''Conan the Wanderer'' is a 1968 collection of four
fantasy
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short stories by American writers
Robert E. Howard,
L. Sprague de Camp and
Lin Carter, featuring Howard's
sword and sorcery hero
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...
. Most of the stories were originally published in various fantasy magazines. The book has been reprinted a number of times since by various publishers, and has also been translated into German, Japanese, Spanish,
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and Italian. It was later gathered together with ''
Conan the Adventurer'' and ''
Conan the Buccaneer'' into the omnibus collection ''
The Conan Chronicles 2
''The Conan Chronicles 2'' is a 1990 omnibus collection of two previous fantasy collections and one fantasy novel by American writers Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barba ...
'' (1990).
Contents
*"Introduction" (L. Sprague de Camp)
*"
Black Tears" (L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter)
*"
Shadows in Zamboula
"Shadows in Zamboula" is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in ''Weird Tales'' in November 1935. Its original title was "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula".
The story takes place over the course ...
" (Robert E. Howard)
*"
The Devil in Iron
"The Devil in Iron" is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in ''Weird Tales'' in August 1934. Howard earned $115 for the publication of this story.
The plot concerns the resurrection of ...
" (Robert E. Howard)
*"
The Flame Knife" (Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp)
Plot summary
Conan, now about thirty-one, survives a Turanian-involved trap which crushes his Zuagir raiders and seeks revenge on Vardanes of Zamora, their betrayer. Afterwards, he moves on to other adventures, killing a high priest in the cannibal-haunted city of Zamboula and ultimately gaining command of a band of Kozaki warriors in the service of Kobad Shah, king of Iranistan. In his final adventure, Conan once again encounters his old rival, Olgerd Vladislav, and predecessor as chief of the Zuagirs.
Chronologically, the four short stories collected as ''Conan the Wanderer'' fall between ''
Conan the Freebooter'' and ''
Conan the Adventurer''.
Olgerd
Olgerd Vladislav first appeared in Howard's story "
A Witch Shall be Born", collected in the previous Conan volume, ''
Conan the Freebooter''.
References
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1968 short story collections
Conan the Barbarian books
Fantasy short story collections by L. Sprague de Camp
Fantasy short story collections
Lancer Books books
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