Conan the Warrior

Conan the Warrior
Conan the Warrior  
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Conan the Warrior by Robert E. Howard, Lancer Books, 1967
Author(s) Robert E. Howard
Cover artist Frank Frazetta
Country United States
Language English
Series Conan the Barbarian
Genre(s) Sword and sorcery Fantasy short stories
Publisher Lancer Books
Publication date 1967
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 222 pp
ISBN NA
Preceded by Conan the Buccaneer
Followed by Conan the Usurper

Conan the Warrior is a 1967 collection of three fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The collection is introduced and edited by L. Sprague de Camp. The stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers, and has also been translated into Japanese, German, French, Polish, Spanish, Swedish and Italian.

Contents

Plot summary

In these stories from Conan's late thirties, the Cimmerian becomes involved in the civil wars of a lost city, a contest over treasure in the black kingdoms, and the border wars between the kingdom of Aquilonia and the savage Picts in the wilderness to the west.

Chronologically, the three short stories collected as Conan the Warrior fall between Conan the Buccaneer and Conan the Usurper.

References

  • Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. p. 112.