Conan of Cimmeria

Conan of Cimmeria

cover of Conan of Cimmeria
Author Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
Cover artist Frank Frazetta
Country United States
Language English
Series Conan the Barbarian
Genre Sword and sorcery Fantasy short stories
Publisher Lancer Books
Publication date
1969
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 189 pp

Conan of Cimmeria is a collection of eight fantasy short stories 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 fantasy magazines. The book was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in 1969, and reprinted in 1970, 1972 and 1973.[1][2] After the bankruptcy of Lancer, publication was taken over by Ace Books.[1] Its first edition was published in May 1977, and was reprinted in August 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982 (twice), 1984, 1985, 1990 and 1993. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in 1974, and was reprinted in 1976 and 1987.[1][2] The book has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Italian.[1] It was gathered together with Conan and Conan the Freebooter into the omnibus collection The Conan Chronicles (Sphere Books, August 1989).[2]

Contents

Plot summary

In a number of episodes Conan, now in his mid- to late-twenties, is followed from the end of his career as a mercenary soldier for King Yildiz of Turan to his initial adventures in the black kingdoms of Kush. In between he visits his native Cimmeria and the far north then makes his way southward where, in Argos, he gets his first taste of life as a sea rover as the right-hand man of the pirate queen Bêlit.

Chronologically, the eight short stories collected as Conan of Cimmeria fall between Conan and Conan the Freebooter.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 36–37.
  2. 1 2 3 Conan of Cimmeria title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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Preceded by
Conan
Lancer/Ace Conan series
(chronological order)
Succeeded by
Conan the Freebooter
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