Worms of the Earth by Robert E. Howard

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Worms of the Earth

[MrVvulf]

Arkham was the US publisher, but the book I have with "Worms of the Earth" is from Panther, published in 1976 in England in book 2 "The Valley of The Worm" of the Skull-Face Omnibus.
There was also a comic that I used to own, but lost over the years (I really wish I still had it, because the artwork was by the amazing Barry Windsor Smith) - The Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel, 1974 series) #16 (December 1976). "Worms of The Earth" was an addendum which appeared in the back of the comic, after the Conan tale.

[sgriffin]

I’m in heaven! My favorite Robert E Howard book! Ahhh 😌

[ITCamefromthePage]

You enthusiasm has definitely SOLD me on this character. I am excited to dive into this character.

[stevengentry]

Great story. You get that moment at the end of the story of Bran Mak Morn having had to bear the burden of his dwindling people, and his own inability save one of them, now adds being haunted by this horror that he unleashed.

[DDB]

I like a good vengeance plot and these worms sound more interesting than Frank Herbert's ! I'll read this on Project Gutenberg.

[tonygriego]

You get a glimpse of the worms of the Earth, in the Solomon Kane film.

[ravensthatflywiththenightm]

Like I said in the other video, if there was ever gonna be a [FAITHFUL] adaptation of Bran Mak Morn's saga, Worms of the Earth could be the finale, because the way the story ends has some terrible ramifications concerning what is going to happen to Bran. Let's just say. So the other people going through the comments don't get spoiled haha.

Although as I ruminate / daydream of it, The Lost Race could be an epilogue, as it doesn't feature Bran but mentions him. ⚔

[jordanthomas]

Worms of the earth is a phenomenal story, I really liked it a lot, I also really liked the comic adaptation.

[bookfantastic]

You are probably aware by now, but there is a 70s Zebra edition with this story and title. Great stuff. There is also a 1979 Ace Edition.

[MagusMarquillin]

There's a great audiobook of this on the channel "Nemesis the Warlock" - what a chilling tale! Do you know if Howard was in the Lovecraft circle at this point, cause this story feels like it could be a part of the extended Cthulhu Mythos - granted I haven't read far in Lovecraft yet, but I recognized the the names Dagon and R'lyeh, both connected with the titular Worms (though since it was audio, the spelling may have been different).
(spoiler) Loved how Bran was robbed of any sense of vengeance just by how terrified Sulla was being taken into the earth as his Roman tower collapsed - can't duel with him like that! Could only put him out of his misery. I'd love to know what happened to Bran after that, but this is his last appearance in fiction right? Ominous.

[parazatico]

I'd be interested in your opinion of Karl Edward Wagner's Bran Mak Morn novel, forgive me if it's the subject of another of your videos, I haven't seen them all. I have a book by Peter Haining on the art of horror stories (somewhere...) that has a great illustration for 'Worms' by Virgil Finlay (if I'm remembering correctly) from it's original publication in Weird Tales. The 'worms' look truly horrendous, (in a good way) while Finlay makes Bran look rather like a renaissance knight.
I just went and found the book, and knowing what a stickler Roger is for accuracy, I should point out that the illustration was from Famous Fantastic Mysteries, not Weird Tales.

[bizarrebraincomics]

Yes that is a great and horrifying story. The sequel to it is almost as good.