Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933)

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Cover of Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (Wandering Star); art by Mark Schultz

Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) is a collection of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, published by Wandering Star, and by Del Rey as The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian.

Contents

• Foreword by Mark Schultz
• Introduction by Patrice Louinet
• "Cimmeria" (poem)
• "The Phoenix on the Sword"
• "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
• "The God in the Bowl"
• "The Tower of the Elephant"
• "The Scarlet Citadel"
• "Queen of the Black Coast"
• "Black Colossus"
• "Iron Shadows in the Moon"
• "Xuthal of the Dusk"
• "The Pool of the Black One"
• "Rogues in the House"
• "The Vale of Lost Women"
• "The Devil in Iron"
• "The Phoenix on the Sword" (first submitted draft)
• "Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age"
• "The Hyborian Age"
• Untitled Synopsis: "A squad of Zamorian soldiers, led by the officer Nestor, ..."
• Untitled Synopsis ("The Scarlet Citadel")
• Untitled Synopsis ("Black Colossus")
• Untitled Fragment: "The battlefield stretched silent, crimson pools among the still sprawling figures..."
• Untitled Synopsis: "The setting: The city of Shumballa, in the land of Kush, ..."
• Untitled Draft: "Amboola awakened slowly, his senses still sluggish from the wine..."
• "Hyborian Names and Countries"
• "Hyborian Age Maps"
• "Hyborian Genesis" by Patrice Louinet
• Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology by Patrice Louinet
• Notes on the Original Howard Texts

Publication details

Cover of The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Del Rey); art by Mark Schultz

• Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933) (collection) • Robert E. Howard • edited by Patrice Louinet • series editor Rusty Burke • illustrated by Mark Schultz • Wandering Star 2003 hc 480pp ISBN 0-9534253-7-1 Limited edition
  • Wandering Star 2003 hc 480pp ISBN 0-9534253-8-X Ultra Limited Edition
  • Wandering Star 2003 hc 480pp ISBN 0-9534253-9-8 Leatherbound Edition
• The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (collection) • Robert E. Howard • edited by Patrice Louinet • series editor Rusty Burke • illustrated by Mark Schultz • Del Rey 2003 pb ISBN 0-345-46151-7
  • Del Rey 2005 hc ISBN 0-345-48385-5

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• Howard Works: Robert E. Howard Bibliography • Paul Herman and Todd A. Woods • winner of The 2004 Stygian Award for best REH-related website
• A Complete Conan Bibliography • Bruce L. Precourt
  • A Complete Conan Bibliography • Expanded, edited, and reformatted by William Galen Gray et al.
• The Hyborian Age of Conan the Barbarian • Dale Rippke
• Robert E. Howard – Bibliography (Alphabetical) • Al von Ruff (isfdb)
• The Barbarian Keep • Edward A. Waterman
• International Superheroes: Conan • "Loki"