The Conan Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- First Published: 1935
- Type of Work: Stories
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: About 15,000
- Setting: A fictional Earth
- Genres: Short fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Heroes or heroism, Prehistoric times, Stone Age, Atlantis
- Locales: Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
Robert E. Howard wrote the Conan stories (arranged above in order of internal chronology) as episodes from the life of the invincible barbarian hero. This Gnome Press collection includes all of Howard’s Conan stories, commentary regarding Conan and his world, and two tales of King Kull, another ancient barbarian king. Most of the stories were originally published in Weird Tales between 1929 and 1936, except those in the last book, Tales of Conan, which was compiled from previously unpublished manuscripts. L. Sprague de Camp edited the entire...
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