- The Conan Chronicles, 1
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name = The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle
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image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author =Robert E. Howard
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cover_artist =John Howe
country =United Kingdom
language = English
series = Gollancz Conan Chronicles
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genre = Fantasyshort stories
publisher =Gollancz
release_date = 2000
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Paperback )
pages = xii, 548 pp
isbn = ISBN 1-85798-996-1
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followed_by ="The Conan Chronicles: Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle" is a collection of
fantasy short stories written byRobert E. Howard featuring hissword and sorcery heroConan the Barbarian . The book was published in 2000 byGollancz as eighth volume of theirFantasy Masterworks series. The book, edited by Stephen Jones, presents the stories in their internal chronological order. Most of the stories originally appeared in the magazines "The Phantagraph", "Weird Tales ", "Super Science Fiction", "Magazine of Horror" and "Fantasy Fiction".Contents
* Map of the Hyborian Age, by Dave Senior
* "The Hyborian Age "
* "The Tower of the Elephant "
* "The Hall of the Dead " (synopsis)
* "The God in the Bowl "
* "Rogues in the House "
* "The Hand of Nergal " (fragment)
* "The Frost-Giant’s Daughter"
* "Queen of the Black Coast "
* "The Vale of Lost Women "
* "The Snout in the Dark " (draft)
* "Black Colossus "
* "Shadows in the Moonlight "
* "A Witch Shall Be Born "
* "Shadows in Zamboula "
* "The Devil in Iron "
* "The People of the Black Circle "
* "The Slithering Shadow "
* "Drums of Tombalku " (draft)
* "The Pool of the Black One "
* Robert E. Howard and Conan: The Early Years, by Stephen JonesReferences
*cite web
last = Brown
first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (2002)
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url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/yr2000/t46.htm#A2401
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accessdate = 2008-02-04
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