Conan the Swordsman 1978
By L. Sprague De Camp, Lin Carter, Bjorn Nyberg, Karl Edward Wagner, Andrew J. Offutt, Poul Anderson, Robert E. Howard
- American Adventure stories, Fantasy fiction, American, Adventure stories, American, Fiction
The barbarian giant of the savage Hyborian world follows his quest to protect kingdoms from deadly adversaries.
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Classical in form, unpretentious, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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- Author
- L. Sprague De Camp, Lin Carter, Bjorn Nyberg, Karl Edward Wagner, Andrew J. Offutt, Poul Anderson, Robert E. Howard
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 256
- Publisher
- Orbit, Bantam Books, Ace Books
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780553120189
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- American Adventure stories
- Fantasy fiction, American
- Adventure stories, American
- Fiction
- Conan (Fictitious character)
- American Fantasy fiction
- Conan (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, action & adventure
- English Short stories
- Nouvelles anglaises
- Fiction, fantasy, general
- Cimmeria (imaginary place), fiction
“How would you like to go to a world where men are mighty, women are beautiful, problems are simple, and life is adventurous?”
Lyon Sprague de Camp — known as L. Sprague de Camp — was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and biography. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, including biographies of other fantasy authors. - Wikipedia
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