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The Conan Reader is a 1968 essay collection by L. Sprague de Camp, published in hardcover by Mirage Press. The essays were originally published as articles in George H. Scithers' fanzine Amra. Mirage subsequently published two companion volumes of essays from The Conan Swordbook (1969) and The Conan Grimoire (1972). Most of the material in the three volumes, together with some additional material, was later reprinted in two de Camp-edited paperback anthologies from Ace Books; The Blade of Conan (1979) and The Spell of Conan (1980).
Notes
1500 numbered copies. All essays (except for "Conan's Ghost") originally appeared in the fanzine Amra in slightly different versions.
A collection of essays by L. Sprague de Camp originally published as articles in George H. Scithers' fanzine Amra.
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Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket (5 x 8 inches)
- Publication date
- 1968
- Pages
- 148
- Publisher / imprint
- Mirage Press
- Cover art
- Bernie Wrightson
- Illustrations
- Roy G. Krenkel
27 contents entries
- "Conan’s Ghost"
- The Conan Reader • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel artwork
- "Memories of R.E.H."
- Conan's Ghost • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 3 · essay
- "The Trail of Tranicos"
- Memories of R. E. H. • (1966) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 12 · essay
- "Hyborian Technology"
- The Trail of Tranicos • (1967) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 21 · essay
- "Pirettes"
- Hyborian Technology • (1963) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 28 · essay
- "Conan and Matho"
- Pirettes • (1960) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 43 · essay
- "Conan and Pizarro"
- Conan and Matho • (1961) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 45 · essay
- "Conan’s Great-Grandfather"
- Conan and Pizarro • (1964) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 53 · essay
- "Conan’s Imitators"
- Conan's Great-Grandfather • (1961) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 57 · essay
- "Pratt’s Parallel Worlds"
- Conan's Imitators • (1962) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 64 · essay
- "Knights and Knaves in Neustria"
- Pratt's Parallel Worlds • (1965) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 72 · essay
- "El-Ron and the City of Brass"
- Knight and Knaves in Neustria • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 80 · essay
- "An Exegesis of Howard’s Hyborian Tales"
- El-Ron and the City of Brass • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 86 · essay
- An Exegesis of Howard's Hyborian Tales • (1959) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 94 · essay
Contributors
- Bernie Wrightson
- Cover artist
- Roy Krenkel
- Illustrator
- Roy G. Krenkel
- Illustrator
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- The Conan Reader
- Publisher
- Mirage Press
- Date
- 1968
- Source file
- conanreader.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- The Conan Reader
- Publisher
- Mirage Press
- Date
- 1968