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"The Coming of Conan" is a collection of Robert E. Howard's early Conan stories, showcasing the barbarian hero's adventures in the Hyborian Age. Conan is depicted as a raw, dangerous youth, a daring thief, and a swashbuckling pirate, ultimately revealing him as a commander of armies and a figure of primal strength and ambition. The stories, written in the order they were composed, delve into Conan's encounters with sorcery, deadly creatures, and ruthless enemies, exploring themes of civilization versus barbarism and Conan's unique perspective on honor and survival.

Table of Contents:

• 8 - introduction (The Coming of Conan) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 9 - Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") - essay
• 13 - Letter to Donald Wollheim, date unknown ("Dear Wollheim: Here is something which Two-Gun Bob...") - essay by H. P. Lovecraft
• 15 - The Hyborian Age: Part 1 - [Conan] - short fiction (variant of The Hyborian Age 1938) [as by John D. Clark and Robert E. Howard]
• 17 - The Shadow Kingdom - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - novelette
• 57 - The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - short story
• 69 - The King and the Oak - [Kull of Valusia] - (1939) - poem
• 82 - An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian - essay by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and P. Schuyler Miller
• 84 - The Tower of the Elephant - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 117 - The God in the Bowl - [Conan] - (1952) - short story
• 140 - Rogues in the House - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 174 - The Frost-Giant's Daughter - [Conan] - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard (variant of The Frost Giant's Daughter)
• 185 - Queen of the Black Coast - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette

Conan the Barbarian is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard in 1932. He is a warrior of the Hyborian Age, a mythical pre-civilization era imagined by Howard. Known for his incredible strength, intelligence, and resilience, Conan roams a dangerous world as a thief, pirate, and mercenary, often confronting monstrous foes and dark sorcery. While his character epitomizes raw masculinity and survival, he also has a strong sense of honor and justice, which sets him apart from others in his brutal world.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Black Colossus - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 53 - Shadows in the Moonlight - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 93 - A Witch Shall Be Born - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette
• 147 - Shadows in Zamboula - [Conan] - (1935) - novelette
• 187 - The Devil in Iron - [Conan] - (1934) - novelette

The story of Conan is a fabulous adventure of the most famous barbarian-warrior in fiction. His life is a blaze of excitement in the colorful kingdoms of prehistoric legend. In the tumultuous Hyborean Age it was he -- with his mighty deeds -- who most shaped the course of history.

In this book we see Conan still a young man, but with his barbarian days on the wane. Before him stretches his most virile period, for he is a man who thrives on dander, reward -- and romance. Theough it all he can rely on hony one tre friend, his great sword, as often in his hands as by his side.

For all the thrilling episodes within, this book is essentially the story of a remarkable man. "A tall man," author Howard describes him, "mightly shouldered and deep of chest, with a massive corded neck and heavily weighted limbs. His brow was low and broad under a square-cut black mane, his eyes a volcanic blue that smoldered as if with some inner fire. His dark, scarred, almost sinister face was that of a fighting man, an dhis velvet garments could not conceal the hard, dangerous lines of his limbs."

This swiftly paced book is for every reader who enjoys traveling down the paths of exotic adventure.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - The People of the Black Circle - [Conan] - (1934) - novella
• 91 - The Slithering Shadow - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 129 - The Pool of the Black One - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette
• 162 - Red Nails - [Conan] - (1936) - novella
• Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age - (1950) - interior artwork by David A. Kyle

King Conan is a collection of five fantasy short stories by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian.

Table of Contents:

• Map of the World of Conan in the Hyborean Age - (1950) - interior artwork by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle]
• 7 - Introduction (King Conan) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 13 - Jewels of Gwahlur - [Conan] - (1935) - novelette
• 58 - Beyond the Black River - [Conan] - (1935) - novella
• 116 - The Treasure of Tranicos - [Conan] - novella by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard [as]
• 190 - The Phoenix on the Sword - [Conan] - (1932) - novelette
• 215 - The Scarlet Citadel - [Conan] - (1933) - novelette

Here for the first time in book form, is a novel-length adventure of the most famous barbarian-warrior of them all, Coan. The colorful excitement is on another time, in the legendary kingdoms when earth was young.

In his delightfyl introduction, Dr. John D. Clark suggests the reasons for the outstanding success of the late Robert E. Howard's fabulous character of Conan. "Above all," he says, "Hopward was a story-teller. the story came first, last and in between. Somthing is always happening, and the flow of action never hesitates from beginning to end, as one incident flows smoothly and inevitably into the next."

As for Conan himself, "He is the srmored swashbuckler, the hero of all of Howards's heroes, indestructible and irrestible.

"How was a story-teller," Dr. Clark emphasizes. "The tales are the sword-and-cloaker carried to the ultimate limit and a little beyond... the parts of a writer that don't die with his body ar ehis stories -- and Howard's yarns are not going to die for a long time among thos ewho frankly and whil-heartedly like adventure on the grand scale."

Tales of Conan is a 1955 collection of four fantasy short stories by American writers Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp, featuring Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The tales as originally written by Howard were adventure yarns mostly set in the Middle Ages; they were rewritten as Conan stories by de Camp, who also added the fantastic element.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: There'll Always Be a Conan - essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• Ghostly Note - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Blood-Stained God - short story
• Hawks Over Shem - (1955) - novelette
• The Road of the Eagles - (1955) - novelette
• The Flame Knife - novella