The Conan Grimoire

Introduction

Notes

Edition and production details

2 linked Howard works

• Something About Eve story Howard writing Publications
• Untitled (The wind from the Mediterranean wafted …) story Howard writing Publications

133 contents entries

1. To Clark Ashton Smith, pm, July 22, 1933, "I can hardly find words to express …"
2. Introduction: Swordsmen and Sorcerers at Play • (1971) • essay by Lin Carter 1 · introduction
3. To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. October 1933, "Thanks very much for the kind things … "
4. Introduction: Swordsmen and Sorcerers at Play • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 1 · artwork
5. To Clark Ashton Smith, pm, December 14, 1933, "Only the fact that I have been sick … "
6. [2] • The Conan Grimoire (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel artwork
7. To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. January 1934, " Thanks again for the drawing of the wizard. "
8. Letters to Clark Ashton Smith • essay by uncredited 13 · essay
9. To Clark Ashton Smith, ca. March 1934, " I am sorry to hear you have been indisposed … "
10. Letters to Clark Ashton Smith • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 13 · artwork
11. To Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935, " I’m ashamed of my long delay in answering … "
12. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked July 22, 1933 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / I can hardly find words to express the pleasure...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • (1966) • essay by Robert E. Howard 14 · essay
13. "Something About Eve"
14. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked December 14, 1933 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / Only the fact that I have been sick...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard 15 · essay
15. Untitled Fragment "The wind from the … "
16. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, postmarked January 20, 1934 ("Dear Mr. Smith / Thanks very much for the kind things you said...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, circa October 1933 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / Thanks very much for the kind things you said...") 1991) 17 · essay
17. Non-REH Content
18. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, ca. first half of 1934 ("Dear Mr. Smith / I am sorry to hear you have been indisposed...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, circa March 1934 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / I am sorry to hear you have been indisposed...") 1965) 19 · essay
19. "Swordsmen and Sorcerers at Play" by Lin Carter
20. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, no date ("Dear Mr. Smith: / Thanks again for the drawing of a wizard...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard (variant of Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, circa January 1934 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / Thanks again for the drawing of the wizard...") 1991) 22 · essay
21. "Balthus of Cross Plains" by George H. Scithers
22. Letter to Clark Ashton Smith, July 23, 1935 ("Dear Mr. Smith: / I'm ashamed of my long delay in answering...") • [Letters to Clark Ashton Smith] • essay by Robert E. Howard 23 · essay
23. "Howard’s Style" by Fritz Leiber
24. Balthus of Cross Plains • (1959) • essay by George H. Scithers 25 · essay
25. "John Carter and His Electric Barsoom" by Thomas Stratton
26. Balthus of Cross Plains • interior artwork by George H. Scithers 25 · artwork
27. "The Agent" by Björn Nyberg
28. Something about Eve • interior artwork by George Barr 29 · artwork
29. "When Set Fled" by Fritz Leiber
30. Review: Something about Eve by James Branch Cabell • (1930) • review by Robert E. Howard 29 · review
31. "The Testament of Snefru" by John Boardman
32. Howard's Style • (1961) • essay by Fritz Leiber 33 · essay
33. "The Lion’s Bridge" by Ray Capella
34. Howard's Style • interior artwork by George Barr 33 · artwork
35. "Eddison’s Zimiamvian Trilogy" by Robert E. Briney
36. Untitled fragment ("The wind from the Mediterranean ...") • (1959) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 41 · story
37. "Of Worms and Unicorns" by David Hulan
38. Untitled fragment ("The wind from the Mediterranean ...") • interior artwork by George Barr 41 · artwork
39. "The Dying Earth" by Robert E. Briney
40. John Carper and His Electric Barsoom • (1956) • short story by Robert Coulson [as by Thomas Stratton] 47 · story
41. "Fafhrd and Me" by Fritz Leiber
42. John Carper and His Electric Barsoom • interior artwork by James Cawthorn and Juanita Coulson [as by Jim Cawthorn and Juanita Coulson] 47 · artwork
43. "A Man Named John" by John Pocsik
44. The Agent • (1959) • short story by Björn Nyberg 55 · story
45. "Transposition" by L. Sprague de Camp
46. The Agent • interior artwork by Dan Adkins 55 · artwork
47. "The Gray Mouser 1" by Fritz Leiber
48. When Set Fled • (1961) • short story by Fritz Leiber 59 · story
49. "The Gray Mouser 2" by Fritz Leiber
50. When Set Fled • interior artwork by Edwin Kuniyoshi 59 · artwork
51. "I Remember Conan" by Grace A. Warren
52. The Testament of Snefru • (1961) • short story by John Boardman 63 · story
53. "Stamford Bridge" by Poul Anderson
54. The Testament of Snefru • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 63 · artwork
55. "The Free-Speaking Verse" by Poul Anderson
56. The Lion's Bridge • (1963) • short story by Raul Garcia Capella [as by Ray Capella] 69 · story
57. "The Loss of a Son" by Poul Anderson
58. The Lion's Bridge • interior artwork by Raul Garcia Capella [as by Ray Capella] 69 · artwork
59. "Woe is Me" by Avram Davidson
60. Eddison's Zimiamvian Trilogy • (1959) • essay by Robert E. Briney 83 · essay
61. "Carter’s Little Whiskey Stills" by John Boardman
62. Eddison's Zimiamvian Trilogy • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 83 · artwork
63. "The Thong of Thor" by John Boardman
64. Of Worms and Unicorns • (1968) • essay by David Hulan 89 · essay
65. "Ghost Ships" by L. Sprague de Camp
66. Of Worms and Unicorns • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 89 · artwork
67. "Tiger in the Rain" by L. Sprague de Camp
68. Review: The Dying Earth by Jack Vance • (1961) • review by Robert E. Briney 99 · review
69. "What Really Happened" by C. C. Hebron
70. The Dying Earth • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 99 · artwork
71. "One Man’s BEM" by R. Bretnor
72. The Dying Earth (Map of Grand Motholam) • interior artwork by Robert E. Briney 100 · artwork
73. "Kush" by L. Sprague de Camp
74. Fafhrd and Me • (1963) • essay by Fritz Leiber 103 · essay
75. "A Furthest Note on the Red Planet" by E. Hoffmann Price
76. Fafhrd and Me • (1963) • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 103 · artwork
77. "Arming the Incomplete Enchanter" by Jerry E. Pournelle
78. Farhrd and Me (Map of Lankhmar) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk (variant of A Portion of Lankhmar (map) 1969) 103 · artwork
79. "Richard the Lion-Hearted is Alive and Well in California" by Poul Anderson
80. A Man Named John • (1964) • essay by John Pocsik 123 · essay
81. "Mundy’s Vendhya" by L. Sprague de Camp
82. A Man Named John • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 123 · artwork
83. " Young Man Mulligan with Key" by various
84. Transposition • (1963) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp 133 · poem
85. "Drinking Songs from ‘Silverlock"by John Myers Myers
86. Transposition • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 133 · artwork
87. Transposition • interior artwork by Robert E. Gilbert 134 · artwork
88. The Gray Mouser: 1 • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1959) • poem by Fritz Leiber 135 · poem
89. The Gray Mouser: 1 • interior artwork by Raul Garcia Capella [as by Ray Capella] 135 · artwork
90. The Gray Mouser: 2 • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1959) • poem by Fritz Leiber 136 · poem
91. The Gray Mouser: 2 • (1959) • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 136 · artwork
92. I Remember Conan • (1960) • poem by Grace Adams Warren [as by Grace A. Warren] 137 · poem
93. I Remember Conan • interior artwork by Karen Anderson and Terry Carr 137 · artwork
94. Stamford Bridge • (1962) • essay by Poul Anderson 139 · essay
95. Stamford Bridge • (1962) • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 139 · artwork
96. The Free-Speaking Verses • (1964) • essay by Poul Anderson 143 · essay
97. The Free-Speaking Verses • interior artwork by Raul Garcia Capella [as by Ray Capella] 143 · artwork
98. The Loss of a Son • (1970) • poem by Poul Anderson 147 · poem
99. The Loss of a Son • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 147 · artwork
100. Woe Is Me • poem by Avram Davidson (variant of Woe Is Me! 1961) 155 · poem
101. Woe Is Me • interior artwork by Bjo Trimble 155 · artwork
102. Carter's Little Whiskey Stills • (1963) • poem by John Boardman 157 · poem
103. Carter's Little Whiskey Stills • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 157 · artwork
104. The Thong of Thor • (1962) • poem by John Boardman 159 · poem
105. The Thong of Thor • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 159 · artwork
106. The Thong of Thor • interior artwork by Domingo Orejudos [as by Dom Orejudos] 160 · artwork
107. Ghost Ships • (1968) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp 161 · poem
108. Ghost Ships • interior artwork by Johnny Chambers 161 · artwork
109. Tiger in the Rain • (1970) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp 163 · poem
110. Tiger in the Rain • (1970) • interior artwork by George Barr 163 · artwork
111. What Really Happened • (1968) • poem by Chris Hebron [as by C. C. Hebron] 165 · poem
112. What Really Happened • (1968) • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 165 · artwork
113. One Man's BEM • (1960) • essay by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor] 175 · essay
114. One Man's BEM • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 175 · artwork
115. Kush • (1960) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 183 · essay
116. Kush • interior artwork by George Barr 183 · artwork
117. A Furthest Note on the Red Planet • (1966) • essay by E. Hoffmann Price [as by E. Hoffman Price] 191 · essay
118. A Furthest Note on the Red Planet • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 191 · artwork
119. A Furthest Note on the Red Planet • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 192 · artwork
120. Arming the Incomplete Enchanter • (1967) • essay by Jerry Pournelle [as by Jerry E. Pournelle] 195 · essay
121. Arming the Incomplete Enchanter • (1967) • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 195 · artwork
122. Arming the Incomplete Enchanter • interior artwork by Philip Hawkins [as by Phil Hawkins] 197 · artwork
123. Arming the Incomplete Enchanter • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 204 · artwork
124. Richard the Lion Hearted Is Alive and Well in California • (1969) • essay by Poul Anderson 207 · essay
125. Richard the Lion Hearted Is Alive and Well in California • (1969) • interior artwork by James Cawthorn (variant of Richard the Lion Hearted is Alive and Well in California) [as by Jim Cawthorn] 207 · artwork
126. Richard the Lion Hearted Is Alive and Well in California • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel 215 · artwork
127. Mundy's Vendhya • (1970) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 221 · essay
128. Mundy's Vendhya • (1970) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk 221 · artwork
129. Young Man Mulligan, with Key • essay by Karen Anderson and John Boardman and Lin Carter and James Cawthorn and Juanita Coulson and Ron Ellik and Dick Eney and David McDaniel and Bruce Pelz and George H. Scithers (variant of Young Man Mulligan 1962) [as by Karen Anderson and John Boardman and Lin Carter and Jim Cawthorn and Juanita Coulson and Ron Ellik and Dick Eney and George Heap and Ted Johnstone and Bruce Pelz and George H. Scithers] 231 · essay
130. Young Man Mulligan, with Key • interior artwork by James Cawthorn (variant of Young Man Mulligan 1962) [as by Jim Cawthorn] 231 · artwork
131. Drinking Song from Silverlock • essay by Karen Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson and John Myers Myers [as by John Myers Myers] 255 · essay
132. Drinking Song from Silverlock • (1962) • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] 255 · artwork
133. [263] • The Conan Grimoire • interior artwork by James Cawthorn [as by Jim Cawthorn] artwork

Contributors

Bernie Wrightson

Cover artist, Illustrator

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