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Conan the Swordsman

1978

Edition format

Publication date: August 1978

Introduction

Non-Howard material. Conan the Swordsman is a collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in August 1978 and reprinted in 1981. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (April 1987 and March 1991). The first hardcover edition was published by Tor Books in December 2002. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1978. The book has also been translated into Italian and French. It was later gathered together with Conan the Liberator and Conan and the Spider God into the omnibus collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, January 2004).

Notes

"A Bantam Book/August 1978"
Printing not stated, no number line
The cover artist is credited on the backside of the foldout front cover, the artwork also has his initials .
The title page identifies the illustrator as Tim Kirk. He has also signed the map in the lower-left corner.
Printed in the US.

Edition and production details

Edition: 1st
Edition format: Paperback
Publication date: August 1978
Identifiers: ISBN: 0-553-12018-2
Pages: 274
Publisher / imprint: Bantam Books
Cover art: Darrel Greene
Illustrations: Tim Kirk

11 contents entries

Conan the Swordsman (map) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk artwork
Conan the Swordsman • interior artwork by Tim Kirk artwork
The Conan Saga • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 1 · essay
Legions of the Dead • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 9 · story
The People of the Summit • short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg 33 · story
Shadows in the Dark • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 51 · story
The Star of Khorala • short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Björn Nyberg 81 · story
The Gem in the Tower • novelette by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 113 · novelette
The Ivory Goddess • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 141 · story
Moon of Blood • short story by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp 165 · story
Hyborian Names • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 205 · essay

Contributors

Darrel Greene: Cover artist
Tim Kirk: Illustrator
L. Sprague de Camp: Essayist

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