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Author | Robert E. Howard |
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Cover artist | Frank Frazetta |
Language | English |
Series | Conan the Barbarian |
Genre | Sword and sorcery |
Publisher | Lancer Books |
Publication date | 1967 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 222 |
Conan the Warrior is a 1967 collection of threefantasy short stories by American writerRobert E. Howard, featuring hissword and sorcery heroConan the Barbarian. The collection is introduced and edited byL. Sprague de Camp. The stories originally appeared in the fantasy magazineWeird Tales in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers, and has also been translated intoJapanese,German,French,Polish,Spanish,Swedish andItalian.
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 savagePicts in the wilderness to the west.
Chronologically, the three short stories collected asConan the Warrior fall betweenConan the Buccaneer andConan the Usurper.
Preceded by | Lancer/Ace Conan series (chronological order) | Succeeded by |
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