AGE OF CONAN MAP OF OLD SERIES
Eight of the eventual twelve volumes published in this series featured cover paintings by Frank Frazetta.
Of the thirty-five stories in the other eight volumes, nineteen were published or completed by Howard during his lifetime, ten are rewritten or completed from his manuscripts, fragments or synopses, and six are the sole work of de Camp and Carter. In the following list, volumes 6 and 11–12 do not contain any material by Howard. New stories written entirely by themselves were added as well. De Camp edited much of the material and he and Carter completed the stories that were not in finished form. Undertaken under the direction of de Camp and Carter, it includes all the original Howard material, including that left unpublished in his lifetime and fragments and outlines. This edition of the stories was the one that introduced Conan into popular culture. Lancer went out of business before bringing out the entire series, and publication was completed by Ace Books.
Lancer Books initially numbered its volumes in order of publication, switching to a chronological numbering for volumes published later and reprints of the earlier volumes. This was the first comprehensive paperback edition, which compiled the existing Howard and non-Howard stories together with new non-Howard stories in order of internal chronology, to form a complete account of Conan's life. The cover of Conan the Usurper (1967) art by Frank Frazetta. Tales of Conan (1955 originally non-Conan Howard stories rewritten as Conan stories by L.The Return of Conan (1957 by Björn Nyberg and L.Conan the Conqueror (also known as The Hour of the Dragon 1950).The last published volume of the Gnome edition was the first Conan story by an author other than Howard, namely Björn Nyberg, and was revised by de Camp. Sprague de Camp another ( Tales of Conan) consisted of non-Conan Howard stories that de Camp rewrote as Conan yarns. Some stories in two of the later volumes ( The Coming of Conan and King Conan) were completed or revised by L. Not published in order of previous publication, Gnome's volumes were organized to present the stories in order of their internal chronology, the sole exception being Tales of Conan, which skipped around to present random episodes from various points in the protagonist's career. The Gnome Press edition of Conan was the first hardcover collection of Howard's Conan stories, including all the original Howard material known to exist at the time, some left unpublished in his lifetime. This article describes and discusses notable book editions of the Conan stories. In total, more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories featuring the Conan character have been written by authors other than Howard. Most post-Howard Conan stories, however, are completely original works. Some of these writers finished incomplete Conan manuscripts by Howard, or rewrote Howard stories which originally featured different characters. Offutt, Steve Perry, John Maddox Roberts, Harry Turtledove, and Karl Edward Wagner. The character has proven durably popular, resulting in Conan stories being produced after Howard's death by such later writers as Poul Anderson, Leonard Carpenter, Lin Carter, L. Written by numerous authors and issued by numerous publishers, they include both novels and short stories, the latter assembled in various combinations over the years by the several publishers.
The Conan books are sword and sorcery fantasies featuring the character of Conan the Cimmerian originally created by Robert E. For other uses, see Conan the Barbarian (disambiguation). This article is about the Conan prose books.
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