Conan

Name: Conan
Author: Robert E. Howard

1967 Lancer Books short story collection by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter

Written workliterary work omnibus editionQ2658873

Author: Robert E. Howard
, L. Sprague de Camp
, Lin Carter
Released: 1967
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Publisher: Lancer Books
Language: English
Genre: sword and sorcery
Pages: 221
Follows: Conan the Conqueror
Followed by: Conan the Avenger

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Conan is a 1967 collection of seven fantasy short stories and associated pieces written by Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter featuring Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. Most of the stories were originally published in various pulp magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1967, and was reprinted in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 (twice) and 1973. After the bankruptcy of Lancer, publication was taken over by Ace Books. Its first edition appeared in May 1977, and was reprinted in 1979, 1982 (twice), 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1990. The first British edition was issued by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1977. The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Dutch. It was gathered together with Conan of Cimmeria and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles.

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Part of the series: Lancer/Ace Conan Series follows: Conan the Conqueror · followed by: Conan the Avenger
Cover art by: Frank Frazetta
Country of origin: United States
Title: Conan
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1.Stated in Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseRetrieved 2025-05-20
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Has version, edition or translation: Q107505314
Q107750875
Q107974889
Characters: Conan the Barbarian
Set in period: Hyborian Age
Place of publication: New York City
Distribution format: printed book
Copyright status: copyrighted
Members / parts: Letter from Robert E. Howard to P. Schuyler Miller
The Hyborian Age applies to part: first half
The Thing in the Crypt
The Tower of the Elephant
The Hall of the Dead
The God in the Bowl
Rogues in the House
The Hand of Nergal
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The City of Skulls
Part of: Conan the Barbarian books
Form of creative work: short story collection
Takes place in fictional universe: fictional universe of the Hyborian Age

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