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The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian » (Unabridged)

Book cover image of The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard

Authors: Robert E. Howard, Todd McLaren
ISBN-13: 9781400162239, ISBN-10: 1400162238
Format: Compact Disc
Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc.
Date Published: June 2009
Edition: Unabridged

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Author Biography: Robert E. Howard

Robert E. Howard's (1906–1936) tales of heroic and supernatural fantasy won him a huge audience across the world and influenced a whole generation of writers, from Robert Jordan to Raymond E. Feist.

Book Synopsis

Thirteen of Howard's legendary stories comprise this collection starring Conan the barbarian, a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Cimmeria1
The Phoenix on the Sword5
The Frost/Giant's Daughter29
The God in the Bowl39
The Tower of the Elephant59
The Scarlet Citadel83
Queen of the Black Coast119
Black Colossus151
Iron Shadows in the Moon185
Xuthal of the Dusk217
The Pool of the Black One249
Rogues in the House277
The Vale of Lost Women301
The Devil in Iron319
The Phoenix on the Sword (first submitted draft)351
Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age375
The Hyborian Age379
Untitled Synopsis399
Untitled Synopsis (The Scarlet Citadel)401
Untitled Synopsis (Black Colossus)403
Untitled Fragment405
Untitled Synopsis407
Untitled Draft409
Hyborian Names and Countries417
Hyborian Age Maps421
AppHyborian Genesis429
AppNotes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology453
AppNotes on the Original Howard Texts459

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