Pastiche / fiction by other authors

The Road of Kings

1980

Edition format

Publication date: 1980

Introduction

Non-Howard material.

The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel by Karl Edward Wagner, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1980, reissued 1986 and 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions, all other editions were issued under the variant title Conan: The Road of Kings.

Notes

"First published in Great Britan by/Sphere Books Ltd 1980" on copyright page; no statement of reprinting.
Interior art signed "Kirk"; "Illustrated by Tim Kirk" on title page.
Cover art not credited and no signature is visible.

Edition and production details

Edition: 1st
Edition format: Paperback
Publication date: 1980
Identifiers: ISBN: 0-7221-8781-5
Pages: 209+2
Publisher / imprint: Sphere
Cover art: Bob Larkin
Illustrations: Tim Kirk

3 contents entries

The Road of Kings • (1979) • interior artwork by Tim Kirk artwork
The Road of Kings • [Conan Pastiches] • (1979) • novel by Karl Edward Wagner 1 · novel
[211] • About the Author (The Road of Kings) • (1979) • essay by uncredited essay

Contributors

Bob Larkin: Cover artist
Tim Kirk: Illustrator

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