Not to be confused with The Conan Chronicles, 1 ; The Conan Chronicles (Robert Jordan) ; or The Chronicles of Conan .
This article is about the 1989 anthology. For similarly named books, see Conan (books) . For the comics, see Conan (Dark Horse Comics) .
The Conan Chronicles Cover of first edition
Author Robert E. Howard , L. Sprague de Camp , Lin Carter Cover artist Blas Gallego Country United Kingdom Language English Series Conan the Barbarian Genre Sword and sorcery Publisher Sphere Books Publication date
1989 Media type Print (paperback) Pages 569 pp ISBN 0-7474-0547-6 OCLC 33073944 Followed by The Conan Chronicles 2
The Conan Chronicles is a 1989 omnibus collection of three fantasy collections by American writers Robert E. Howard , L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter , featuring Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian , published by Sphere Books . The component collections had originally been published by Lancer Books in 1967, 1968 and 1969, and later reissued by Ace Books .[1] [2] The omnibus collection was followed by The Conan Chronicles 2 .
Contents [ ]
Conan (Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
"Introduction" (L. Sprague de Camp)
"Letter from Robert E. Howard to P. Schuyler Miller" (Robert E. Howard)
"The Hyborian Age , Part 1" (Robert E. Howard)
"The Thing in the Crypt " (L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
"The Tower of the Elephant " (Robert E. Howard)
"The Hall of the Dead " (Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
"The God in the Bowl " (Robert E. Howard)
"Rogues in the House " (Robert E. Howard)
"The Hand of Nergal " (Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter)
"The City of Skulls " (L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
Conan of Cimmeria (Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
"Introduction" (L. Sprague de Camp)
"The Curse of the Monolith " (L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
"The Blood-Stained God " (Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
"The Frost Giant's Daughter " (Robert E. Howard, edited by L. Sprague de Camp)
"The Lair of the Ice Worm " (L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
"Queen of the Black Coast " (Robert E. Howard)
"The Vale of Lost Women " (Robert E. Howard)
"The Castle of Terror " (L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
"The Snout in the Dark " (Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
Conan the Freebooter (Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
"Introduction" (L. Sprague de Camp)
"Hawks over Shem " (Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
"Black Colossus " (Robert E. Howard)
"Shadows in the Moonlight " (Robert E. Howard)
"The Road of the Eagles " (Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
"A Witch Shall be Born " (Robert E. Howard)
Notes [ ]
Conan the Barbarian
Authors
Creator Later authors
Poul Anderson
Leonard Carpenter
Lin Carter
L. Sprague de Camp
Roland J. Green
John C. Hocking
Robert Jordan
Sean A. Moore
Björn Nyberg
Andrew J. Offutt
Steve Perry
John Maddox Roberts
Michael A. Stackpole
Roy Thomas
Harry Turtledove
Karl Edward Wagner
Other media
Film
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Destroyer (1984)
Red Sonja (1985)
Kull the Conqueror (1997)
Conan the Barbarian (2011)
Television
Conan the Adventurer (1992)
Conan and the Young Warriors (1994)
Conan the Adventurer (1997)
Comics
Conan (comics)
Conan (Dark Horse Comics)
Conan the Barbarian
The Savage Sword of Conan
Games
Conan Unchained!
Conan Against Darkness!
Conan: Hall of Volta
Conan Role-Playing Game
Hyborian War
GURPS Conan
Conan: The Mysteries of Time
Conan (2004)
Conan: The Roleplaying Game
Conan Collectible Card Game
Conan (2007)
Age of Conan (Rise of the Godslayer )
Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of
Conan Exiles
Setting
Characters
Bêlit
Conan the Barbarian
Kulan Gath
Red Sonja
Serpent Men
Thulsa Doom
Valeria
Chronology
The Hyborian Age
Conan chronologies
Related articles
Red Sonja
"The Shadow of the Vulture "
References
Cerebus the Aardvark
Conan the Librarian
Works by Robert E. Howard
Adventure
Fantasy
Conan
"Beyond the Black River "
"Black Colossus "
"The Black Stranger "
"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 "
The Hour of the Dragon
"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 "
Solomon Kane Kull Bran Mak Morn
"The Children of the Night "
"Worms of the Earth "
Comedy
Sailor Steve Costigan Breckinridge Elkins
Horror
Other
Other stories Other characters Poetry See also
Bibliography
Poems (A–H) (I–O) (P–Z)
"The Hyborian Age "
Unaussprechlichen Kulten
Works by L. Sprague de Camp
Viagens Interplanetarias
Krishna Kukulkan Other Collections
Harold Shea (with Fletcher Pratt and others)
de Camp/ Pratt canon Collections
Novarian series
Stories Collections
The Reluctant King (1985)
Neo-Napolitanian series
Novels
The Incorporated Knight (1987)
The Pixilated Peeress (1991)
Conan series (with Robert E. Howard and others)
Novels
Conan and the Spider God (1980)
Conan of the Isles (1968)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Buccaneer (1971)
Conan the Liberator (1979)
The Return of Conan (1957)
Short stories
"Black Sphinx of Nebthu " (1973)
"The Treasure of Tranicos " (1953)
"Black Tears " (1968)
"The Blood-Stained God " (1955)
"The Castle of Terror " (1969)
"The City of Skulls " (1967)
"The Curse of the Monolith " (1968)
"Drums of Tombalku " (1966)
The Flame Knife (1955/81)
"The Frost Giant's Daughter " Conan (1953)
"The Gem in the Tower " (1978)
"The God in the Bowl " (1952)
"The Hall of the Dead " (1967)
"Hawks Over Shem " (1955)
"The Ivory Goddess " (1978)
"The Lair of the Ice Worm " (1969)
"Legions of the Dead " (1978)
"Moon of Blood " (1978)
"The People of the Summit " (1970/78)
"Red Moon of Zembabwei " (1974)
"The Road of the Eagles " (1955)
"Shadows in the Dark " (1978)
"Shadows in the Skull " (1975)
"The Snout in the Dark " (1969)
"The Star of Khorala " (1978)
"The Thing in the Crypt " (1967)
"The Witch of the Mists " (1972)
"Wolves Beyond the Border " (1967)
Collections
Conan (1967)
The Conan Chronicles (1989)
The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990)
Conan of Aquilonia (1977)
Conan of Cimmeria (1969)
Conan the Adventurer (1966)
Conan the Avenger (1968)
Conan the Freebooter (1968)
Conan the Swordsman (1978)
Conan the Usurper (1967)
Conan the Wanderer (1968)
Sagas of Conan (2004)
Tales of Conan (1955)
The Treasure of Tranicos (1980)
Other speculative fiction
Novels Short stories Collections
Fiction edited
Anthologies Single author
Conan the Conqueror (1967)
Conan the Warrior (1967)
The Wolf Leader (1950)
Nonfiction
Science and history Lit crit and biography
Nonfiction edited
Multi-author
The Blade of Conan (1979)
The Conan Grimoire (1972)
The Conan Swordbook (1969)
The Spell of Conan (1980)
Single author
To Quebec and the Stars (1976)
About de Camp or his fiction
Works by Lin Carter
Callisto Green Star Mars Zarkon Zanthodon Thongor
The Wizard of Lemuria (1965/69)
Thongor and the Dragon City (1966/70)
Thongor Against the Gods (1967)
Thongor in the City of Magicians (1968)
Thongor at the End of Time (1968)
Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus (1970)
Young Thongor (2012)
The Sword of Thongor (Robert M. Price) (2016)
Conan
Novels
Conan of the Isles (1968)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Conan the Buccaneer (1971)
Conan the Liberator (1979)
Short works
"Black Sphinx of Nebthu " (1973)
"Black Tears " (1968)
"The Castle of Terror " (1969)
"The City of Skulls " (1967)
"The Curse of the Monolith " (1968)
"Death-Song of Conan the Cimmerian " (1972)
"The Gem in the Tower " (1978)
"The Hand of Nergal " (1967)
"The Ivory Goddess " (1978)
"The Lair of the Ice Worm " (1969)
"Legions of the Dead " (1978)
"Moon of Blood " (1978)
"Red Moon of Zembabwei " (1974)
"Shadows in the Dark " (1978)
"Shadows in the Skull " (1975)
"The Snout in the Dark " (1969)
"The Thing in the Crypt " (1967)
"The Witch of the Mists " (1972)
Collections
Conan (1967)
The Conan Chronicles (1989)
The Conan Chronicles 2 (1990)
Conan of Aquilonia (1977)
Conan of Cimmeria (1969)
Conan the Swordsman (1978)
Conan the Wanderer (1968)
Sagas of Conan (2004)
Kull
"Exile of Atlantis " (1967)
King Kull (1967)
Gondwane Terra Magica Kylix Other Collections Anthologies edited
Nonfiction Poetry
Sandalwood and Jade (1951)
Galleon of Dream (1953)
Letter to Judith (1959)
Dreams from R'lyeh (1975)