Cover image unavailableIntroduction
Edited by L. Sprague de Camp
Conan of Cimmeria is a collection of eight fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1969, and reprinted in 1970, 1972 and 1973.
After the bankruptcy of Lancer, publication was taken over by Ace Books. Its first edition was published in May 1977, and was reprinted in August 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (twice), 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1993. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1976 and 1987. The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Italian. It was gathered together with Conan and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, August 1989).
Notes
Reprinted 1976 (three times), 1977
No printing number line or printing month in the book.
Copyright © L. Sprague de Camp 1969.
First published in Great Britain by Sphere Books ltd 1974.
Reprinted 1976 (twice before).
The cover artist is credited on page [1]. "Cover painting by Frank Frazetta . . . with grateful acknowledgment to Roy Krenkel, advisor". Signature not found.
Other prices: Australia A$2.20; New Zealand NZ$2.25; Rep. of Ireland 71.5p; Malta 70c.
Se almost complete Sphere publishing story.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- Reprint from '77?
- Edition format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Identifiers
- ISBN: 0-7221-4740-6
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher / imprint
- Sphere
- Cover art
- Frank Frazetta
- Illustrations
- None
7 linked Howard works
- Gods of the North story Howard writing Publications
- Queen of the Black Coast story Howard writing Publications
- The Bloodstained God story Howard writing Publications
- The Curse of the Crimson God story Howard writing Publications
- The Frost Giant's Daughter story Howard writing Publications
- The Snout in the Dark story Howard writing Publications
- The Vale of Lost Women story Howard writing Publications
21 contents entries
- Map of the Hyborian Age (Frontispiece)
- A Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborian Age • (1966) • interior artwork by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David A. Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller [as by John D. Clark and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard and David Kyle and P. Schuyler Miller] 6 · artwork
- "Introduction" by L. Sprague de Camp
- Introduction (Conan of Cimmeria) • (1969) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 9 · introduction
- "The Bloodstained God" (with L. Sprague de Camp)
- The Curse of the Monolith • [Conan] • (1968) • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Conan and the Cenotaph) 15 · story
- "The Frost Giant's Daughter" (with L. Sprague de Camp)
- The Bloodstained God • [Conan] • (1956) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Blood-Stained God 1955) 33 · novelette
- "Queen of the Black Coast"
- The Frost Giant's Daughter • [Conan] • (1969) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard [as by Robert E. Howard] 54 · story
- "The Vale of Lost Women"
- The Lair of the Ice Worm • [Conan] • (1969) • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 65 · story
- "The Snout in the Dark" (completed by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
- Queen of the Black Coast • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 83 · novelette
- Non-REH Content
- The Vale of Lost Women • [Conan] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard 121 · story
- "The Curse of the Monolith" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
- The Castle of Terror • [Conan] • (1969) • novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 142 · novelette
- "The Lair of the Ice Worm" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
- The Snout in the Dark • [Conan] • (1969) • novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard 163 · novelette
- "The Castle of Terror" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
Contributors
- L. Sprague de Camp
- Editor, Introduction author
- Frank Frazetta
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Conan of Cimmeria
- Publisher
- Lancer
- Date
- 1969 through 1973 (See Notes)
- Source file
- conanofcimmeria.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Conan of Cimmeria
- Publisher
- Sphere
- Date
- 1977