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The Conan Swordbook: 27 Examinations of Heroic Fiction

L. Sprague de Camp & George H. Scithers

First published 1969
Series Conan nonfiction
Publisher Mirage Press
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Catalog ID V-104
Cover art George Barr
Pages xiii+255
Price $5.95

Price from The Science-Fantasy Publishers by Jack L. Chalker and Mark Owings which also indicates that 1519 copies were printed. The Voyager Series Numbered. Only the first illustration per artist for a given essay has been noted in the contents.

Year Reviewer Publication
1971 uncredited Magazine of Horror, April 1971

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 Letter to Harold Preece, No Date ("Well, Harold, I'm sorry to hear your nose...") Robert E. Howard Essay
11 Letter to August Derleth ("Dear Mr. Derleth: I was much interested...") Robert E. Howard Essay
21 The Art of Robert Ervin Howard Poul Anderson Essay
27 A Gent from Cross Plains Glenn Lord Essay
33 Who Were the Æsir? Poul Anderson Essay
43 Who Was Crom? Albert E. Gechter Essay
49 Lord of the Black Throne P. Schuyler Miller Essay
57 Conan of the Khyber Rifles Norman Metcalf & Chuck Hansen Essay
61 Howard's Detective Stories Glenn Lord Essay
65 Conan on Crusade Allan Howard Essay
75 Howard's Cthuloid Tales Ben Solon Essay
81 Editing Conan L. Sprague de Camp Essay
95 The Novels of Eric Rücker Eddison John Boardman Essay
101 John Carter: Sword of Theosophy Fritz Leiber Essay
111 Hyborians, Be Seated Ray Capella Essay
117 Titivated Romance Fritz Leiber Essay
131 Controlled Anachronism Fritz Leiber Essay
151 ... And Strange Sounding Names Marion Zimmer Bradley Essay
159 Weapons of Choice W. H. Griffey Essay
165 Weapons of Choice Albert E. Gechter Essay
169 On Weapons of Choice &/or Necessity Jerry Pournelle Essay
175 Son of Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity Jerry Pournelle Essay
185 Range L. Sprague de Camp Essay
193 Sublimated Bloodthirstiness Poul Anderson Essay
197 ... And as for the Admixture of Cultures on Imaginary Worlds Leigh Brackett Essay
207 Response E. Hoffman Price Essay
213 Ranging Afterthoughts L. Sprague de Camp Essay
221 Ocean Trade in the Hyborian Age John Boardman Essay
227 An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian John D. Clark & P. Schuyler Miller & L. Sprague de Camp Essay
ix Swords and Sorcery Richard H. Eney Essay