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The coming of Conan

  • 1953 first published
  • 480 pages
  • ★ 3.8 (8 ratings)
  • 5 editions

Published in 1953, The coming of Conan is an epic fantasy novel by Robert E. Howard. Readers will find themes of Conan.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.8 out of 5 from 8 ratings, and 24 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 5 editions.

It runs to roughly 480 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About The coming of Conan

"Between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities . . . there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars. . . . Hither came Conan, the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword in hand . . . to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandalled feet."Conan is one of the greatest fictional heroes ever created--a swordsman who cuts a swath across the lands of the Hyborian Age, facing powerful sorcerers, deadly creatures, and ruthless armies of thieves and reavers.In a meteoric career that spanned a mere twelve years before his tragic suicide, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. Collected in this volume, profusely illustrated by artist Mark Schultz, are Howard's first thirteen Conan stories, appearing in their original versions--in some cases for the first time in more than seventy years--and in the order Howard wrote them.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • American Fantasy fiction
  • Conan
  • Fantasy fiction, American
  • Epic fantasy
  • Fantasy

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Quick answers

Who wrote The coming of Conan?

The coming of Conan was written by Robert E. Howard and first published in 1953.

What genre is The coming of Conan?

It is usually shelved as Epic Fantasy.

How long is The coming of Conan?

The median edition has 480 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The coming of Conan?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time Book 2), A Dance With Dragons and The Shadow Rising.

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