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Conan

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Publication date: 1984

Introduction

Contains non-Howard material - edited by L. Sprague de Camp

Conan is a 1967 collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various pulp magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1967, and was reprinted in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (twice), and 1973

After the bankruptcy of Lancer, the publication was taken over by Ace Books. Its first edition appeared in May 1977, and was reprinted in 1979, 1982 (twice), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1990. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1977. The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. It was gathered together with Conan of Cimmeria and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, August 1989).

Notes

Se complete Sphere publishing story.

Edition and production details

Language: English

Edition: Reprint from '84
Edition format: Paperback
Publication date: 1984
Identifiers: ISBN: 0-7221-4729-5
Pages: 187
Publisher / imprint: Sphere
Cover art: Frank Frazetta
Illustrations: None

6 linked Howard works

Rogues in the House story Howard writing Publications
The God in the Bowl story Howard writing Publications
The Hall of the Dead story Howard writing Publications
The Hand of Nergal story Howard writing Publications
The Hyborian Age story Howard writing Publications
The Tower of the Elephant story Howard writing Publications

23 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) • (1967) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 9 · introduction
To P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936, "I feel indeed honored that you and Dr. Clark …"
Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") • (1953) • essay by Robert E. Howard 15 · essay
"The Hyborian Age" (Part 1)
The Hyborian Age, Part 1 • [Conan] • (1967) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard (variant of The Hyborian Age 1938) 19 · story
"The Tower of the Elephant"
The Thing in the Crypt • [Conan] • (1967) • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 29 · story
"The Hall of the Dead" (completed by L. Sprague de Camp)
The Tower of the Elephant • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 43 · novelette
"The God in the Bowl"
The Hall of the Dead • [Conan] • (1967) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard 69 · novelette
"Rogues in the House"
The God in the Bowl • [Conan] • (1952) • short story by Robert E. Howard 91 · story
"The Hand of Nergal" (completed by Lin Carter)
Rogues in the House • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 111 · novelette
Non-REH Content
The Hand of Nergal • [Conan] • (1967) • novelette by Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard 137 · novelette
"The Thing in the Crypt" by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
The City of Skulls • [Conan] • (1967) • novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 160 · novelette
"The City of Skulls" by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp

Contributors

L. Sprague de Camp: Editor, Introduction author
Frank Frazetta Blas Gallego: Cover artist
Frank Frazetta: Cover artist
Robert E. Howard: Essayist

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Conan David Kyle John D. Clark P. Schuyler Miller

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title: Conan
Publisher: Sphere
Date: 1974 1975 1976 1981 1983 1984 January 1989
Source file: conan-sphere.html

REH World editorial layer

Title: Conan
Publisher: Sphere
Date: 1984