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| Author | Robert E. Howard |
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| Cover artist | Ed Emshwiller |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Sword and sorcery |
| Publisher | Gnome Press |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
Conan the Barbarian is a collection of fivefantasy short stories by American writerRobert E. Howard, featuring hissword and sorcery heroConan the Barbarian, first published in hardcover byGnome Press in 1955.[1] The stories originally appeared in the 1930s in the fantasy magazineWeird Tales. This collection never saw publication in paperback; instead, its component stories were divided and distributed among other "Conan" collections. A latercollection with the same title but different contents was issued in paperback byDel Rey/Ballantine Books in 2011.[2]
Chronologically, the five short stories collected asConan the Barbarian are the second in Gnome's Conan series; the stories collected asThe Sword of Conan follow.
| Preceded by | Gnome Conan series (chronological order) | Succeeded by |
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