bolelli also brought up the novels, mentioning that the ethos of Conan heavily influenced his own personal life philosophy. Additionally, Rogan and Ron Funches praised the groundbreaking world-building of the original texts alongside the iconic fantasy artwork created by Frank Frazetta for the book covers. The speakers collectively emphasized the enduring cultural footprint of Howard's creation, noting that despite numerous adaptations, the raw power and dark tone of the original literature remain unmatched in the fantasy genre.
Every mention
Joe Rogan Yeah, Robert E. Howard. He lived with his mom. He was super depressed and wound up killing himself. And he… 5
“Yeah, Robert E. Howard. He lived with his mom. He was super depressed and wound up killing himself. And he wrote about like the most badass”
“Robert E Howard is the guy who wrote the Conan books”
“he was uh this guy that do he would do all the covers for Conan the Barbarian books. Just incredible artwork. Like wild crazy fantasy [ __ ] and this is your type of art. Oh just I loved it when I was a kid man. When I was a kid you know when I was like this seems like”
“Conan the Cimmerian right cime they created created a whole world and in this world is like it was like very games with Rhoni in a lot of ways the original [__] like no one to this day has really captured the books in a movie”
“He was responsible for Conan the Barbarian and Crow the Conqueror and all these different fantasy books this dude wrote. They were [ __ ] awesome, dude. When you're 13, it's a 13-year-old boy's version of Twilight”
Daniele Bolelli It's a novel. Robert E. Howard. He wrote a series of novels. It's about Conan the Barbarian. 1
“It's a novel. Robert E. Howard. He wrote a series of novels. It's about Conan the Barbarian.”
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Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“so he brought out his conan the barbarian sword and he basically you know he showed her how to kind of wield it to trace the troll slays and troll”
“these ones that I have from innovate now they're they they're like anti slip and they have gripping treads on them so I'm gonna be using them for an event called the wheel of pain coming up at the Arnold strong man classic which is based off of the movie Conan the Barbarian”
“Francis is a [ __ ] specimen and his story literally is like right out of Conan the Barbarian for the you know he worked in a [ __ ] sand mill digging sand making sandbags all day”
“like a goddamn character in a Robert E Howard comic book like digging sand as a kid that's a real conan”