Fantastic Universe Volume 4 Number 5. Contains CONAN, MAN OF DESTINY which is a story based on a final draft (now at Cross Plains Public Library) that L. Sprague de Camp found and rewrote as “Conan, Man of Destiny,” then later published as THE ROAD OF THE EAGLES.

Contents

• 3 • The Story Behind the Cover … (Fantastic Universe, December 1955) • essay by Frank Belknap Long
• 4 • Conan, Man of Destiny • [Conan] • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Road of the Eagles)
• 29 • The Entity • short story by Arthur Porges
• 34 • The Conquerors • short story by Ed M. Clinton, Jr.
• 46 • The Quetenestel Towers • short story by Robert F. Young
• 53 • When Blindness Strikes • short story by Winston K. Marks [as by Winston Marks]
• 58 • The Mental Coin • novelette by Richard R. Smith
• 82 • Jukebox • short story by Arthur Sellings
• 90 • Consultant Diagnostician • short story by Frank Bryning [as by F. B. Bryning]
• 102 • Picture That! • short story by Norman Arkawy
• 109 • Floyd and the Eumenides • short story by Evelyn E. Smith
• 124 • Universe in Books (Fantastic Universe, December 1955) • [Universe in Books (Fantastic Universe)] • essay by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 124 •   Review: Reprieve from Paradise by H. Chandler Elliott • review by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 125 •   Review: Exploring Mars by R. S. Richardson • review by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 126 •   Review: Flying Saucers from Mars by Cedric Allingham • review by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 127 •   Review: Sargasso of Space by Andre Norton • review by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 127 •   Review: Far and Away by Anthony Boucher • review by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 127 •   Review: Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 128 •   Review: Assignment to Disaster by Edward S. Aarons • review by Hans Stefan Santesson

Notes

Editorial Director: Leo Margulies
Revised by de Camp from an unpublished historical adventure story, “The Road of the Eagles,” into a Conan story.
R. S. Richardson is listed as Robert S. Richardson. “Flying Saucers from Mars” is listed as “Flying Saucer from Mars”. Andre Norton is listed as Andrew North.