Contents
- ix • Editor’s Note (The Blade of Conan) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 1 • Swords and Sorcery • (1969) • essay by Dick Eney [as by Richard H. Eney]
- 9 • An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian • (1959) • essay by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller] 45 • Ocean Trade in the Hyborian Age • (1960) • essay by John Boardman
- 51 • Hyborian Technology • (1963) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 67 • The Real Hyborian Age • (1972) • essay by Lin Carter
- 77 • Lord of the Black Throne • (1963) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller (variant of Long After Conan)
- 85 • The Art of Robert Ervin Howard • (1959) • essay by Poul Anderson
- 91 • Memories of R. E. H. • (1966) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 99 • Conan on Crusade • (1963) • essay by Allan Howard
- 107 • A Gent from Cross Plains • (1959) • essay by Glenn Lord
- 113 • Editing Conan • (1968) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 123 • Howard’s Detective Stories • (1961) • essay by Glenn Lord
- 127 • Howard and the Races • (1977) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 131 • The Case for Solomon Kane • (1961) • essay by John Pocsik (variant of Addenda: The Case for Solomon Kane)
- 139 • Stirrups and Scholarship • (1977) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 143 • Howard’s Cthuloid Tales • (1966) • essay by Ben Solon
- 151 • Controlled Anachronism • (1966) • essay by Fritz Leiber
- 171 • The Novels of Eric Rücker Eddison • (1959) • essay by John Boardman
- 177 • Hyborians, Be Seated: (The Fantasy of A. Merritt) • (1962) • essay by Raul Garcia Capella (variant of Hyborians Be Seated) [as by Ray Capella]
- 183 • Mundy’s Venhya • (1970) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 189 • Titivated Romance • (1966) • essay by Fritz Leiber
- 207 • Weapons Choice, I • essay by W. H. Griffey (variant of Weapons of Choice 1962)
- 211 • Weapons Choice, II • essay by Albert E. Gechter (variant of Weapons of Choice 1962)
- 215 • On Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity • (1963) • essay by Jerry Pournelle [as by Jerry E. Pournelle]
- 219 • Son of Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity • (1965) • essay by Jerry Pournelle (variant of Son of Weapons of Choice &/or Necessity) [as by Jerry E. Pournelle]
- 227 • Range • (1965) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 233 • Sublimated Bloodthirstiness • (1965) • essay by Poul Anderson
- 235 • … And as for the Admixture of Cultures on Imaginary Worlds • (1965) • essay by Leigh Brackett (variant of And As to the Admixture of Cultures on Imaginary Worlds ….)
- 243 • Ranging Afterthoughts • (1965) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 249 • Arming the Incomplete Enchanter • (1967) • essay by Jerry Pournelle [as by Jerry E. Pournelle]
- 261 • The Complete Duelist • (1964) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 263 • Rearming the Incomplete Enchanter • (1973) • essay by Jerry Pournelle [as by Jerry E. Pournelle]
- 275 • Richard the Lion-Hearted is Alive and Well in California • (1969) • essay by Poul Anderson
- 293 • … And Strange-Sounding Names • (1960) • essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley (variant of … And Strange Sounding Names)
- 301 • One Man’s BEM • (1960) • essay by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
Published by: | Ace |
Book no: | ISBN-10: 0441116701 |
Year : | May 1979 |
Edition : | 1st |
Format : | Paperback |
Pages : | 310 |
Cover : | Sanjulian |
Illustrations : | None |