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Sagas of Conan

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Sagas of Conan
Cover of Sagas of Conan
AuthorL. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg
Cover artistVladimir Nenov
LanguageEnglish
SeriesConan the Barbarian
GenreSword and sorcery, fantasy
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
2004
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages448
ISBN0-7653-1054-6
OCLC52943025
813/.52 22
LC ClassPS3507.E2344 A6 2004
Preceded byThe Further Chronicles of Conan 

Sagas of Conan is a 2004 omnibus collection of three previously issued fantasy books written by L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter and Björn Nyberg featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Tor Books.[1][2]

Contents

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Reception

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Paula Guran in Cinefantastique writes "Although [ Robert E. Howard's original Conan stories] were a huge influence, the Cimmerian really didn't begin to pervade our culture until the 1970s, due to the comics series and pastiches such as these. L. Sprague de Camp may be disdained for his 'editing' ... of original Howard material ... but his works are enjoyable and acceptable to most sword and sorcery fans, and it's nice to have them back in print. We're not sure why this is subtitled as three novels. This omnibus consists of two novels, 'Conan the Liberator' and 'Conan and the Spider God' (both by de Camp and Carter), and 'Conan the Swordsman' (a collection that also includes work by Bjorn Nyberg)." She gives the book three stars.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Sagas of Conan title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ *Fantastic Fiction entry for Sagas of Conan
  3. ^ Guran, Paula. "Sagas of Conan" [review]. Cinefantastique, v. 36, iss. 2, April/May 2004, pp. 64-65.