The Flame Knife

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The Flame Knife is a Conan novella by L. Sprague de Camp based on an El Borak story, "Three-Bladed Doom", by Robert E. Howard; it is usually credited to Howard and de Camp.

Howard wrote two versions of "Three-Bladed Doom": a longer one of about 42,000 words and a shorter one of about 24,000 words; de Camp re-wrote the longer version.

Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Differences from Howard's original story 2 Characters 3 Locations 4 Publication history 5 References

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[edit] Differences from Howard's original story

De Camp gave El Borak's role to Conan, deleted and added place and setting information, and extensively re-worked the plot and story-line so that a new "Howard" story could be added to the Gnome Press series in 1955.

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• Conan
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[edit] Publication history

• Tales of Conan (collection) • Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp • Gnome Press 1955
• Conan the Wanderer (collection) • Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter • Lancer
• Conan:The Flame Knife (novella) • Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp • illustrated by Estaban Maroto • Ace July 1981 pb 159pp ISBN 0-441-11666-3
  • Ace December 1982 ISBN 0-441-11666-3
  • Ace September 1985 ISBN 0-441-11665-5

[edit] References

• Miskatonic University Library Periodical Reading Room - Weird Tales • anon.
• The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998) • Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento
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• The Encyclopedia of Fantasy • edited by John Clute and John Grant • Orbit 1997 ISBN 1857233689
• Robert E. Howard :Short Story Bibliography • Robert E. Howard : UK Publications • Ian Davy
• 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"