Worlds of Fantasy #1.

Contains DELENDA EST by Robert E. Howard and also a Conan pastiche, “Conan and the Cenotaph” by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp.

The story “Conan and the Cenotaph” was authored by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and was later featured in the 1969 Lancer paperback Conan of Cimmeria under the title “The Curse of the Monolith”. It was also featured in the 1971 anthology Warlocks and Warriors as well as Sphere Books’ 1989 collection The Conan Chronicles. It was later adapted into comic form in Savage Sword of Conan #33.

Contents

• 4 • Fads and Fantasies • essay by Lester del Rey
• 6 • The Mirror of Wizardry • [Brak the Barbarian] • novelette by John Jakes
• 6 •  The Mirror of Wizardry • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 27 • The Mirror of Wizardry [2] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 40 • Death is a Lonely Place • short story by Bill Warren
• 47 • As Is • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 47 • As Is • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 62 • What the Vintners Buy (Version 1) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 67 • Conan and the Cenotaph • [Conan] • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
• 67 • Conan and the Cenotaph • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 79 • After Armageddon • short story by Paris Flammonde
• 84 • A Report on J. R. R. Tolkien • essay by Lester del Rey
• 86 • The Man Who Liked • short story by Robert Hoskins
• 89 • Delenda Est • short story by Robert E. Howard
• 96 • However • novelette by Robert Lory
• 96 •  However • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan

Notes

Vol 1, No 1. Publication month from Ashley’s “Transformations”.
“Cover and illustrations by Jack Gaughan” on ToC page.
“A Report On J. R. R. Tolkien” given as “A Report About J. R. R. Tolkien” in ToC.
“Conan and the Cenotaph” is labeled short story on its title page but novelette in the ToC. A word count shows it to be the former.

Robert M. Guinn, Publisher
Frederick Pohl, Managing Editor
Lester del Rey, Editor
Jody-Lynn Benjamin, Associate Editor