The Hyborian Age
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The Hyborian Age is an essay by Robert E. Howard on the "Hyborian Age" i.e. the fictional setting of his stories about Conan the Cimmerian written in the 1930s but not published in Howard's lifetime. It has been published as follows:
- The Hyborian Age (LANY Cooperative Publications, 1938)
- Skull-Face and Others (Arkham House, 1946)
- Conan (Lancer Books, 1967 (first part of essay only)
- Conan the Avenger (Lancer Books, 1968 (second part of essay only)
- Skull-Face Omnibus (Neville-Spearman [Jersey] Ltd., 1974; reprinted as 3-volume paperback, Panther Books Ltd., 1976)
- Red Nails (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977; also published in paperback, Berkley Books, 1977)
- The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People Of The Black Circle (Millennium, August 2000)
- Robert E. Howard’s Conan of Cimmeria Volume One (Wandering Star, 2002)
- The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Ballantine Books, December 2003)
Barbarian Keep listing of publication history
See Hyborian Age for a description of Howard's fictional universe.
The Hyborian Age was also the name of a fanzine published in the 1930s.