recommended him because she knew he had written his first novel, Warriors of the Altaii, in thirteen days. So he thought I could write something fast, and he was right, and I liked it. It was fun writing something completely over the top, full of purple prose, and in a weak moment I agreed to do five more and the novelization of the second Conan movie. I've decided that those things were very good discipline for me. I had to work with a character and a world that had already been created and yet find a way to say something new about the character and the world. That was a very good exercise. Conan the Invincible (1982) Conan the Defender (1982) Conan the Unconquered (1983) Conan the Triumphant (1983) Conan the Magnificent (1984) Conan the Destroyer (1984) (adaptation of the movie of the same title) Conan the Victorious (1984) They were packed into two separate volumes par Conan the Destroyer: The Conan Chronicles The Further Chronicles of Conan (The Conan Chronicles II in the UK, different contents) Jordan also compiled a well-known Conan Chronology. References External links Robert Jordan at Tor Books Robert Jordan at Worlds Without End Robert Jordan's Official Blog 1948 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American Episcopalians American fantasy writers Anglican writers Conan the Barbarian novelists Deaths from amyloidosis Writers from Charleston, South Carolina The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina alumni The Wheel of Time United States Army officers Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) United States Navy officers American male novelists Novelists from South Carolina United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers 20th-century pseudonymous writers 21st-century pseudonymous writers