Robert Ervin Howard – The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

Contents

„Artist’s Forward”

„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”

Miscellanea

„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 …”

Untitled Synopsis („The Scarlet Citadel”)

Untitled Synopsis („Black Colossus”)

Untitled Fragment „The battlefield stretched silent, …”

Untitled Synopsis „The setting: The city of Shumballa, ..”

Untitled Draft „Amboola awakened slowly, …”

Hyborian Names and Countries

Hyborian Age Maps

Appendices

Hyborian Genesis by Patrice Louinet

Notes on the Conan Typescripts and the Chronology
by Patrice Louinet

Notes on the original Howard texts

The texts for this edition were based on Howard’s original typescripts or the first published appearance if a typescript was unavailable.

The color illustrations from the Wandering Star edition are reproduced in black and white in the trade paperback edition and in color in the hardcover edition.   źródło opisu: własny źródło okładki: Del Rey