The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle by Robert E. Howard (Millennium, August 10, 2000, 1-85798-996-1, £6.99, 548pp, tp, co, cover by John Howe) [Conan] [edited by Stephen Jones]
Collection of the first half of Howard’s Conan stories, reproducing the Weird Tales text where possible. Volume 8 in the “Fantasy Masterworks” series.
- x · Map of the Hyborian Age · Dave Senior · mp (r)
based on a map prepared by Robert E. Howard.
- 1 · The Hyborian Age · Robert E. Howard · ar LANY Cooperative Publications, 1938
the first half was published in The Phantagraph, Feb, Aug, & Oct/Nov ’36.
- 25 · The Tower of the Elephant [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1933
- 51 · The Hall of the Dead (synopsis) [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · uw Fantasy Crossroads #1, November 1974
originally published in a somewhat different version in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1967.
- 53 · The God in the Bowl [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv The Tower of the Elephant by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1975
originally published in a somewhat different version in Super Science Fiction, September 1952.
- 75 · Rogues in the House [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales January 1934
- _75 · Heading for “Rogues in the House” · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales January 1934
- 102 · The Hand of Nergal (fragment) [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Last Celt: A Bio-Bibliography of Robert Ervin Howard by Glenn Lord, Donald M. Grant, 1976
originally published in a somewhat different version in Conan (Lancer, 1967).
- 105 · The Frost-Giant’s Daughter [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · ss Rogues in the House by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1976
originally published in a somewhat different version as “Gods of the North” in The Fantasy Fan, March 1934.
- 114 · Queen of the Black Coast [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 1934
- 145 · The Vale of Lost Women [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Magazine of Horror Spring 1967
- 163 · The Snout in the Dark (draft) [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · uw Jewels of Gwahlur by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1979
originally published in a somewhat different version in Conan of Cimmeria (Lancer, 1969).
- 173 · Black Colossus [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales June 1933
- 212 · Shadows in the Moonlight [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales April 1934
- 246 · A Witch Shall Be Born [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales December 1934
- 292 · Shadows in Zamboula [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1935
- 326 · The Devil in Iron [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1934
- 359 · The People of the Black Circle [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales September 1934 (+2)
- 443 · The Slithering Shadow [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales September 1933
- 479 · Drums of Tombalku (draft) [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · uw The Pool of the Black One by Robert E. Howard, Donald M. Grant, 1986
originally published in a somewhat different version in Conan the Adventurer (Lancer, 1966).
- 505 · The Pool of the Black One [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales October 1933
- 535 · Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Early Years · Stephen Jones · aw
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