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).
Contents
- 6 • 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]
- 9 • Introduction (Conan of Cimmeria) • (1969) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
- 15 • The Curse of the Monolith • [Conan] • (1968) • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Conan and the Cenotaph)
- 33 • The Bloodstained God • [Conan] • (1956) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Blood-Stained God 1955)
- 54 • The Frost Giant’s Daughter • [Conan] • (1969) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard [as by Robert E. Howard]
- 65 • The Lair of the Ice Worm • [Conan] • (1969) • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
- 83 • Queen of the Black Coast • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
- 121 • The Vale of Lost Women • [Conan] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard
- 142 • The Castle of Terror • [Conan] • (1969) • novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
- 163 • The Snout in the Dark • [Conan] • (1969) • novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard
Plot
In a number of episodes Conan, now in his mid to late twenties, is followed from the end of his career as a mercenary soldier for King Yildiz of Turan to his initial adventures in the black kingdoms of Kush. In between, he visits his native Cimmeria and the far north. Soon, Conan journeys southward where, in Argos, he gets his first taste of life as a sea rover as the right-hand man of the pirate queen Bêlit.
Chronologically, the eight short stories collected as Conan of Cimmeria fall between Conan and Conan the Freebooter.
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.
Publisher: | Sphere |
Year : | 1977 |
Book No. : | ISBN: 0-7221-4740-6 |
Edition : | Reprint from ’77? |
Format : | Paperback |
Pages : | 192 |
Cover : | Frank Frazetta |
Illustrations : | None |