Conan the Barbarian
Publication date: 1954
Introduction
Conan the barbarian the FIFTH published, but the second book in the series, published and contains five Conan stories. Black Colossus, Shadows in the Moonlight, A Which Shall Be Born, Shadows in Zamboula and The Devil in Iron.
The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome's volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist's career. Some stories in two of the later volumes (The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Sprague de Camp; another (Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp.
Notes
Limited edition of 3000 copies.
"First Edition" so stated on copyright page.
Artist credited on front jacket flap; signature is on the cover.
Each story is preceded by a paragraph from "An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian" by P. Schuyler Miller and John D. Clark.
Source: Wikipedia.
Edition and production details
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st
- Edition format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Publication date
- 1954
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher / imprint
- Gnome Press
- Cover art
- Emsh (Ed Emshwiller)
- Illustrations
- None
5 linked Howard works
- A Witch Shall be Born story Howard writing Publications
- Black Colossus story Howard writing Publications
- Shadows in the Moonlight story Howard writing Publications
- Shadows in Zamboula story Howard writing Publications
- The Devil in Iron story Howard writing Publications
10 contents entries
- "Black Colossus"
- Black Colossus • [Conan] • (1933) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 7 · novelette
- "Shadows in the Moonlight"
- Shadows in the Moonlight • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 53 · novelette
- "A Witch Shall be Born"
- A Witch Shall Be Born • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 93 · novelette
- "Shadows in Zamboula"
- Shadows in Zamboula • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 147 · novelette
- "The Devil in Iron"
- The Devil in Iron • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 187 · novelette
Contributors
- Emsh
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Bibliographic source layer
- Title
- Conan the Barbarian
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date
- 1954
- Source file
- conanthebarbarian-gnome.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Conan the Barbarian
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date
- 1954