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I finally, got them all.

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Two Corben pieces I like.

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Various libris interests found with my woman.

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A drawing my Wife shared with me with the line: “This is me”

BY CROM!

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Two pieces by Boris Vallejo.

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From Frank Thorne’s “Wizards & Warrior Women” portfolio (1978)

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Conan plate by Ernie Chan

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Frazetta sketch of wild maiden

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Welcome to ban world

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Sarah Douglas in Conan the Destroyer ‘84

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Howard’s poetical influences.

(Science Fiction Graphics, 1977)

From my library.

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THE RUBÁIYÁT of Omar Khayyám

From my library.

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In 1908, early Fantasy fiction pioneer and chessmaster Lord Dunsany published his best story, "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth."

Arriving on the tail of a recently arrived comet, the evil sorcerer Gaznak raised his impossible fortress. The only way to get through it is with the sword Sacnoth, which can only be obtained by killing the dragon-crocodile Tharagavverug in the swamps surrounding it. The hero ventures into the impossible fortress, and the mere name of the sword Sacnoth is usually enough to make the wizard Gaznak's forces, like camel-riding warriors and undead women, recoil.

Many historians, like Fritz Leiber, call "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" to be the first Sword & Sorcery story ever written.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in a Wendy's advertisement (1970s)

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Olivia d’Abo as Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer (1984, Fleischer)

Her first role, d’Abo was a tender 15 years of age at the time.

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A Sanjulian masterwork