The Coming of Conan by Robert E. Howard, Gnome Press, 1953

The Coming of Conan is a collection of eight fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his seminal sword and sorcery heroes Kull and Conan the Barbarian, together with the first part of his pseudo-history of the "Hyborian Age" in which the Conan tales were set. It was first published in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1953. The stories originally appeared in the 1930s in the fantasy magazine Weird Tales. The collection never saw publication in paperback; instead, its component stories were split up and distributed among other "Kull" and "Conan" collections. Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936)[1] was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. ... Gnome Press was a US small-press publishing company primarily known for being the first to publish Isaac Asimovs Foundation Trilogy, and for bringing Robert E. Howards Conan the Barbarian stories back from pulp obscurity. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Robert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936)[1] was a classic American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. ... This article is about a fantasy sub-genre. ... A complete edition of Kulls stories from 1995 Kull of Atlantis or Kull the Conqueror is a fictional character created by Robert E. Howard. ... Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet. ... Gnome Press was a US small-press publishing company primarily known for being the first to publish Isaac Asimovs Foundation Trilogy, and for bringing Robert E. Howards Conan the Barbarian stories back from pulp obscurity. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This page is about the fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine and its heirs. ...

Contents:

• "The Hyborian Age, Part 1"
• "The Shadow Kingdom " (Kull)
• "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Kull)
• "The King and the Oak" (Kull)
• "The Tower of the Elephant"
• "The God in the Bowl"
• "Rogues in the House"
• "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"
• "Queen of the Black Coast"

Chronologically, the short stories collected as The Coming of Conan are the earliest in Gnome's Conan series; the stories collected as Conan the Barbarian follow. The Hyborian Age is an essay on by Robert E. Howard on the Hyborian Age i. ... The Tower of the Elephant is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in 1933. ... The God in the Bowl is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, written in the 1930s but not published in his lifetime. ... Rogues in the House is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in 1934. ... The Frost Giants Daughter is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, written in the 1930s but not published in his lifetime. ... Queen of the Black Coast is one of the original stories by Robert E. Howard about Conan the Cimmerian, first published in Weird Tales in 1934. ... Conan the Barbarian by Robert E. Howard, Gnome Press, 1954 Conan the Barbarian is a collection of five fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, first published in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1954. ...