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The Blade of Conan

L. Sprague de Camp

First published 1979
Series Conan nonfiction
Publisher Ace Books
Format Paperback
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Sanjulian
Pages ix+310
Price $1.95
ISBN 0441116701


• "First Ace printing: May 1979"; no number line • Cover art is credited to Sanjulian on the copyright page; no visible signature

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Swords and Sorcery Richard H. Eney Essay
9 An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian John D. Clark & P. Schuyler Miller & L. Sprague de Camp Essay
45 Ocean Trade in the Hyborian Age John Boardman Essay
51 Hyborian Technology L. Sprague de Camp Essay
67 The Real Hyborian Age Lin Carter Essay
77 Lord of the Black Throne P. Schuyler Miller Essay
85 The Art of Robert Ervin Howard Poul Anderson Essay
91 Memories of R. E. H. L. Sprague de Camp Essay
99 Conan on Crusade Allan Howard Essay
107 A Gent from Cross Plains Glenn Lord Essay
113 Editing Conan L. Sprague de Camp Essay
123 Howard's Detective Stories Glenn Lord Essay
127 Howard and the Races L. Sprague de Camp Essay
131 The Case for Solomon Kane John Pocsik Essay
139 Stirrups and Scholarship L. Sprague de Camp Essay
143 Howard's Cthuloid Tales Ben Solon Essay
151 Controlled Anachronism Fritz Leiber Essay
171 The Novels of Eric Rücker Eddison John Boardman Essay
177 Hyborians, Be Seated: (The Fantasy of A. Merritt) Ray Capella Essay
183 Mundy's Venhya L. Sprague de Camp Essay
189 Titivated Romance Fritz Leiber Essay
207 Weapons Choice, I W. H. Griffey Essay
211 Weapons Choice, II Albert E. Gechter Essay
215 On Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity Jerry E. Pournelle Essay
219 Son of Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity Jerry E. Pournelle Essay
227 Range L. Sprague de Camp Essay
233 Sublimated Bloodthirstiness Poul Anderson Essay
235 ... And as for the Admixture of Cultures on Imaginary Worlds Leigh Brackett Essay
243 Ranging Afterthoughts L. Sprague de Camp Essay
249 Arming the Incomplete Enchanter Jerry E. Pournelle Essay
261 The Complete Duelist L. Sprague de Camp Essay
263 Rearming the Incomplete Enchanter Jerry E. Pournelle Essay
275 Richard the Lion-Hearted is Alive and Well in California Poul Anderson Essay
293 ... And Strange-Sounding Names Marion Zimmer Bradley Essay
301 One Man's BEM R. Bretnor Essay
ix Editor's Note (The Blade of Conan) L. Sprague de Camp Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Blade of Conan: The World's Greatest Living Fantasy Writers Pay Tribute to Robert E. Howard Cover 1982 Ace Books Paperback Nonfiction Sanjulian 310