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Pastiche / fiction by other authors

The Road of Kings

Bantam Books

Edition format

Publication date: October 1979

Introduction

Non-Howard material.

The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel by Karl Edward Wagner, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1980, reissued in 1986 and 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions, all other editions were issued under the variant title Conan: The Road of Kings.

Notes

"A Bantam Book / October 1979"
Printing not stated, no number line
Copyright 1979 by Conan Properties, Inc.
The artist is not credited, Bob Larkin is on the fold-out artwork
"Illustrated by Tim Kirk" on the title page, only the map is signed
Printed in the US

 

 

 

 

Edition and production details

Edition
1st
Edition format
Paperback
Publication date
October 1979
Identifiers
ISBN: 0-553-12026-3
Pages
209
Publisher / imprint
Bantam Books
Cover art
Bob Larkin
Illustrations
Tim Kirk

2 contents entries

  1. The Road of Kings • interior artwork by Tim Kirk artwork
  2. The Road of Kings • [Conan Pastiches] • novel by Karl Edward Wagner 6 · novel

Contributors

Bob Larkin
Cover artist
Tim Kirk
Illustrator

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Title
The Road of Kings
Publisher
Bantam Books
Date
October 1979
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