The Spell of Conan
Ace
Year :
July 1980
Book No. : ISBN-10: 0441116698
Edition : 1st
Format : Paperback
Pages : 244
Cover art : Sanjulian
Illustrations : None
The Spell of Conan  
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Contents by REH
"The Ghost of Camp Colorado"
Untitled story  ("The wind from the Mediterranean wafted.")
"Something About Eve"
Remaining Contents
Introduction
"Swordsmen and Sorcerers at Play" by Lin Carter
Robert E. Howard and his Writings
"Skalid in the Post Oaks" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Howard's Style" by Fritz Leiber
"Conan's Ghost" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The Trail of Tranicos" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Balthus of Cross Plains" by George L. Scithers
Swordly Stories
"The Testament of Snefru" by John Boardman
"The Lion's Bridge" by Ray Capella
"When Set Fled" by Fritz Leiber
Literary Swordsmen and Sorcerers
"Eddison's Zimiamvian Trilogy" by Robert E. Briney
"Conan's Great-Grandfather" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The Dying Earth" by Robert E. Briney
"Pratt's Parallel Worlds" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Of Worms and Unicorns" by David Hulan
"Knights and Knaves in Neustria"
by L. Sprague de Camp

"Fafhrd and Me" by Fritz Leiber
"Conan's Imitators" by L. Sprague de Camp
The Skalds of Hyboria
"The Thong of Thor" by John Boardman
"Woe is Me" by Avram Davidson
"Transposition" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Thoth-Amon's Complaint" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The Gray Mouser, I" by Fritz Leiber
"The Gray Mouser, II" by Fritz Leiber
Swords and Sources
"Precursors and Prototypes" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Who were the Æsir" by Poul Anderson
"Howard and the Celts" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Who was Crom?" by Albert E. Gechter
"Conan and Mathio" by L. Sprague de Camp
"John Carter: Sword of Theosophy" by Fritz Leiber
"Conan and Pizarro" by L. Sprague de Camp
"Lord of the Black Throne" by P. Schuyler Miller
"The Heroic Barbarian" by L. Sprague de Camp
Notes
Edited by L. Sprague de Camp
A collection of articles about heroic fantasy.  
Most of the articles first appeared in the Robert E. Howard fanzine Amra.