Conan (books)
Some of these writers finished incomplete Conan manuscripts by Howard, or rewrote Howard stories which originally featured different characters. The Offutt stories, in combination with his Conan: The Sword of Skelos from the Bantam series, form a linked trilogy. A series of new stories by various hands.The series ran out of steam before publishing the last five of the stories and three of the fragments. Edited by Karl Edward Wagner, this series, like the Grant edition, included only the Howard Conan stories in their original published form, and included all the Conan stories in the public domain at the time (though their copyright status was not widely known). In the following list, volumes 6 and 10–12 do not contain any material by Howard.
Offutt · Steve Perry · John Maddox Roberts · Roy Thomas · Harry Turtledove · Karl Edward Wagner Conan the Adventurer (animated series) · Conan and the Young Warriors · Conan the Adventurer (TV series) Conan the Barbarian (film) · Conan the Destroyer Conan (comics) · Conan (Marvel Comics) · Conan (Dark Horse comic) · Savage Sword of Conan Conan: Hall of Volta · Conan: The Mysteries of Time · Conan (2004) · Conan (2007) · Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Conan Unchained! · Conan Against Darkness! · Conan the Buccaneer · Conan the Mercenary · Conan Triumphant Conan Collectible Card Game Bêlit · Conan the Barbarian · Kulan Gath · Red Sonja · Serpent Men · Thoth-Amon · Thulsa Doom · Valeria · Vammatar · Xaltotun · Zenobia Crom · Mitra · Set Hyborian Age · Aquilonia · Cimmeria · Stygia The Hyborian Age · Conan Chronologies Thurian Age The Shadow of the Vulture . Offutt, Steve Perry, John Maddox Roberts, Harry Turtledove, and Karl Edward Wagner.
Wagner s introductions are openly dismissive of the editorial revisions done by de Camp and Carter on the Lancer/Ace editions. A series of non-Howard material continuing and supplementing the Lancer/Ace series. A series of new material by Andrew J. For decades to come, most other portrayals of the Cimmerian and his imitators were heavily influenced by the cover paintings of this series. Undertaken under the direction of De Camp and Carter, this edition includes all the original Howard material, including that left unpublished in his lifetime and fragments and outlines.
Tor has also lately reissued most of the previous non-Howard editions not originally published by Tor. A new edition of Howard s original stories purporting to feature all of Howard s Conan fiction in the two volumes, and to present only Howard s writings. 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.
Lancer Books went out of business before bringing out the entire series, the publication of which was completed by Ace Books. De Camp and Carter edited much of the material and completed the stories that were not in finished form.
Sprague de Camp (like The Treasure of Tranicos ), including several non-Conan Howard stories, mostly historical exotica situated in the Levant at the time of the crusades, which he turned into Conan yarns. Green · John C.
Sprague de Camp · Roland J. Sprague de Camp, Roland J.
In total, more than fifty novels and dozens of short stories featuring the Conan character have been written by authors other than Howard. Howard.
Each volume is illustrated, by Mark Schultz, Gary Gianni, and Greg Manchess, respectively. Beyond the Black River · Black Colossus · The Black Stranger · Cimmeria · The Devil in Iron · Drums of Tombalku · The Frost-Giant s Daughter · The God in the Bowl · The Hall of the Dead · The Hand of Nergal · Iron Shadows in the Moon · Jewels of Gwahlur · The People of the Black Circle · The Phoenix on the Sword · The Pool of the Black One · Queen of the Black Coast · Red Nails · Rogues in the House · The Scarlet Citadel · Shadows in Zamboula · The Snout in the Dark · The Tower of the Elephant · The Vale of Lost Women · A Witch Shall be Born · Wolves Beyond the Border · Xuthal of the Dusk The Hour of the Dragon Black Sphinx of Nebthu · Black Tears · The Blood-Stained God · The Castle of Terror · The City of Skulls · The Curse of the Monolith · The Flame Knife · The Gem in the Tower · Hawks over Shem · The Ivory Goddess · The Lair of the Ice Worm · Legions of the Dead · Moon of Blood · The People of the Summit · Red Moon of Zembabwei · The Road of the Eagles · Shadows in the Dark · Shadows in the Skull · The Star of Khorala · The Thing in the Crypt · The Witches of the Mists Conan and the Amazon · Conan and the Emerald Lotus · Conan and the Death Lord of Thanza · Conan and the Gods of the Mountain · Conan and The Grim Grey God · Conan and the Manhunters · Conan and the Mists of Doom · Conan and the Shaman s Curse · Conan and the Sorcerer · Conan and the Spider God · Conan and the Treasure of Python · Conan at the Demon s Gate · Conan, Lord of the Black River · Conan of the Isles · Conan of the Red Brotherhood · Conan of Venarium · Conan, Scourge of the Bloody Coast · Conan the Barbarian · Conan the Bold · Conan the Buccaneer · Conan the Champion · Conan the Defender · Conan the Defiant · Conan the Destroyer · Conan the Fearless · Conan the Formidable · Conan the Freelance · Conan the Gladiator · Conan the Great · Conan the Guardian · Conan the Hero · Conan the Hunter · Conan the Indomitable · Conan the Invincible · Conan the Liberator · Conan the Magnificent · Conan the Marauder · Conan the Mercenary · Conan the Outcast · Conan the Raider · Conan the Rebel · Conan the Relentless · Conan the Renegade · Conan the Rogue · Conan the Savage · Conan the Triumphant · Conan the Unconquered · Conan the Valiant · Conan the Valorous · Conan the Victorious · Conan the Warlord · The Return of Conan · The Road of Kings · The Sword of Skelos Conan (books) Black Colossus · The Bloody Crown of Conan · The Coming of Conan · The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian · The Complete Chronicles of Conan · Conan · The Conan Chronicles (Howard et al) · The Conan Chronicles (Jordan) · The Conan Chronicles, 1 · The Conan Chronicles 2 · The Conan Chronicles, 2 · The Conan Chronicles II · Conan of Aquilonia · Conan of Cimmeria · Conan the Adventurer · Conan the Avenger · Conan the Barbarian · Conan the Freebooter · Conan the Swordsman · Conan the Usurper · Conan the Wanderer · Conan the Warrior · The Conquering Sword of Conan · The Devil in Iron · The Essential Conan · The Further Chronicles of Conan · Jewels of Gwahlur · King Conan · The People of the Black Circle · The Pool of the Black One · Queen of the Black Coast · Red Nails · Rogues in the House · Sagas of Conan · The Sword of Conan · Tales of Conan · The Tower of the Elephant · The Treasure of Tranicos The Blade of Conan · The Conan Grimoire · The Conan Reader · The Conan Swordbook · The Spell of Conan Robert E. The Conan books are sword and sorcery fantasies featuring the character of Conan the Cimmerian originally created by Robert E.
Most post-Howard Conan stories, however, are completely original works. That it has endured to become the subject of scholarly attention is ample evidence of their success. A series of illustrated limited editions of the Howard Conan stories only, containing one or two stories per volume.
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. While the Lancer edition has been criticized from a scholarly perspective for failing to present a pure version of the Howard tales, untampered with by other hands, the interest of those who oversaw it was not so much purist as practical; to popularize the corpus and ensure that it sold. Hocking · Robert Jordan · Sean A.
This article describes and discusses notable book editions of the Conan stories. 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. 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.
This version of the stories was the one that introduced Conan into popular culture. Includes all the classic stories, apparently in their unrevised form (The Black Stranger is quite different from its De Camp cognate The Treasure of Tranicos); uncompleted or fragmentary tales have been left in that state.
Green, John C. Moore · Björn Nyberg · Andrew J.
Offutt and old Howard/de Camp collaborations, all illustrated by Esteban Maroto. The later volumes contain some stories rewritten by L.
Its covers featured dynamic images by Frank Frazetta that, for many fans, presented the definitive impression of Conan and his world. New stories written entirely by themselves were added as well.
Hocking, Robert Jordan, Sean A. These editions contain notes, rough drafts, and other miscellanea by Howard.
Moore, Björn Nyberg, Andrew J. The Gnome edition also issued the first Conan story written by an author other than Howard — the final volume published, which is by Björn Nyberg and revised by de Camp. The first comprehensive paperback edition, which compiled the existing Howard and non-Howard stories together with new non-Howard stories in chronological order, to form a complete account of Conan s life.
The two parts were put together in 2006 to form one stand alone Centenary Edition to celebrate the 100 years since the birth of Howard. A three volume collection of Howard s original stories, published by Wandering Star in the United Kingdom and Del Rey (a division of Random House) in the United States. Howard Poul Anderson · Leonard Carpenter · Lin Carter · L.
