Cover image unavailableWeird Tales 1934 October
Popular Fiction Publishing Company
Publication date: October 1934
Introduction
"The People of the Black Circle" is one of the original novellas about Conan the Cimmerian, by Robert E. Howard and first published in Weird Tales magazine in three parts over the September, October and November 1934 issues. Howard earned $250 for the publication of this story. This issue contains part two.
It's set in the pseudo-historical Hyborian Age and concerns Conan kidnapping an exotic princess from Vendhya (prehistoric India), while foiling a nefarious plot of world conquest by the Black Seers of Yimsha. Due to its epic scope and atypical Hindustan flavor, the story is considered an undisputed classic of Conan lore and is often cited by Howard scholars as one of his best tales. It is also one of the few Howard stories where the reader is treated a deeper insight on magic and magicians beyond the stereotypical Hyborian depiction as demon conjurer-illusionist-priests.
Notes
Illustrators:
Hugh Rankin Clark Ashton Smith H. R. Hammond Andrew BrosnatchEdition and production details
- Format
- Pulp
- Publication date
- October 1934
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher / imprint
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Cover art
- Margaret Brundage
- Illustrations
- Listed under notes
- Media details
- Girasol November 2014
1 linked Howard work
32 contents entries
- "The People of the Black Circle" (Part 2 of 3)
- The Black God's Kiss • [Jirel of Joiry] • novelette by C. L. Moore (variant of Black God's Kiss) novelette
- Non-REH Content
- The Seven Geases • [Hyperborea] • novelette by Clark Ashton Smith novelette
- "The Black God's Kiss" by C. L. Moore
- Old Sledge • short story by Paul Ernst story
- "The Seven Geases" by Clark Ashton Smith
- The Sleeper • short story by H. Bedford-Jones story
- "Old Sledge" by Paul Ernst
- The Pistol • short story by S. Gordon Gurwit story
- "The Sleeper" by H. Bedford-Jones
- The Hill Woman • poem by Frances Elliott poem
- "The Pistol" by S. Gordon Gurwit
- The Trail of the Cloven Hoof (Part 4 of 7) • serial by Arlton Eadie
- "The Hill Woman" by Frances Elliott (poem)
- Children of the Moon (The Moths) • poem by A. Leslie poem
- "The Trail of the Cloven Hoof" (Part 4 of 7) by Arlton Eadie
- Supper for Thirteen • short story by Julius Long story
- "Children of the Moon" by A. Leslie (poem)
- Old House • poem by Marvin Luter Hill poem
- "Supper for Thirteen" by Julius Long
- The People of the Black Circle (Part 2 of 3) • [Conan] • serial by Robert E. Howard
- "Old House" by Marvin Luter Hill (poem)
- At the Bend of the Trail • short story by Manly Wade Wellman story
- "At the Bend of the Trail" by Manly Wade Wellman
- The White Prince • short story by Ronal Kayser story
- "The White Prince" by Ronal Kayser
- Author's Note (The White Prince) • essay by Ronal Kayser essay
- "Fioraccio" by Giovanni Magherini-Graziani
- Fioraccio • short story by Giovanni Magherini-Graziani (trans. of Fioraccio 1886) story
- The Eyrie (letter column)
- The Eyrie • (1924) • interior artwork by Andrew Brosnatch artwork
Contributors
- Margaret Brundage
- Cover artist
- Listed under notes
- Illustrator
Additional related terms
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Bibliographic and editorial layers
Howard Works source layer
- Title
- Weird Tales Volume 24 Number 4
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- October 1934
- Source file
- weirdtalesV24N4-October1934.html
REH World editorial layer
- Title
- Weird Tales 1934 October
- Publisher
- Popular Fiction Publishing Company
- Date
- October 1934