Introduction
King Conan is the THIRD published and contains five Howard stories (see notes).
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collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime.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
"The Treasure of Tranicos" is by REH and L Sprague de Camp. "The Treasure of Tranicos" was originally written as a Conan story ("The Black Stranger") that was not accepted for publication. REH rewrote it into a Black Vulmea story ("Swords of the Red Brotherhood"), which was also not accepted. L Sprague deCamp found "Swords of the Red Brotherhood" and rewrote it into a different Conan story ("The Treasure of Tranicos").
Limited edition of 4000 copies
The map of the Hyborian Age, by David Kyle, is repeated for the rear end papers.
Each story is preceded by a paragraph from "An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian" by P. Schuyler Miller & John D. Clark.
Source: Wikipedia.
Edition and production details
- Edition
- 1st
- Format
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Publication date
- 1953
- Pages
- 255
- Publisher / imprint
- Gnome Press
- Cover art
- David Kyle
- Illustrations
- None
5 linked Howard works
13 contents entries
- "Introduction" by L. Sprague de Camp
- fep • Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age • (1950) • interior artwork by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle] artwork
- "Jewels of Gwahlur"
- Introduction (King Conan) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 7 · introduction
- "Beyond the Black River"
- Jewels of Gwahlur • [Conan] • (1935) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 13 · novelette
- "The Treasure of Tranicos" by REH and L Sprague de Camp (See Notes)
- Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard 58 · novelette
- "The Phoenix on the Sword"
- The Treasure of Tranicos • [Conan] • novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard [as by Robert E. Howard] 116 · novelette
- "The Scarlet Citadel"
- The Phoenix on the Sword • [Conan] • (1932) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 190 · novelette
- The Scarlet Citadel • [Conan] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 215 · novelette
Contributors
- David Kyle
- Cover artist
Additional related terms
Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.
Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- King Conan
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date
- 1953
- Source file
- kingconan-gnome.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- King Conan
- Publisher
- Gnome Press
- Date
- 1953