num_pages: 310
description: Subtitle: The World's Greatest Living Fantasy Writers Pay Tribute to Robert E. Howard.Contents:“Swords and Sorcery” (Richard H. Eney) “An Informal Biography of Conan the Cimmerian” (John D. Clark, P. Schuyler Miller, and L. Sprague de Camp) “Ocean Trade in the Hyborian Age” (John Boardman) “Hyborian Technology” (L. Sprague de Camp) “The Real Hyborian Age” (Lin Carter) “Lord of the Black Throne” (P. Schuyler Miller) “The Art of Robert Ervin Howard” (Poul Anderson) “Memories of R.E.H.” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Conan on Crusade” (Allan Howard) “A Gent from Cross Plains” (Glenn Lord) “Editing Conan” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Howard’s Detective Stories” (Glenn Lord) “Howard and the Races” (L. Sprague de Camp) “The Case for Solomon Kane” (John Pocsik) “Stirrups and Scholarship” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Howard’s Cthuloid Tales” (Ben Solon) “Controlled Anachronism” (Fritz Leiber) “The Novels of Eric Rücker Eddison” (John Boardman) “Hyborians, Be Seated [(The Fantasy of A. Merritt)]” (Ray Capella) “Mundy’s Vendhya” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Titivated Romance” (Fritz Leiber) “Weapons of Choice I” (W. H. Griffey) “Weapons of Choice II” (Albert E. Gechter) “On Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity” (Jerry E. Pournelle) “Son of Weapons of Choice and/or Necessity” (Jerry E. Pournelle) “Range” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Sublimated Bloodthirstiness” (Poul Anderson) “And as for the Admixture of Cultures on Imaginary Worlds” (Leigh Brackett) “Ranging Afterthoughts” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Arming the Incomplete Enchanter” (Jerry E. Pournelle) “The Complete Duelist” (L. Sprague de Camp) “Rearming the Incomplete Enchanter” (Jerry E. Pournelle)
language: English
title: The Blade of Conan
titlecomplete: The Blade of Conan
genres: Adventure, Essays, Science Fiction Fantasy, Action, Sword and Sorcery, Fiction, Short Stories, Writing, Fantasy
ratings_count: 103
publisher: Ace Books