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I've been a Robert E. Howard fan for over a decade now and I would have to say the trilogy published by Del Ray is the definitive collection of work. It collects all of the Conan short stories and includes extras such as art from Frank Frazetta, poems, draft stories, and a few other things. So you'll want The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, The Bloody Crown of Conan, and The Conquering Sword of Conan.
A year ago I would have said wait, right now though it's probably the best survival game on the market IMO. Yes definitely buy, especially if you're into Conan the barbarian. In fact if you don't know much about Conan (not the movies but actual Conan) I'd recommend some good reading:
The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian
The Bloody Crown of Conan of Cimmeria
The Conquering Sword of Conan of Cimmeria
These three volumes contain all of the Conan stories written by the original author Robert E. Howard. It is some of the best short fiction ever written. Period. It was very clear when funcom made Age of Conan that they loved this body of work, that game was full of references to it and places from it, that game turned out to be overambitious and never lived up to it's promises but Conan Exiles does, in a lot of ways I think it's the game they wanted to make when making AoC before the investors got involved.
One of the big things it's got over most other survival titles is the depth of the lore, all the different gear sets, the huge amounts of functional decorations for bases that are themselves representative of the numerous races and cultures of the Conan mythos. You can even see some of the DNA of AoC in this game, the way it scatters lore and bosses around, along with unique crafting recipes and explorable sights infuse some of the most compelling bits of MMO gameplay into this title without burdening it with the WoWclone syndrome that more or less killed AoC.
The combat system is hands down best in class in survival games, imagine if Rust/Ark had a baby with Darksouls, full on dodging with armor class effecting how you dodge, half a dozen different sorts of weapons with unique effects combo chaining and upgrade paths, you can alternate between freelook/movement and autolocked for single combat.
The building system is also best in class as far as survival games go, you can build damn near anything, and you can make it look amazing with all sorts of cool decorations, this game is designed to accommodate not just function but aesthetics.
http://pulpcrazy.com/podcast/137.mp3
In honor of Robert E. Howard's 110th Anniversary (Howard was born on January 22, 1906) I will be discussing "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula" starring Conan the Cimmerian.
It was originally published in the November 1935 issue of Weird Tales as "Shadows in Zamboula." It is currently available in The Conquering Sword of Conan collection from Del Rey. It tells of Conan's chaotic stay in the desert city of Zamboula.
Links:
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan Book 1): http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Conan-Cimmerian-Original-Adventures/dp/0345461517/
The Bloody Crown of Conan (Conan Book 2): http://www.amazon.com/Bloody-Crown-Conan-Cimmeria-Book/dp/0345461525/
The Conquering Sword of Conan (Conan Book 3): http://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Sword-Conan-Cimmeria-Book/dp/0345461533/
The Robert E. Howard Foundation: http://www.rehfoundation.org/
Robert E. Howard @ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard