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Conan the Barbarian

L. Sprague de Camp & Lin Carter

First published 1982
Series Conan UniverseConan Pastiches
Publisher Bantam Books
Format Paperback
Type Novel
Cover art Renato Casaro
Pages ix+181
Price $2.50
ISBN 0553225448

  • Film novelization based on the screenplay by John Milius and Oliver Stone
  • First author is L. Sprague de Camp, author Lin Carter had little input due to ill health.
  • L Sprague de Camp admits in an interview with Randall D. Larson that 60% of the writing was by his wife Catherine Crook de Camp

  • "A Bantam Book May 1982"
  • First printing as per number line.
  • Cover artwork copyright ©1981 by Universal City Studios, Inc.
  • Cover artist not credited in/on book but at the artist's website here
  • Movie tie-in, based on the screenplay by John Milius and Oliver Stone.

Page Title Author(s) Type
vii Foreword (Conan the Barbarian) L. Sprague de Camp Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Conan the Barbarian Cover 1982 Sphere Paperback Novel Renato Casaro ix+181
Conan the Barbarian Cover 1983 Robert Hale Hardcover Novel Renato Casaro ix+181
Conan the Barbarian Cover 1988 Sphere Paperback Novel Alan Craddock ix+181
Conan the Barbarian Cover 1990 Orbit Paperback Novel Alan Craddock ix+181
Conan the Barbarian Cover 2023 Blackstone Publishing digital audio download Novel Renato Casaro