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The Hour of the Dragon

Robert E. Howard

First published 1969
Type Poem

This is a verse heading and appears at the start of the novel of the same name except for the serial version that appeared in Weird Tales. First appeared in the Berkley/Putnam version, 1977.
First published without the story in The Howard Collector #11, Spring 1969.
Some ISFDB editors have included the poem as a separate item in the contents of the novel, so these versions of the novel appear in list of appearances of the poem.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1969 Cover The Howard Collector, #11 Spring 1969 Glenn Lord FANZINE 22
1972 Cover Echoes from an Iron Harp Donald M. Grant Collection 105
August 1977 Cover The Hour of the Dragon Berkley Medallion Novel 17
November 1977 Cover The Hour of the Dragon Berkley/Putnam Novel 17
August 1979 Cover The Hour of the Dragon Berkley/Putnam / SFBC Novel 11
June 1998 Cover The Essential Conan Science Fiction Book Club Omnibus 17
April 2001 Cover The Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon Millennium / Victor Gollancz Collection 362
December 2003 Cover Conan il conquistatore Mondadori Novel 7
January 2006 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition Gollancz / Orion Collection 574
May 2006 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition Gollancz / Orion / SFBC Collection 574
August 2006 Cover Conan: Die Original-Erzählungen aus dem Jahr 1934 Heyne Collection 161
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 137
2007 Cover Winds of Time Thomas Kovacs Collection 137
January 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 216
February 2009 Cover The Hour of the Dragon The Robert E. Howard Foundation Collection [1]
February 2009 Cover A Word from the Outer Dark Project Pride Collection 143
February 2009 Cover A Word from the Outer Dark Project Pride Collection 143
April 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 216
April 2009 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Conan Gollancz Collection 574
August 2009 Cover The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press Collection 216
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 427
November 2009 Cover Robert E. Howard: Selected Poems Frank Coffman Collection 427
July 2015 Cover Conan 4 Festa Collection 13
July 2015 Cover Conan 4 Festa Collection 13
April 2016 Cover The Complete Chronicles of Conan: Centenary Edition Gateway / Orion Collection