title: The Weird Tales of Conan the Barbarian
author:  Robert E. Howard 
description: <div><div>Robert E. Howard (1906&#8211;1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction and is regarded as the creator of the sword &amp; sorcery sub-genre.</div></div>
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  ## [Map](9780062672537_Contents.xhtml#r_idParaDest-1)
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## [Dedication](9780062672537_Contents.xhtml#r_idParaDest-2)
  
  
  _To Drexel and Conan,_
  
  
  _both of whom should have been_
  
  
  _around a lot longer_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [Epigraph](9780062672537_Contents.xhtml#r_idParaDest-3)
  
  
  There were a few short, wonderful years of euphoria when the slaughter was
  over. Of course, nothing had been settled and we knew it but, in its own way,
  watching the cataclysm hurtle toward us made the madness of the wild time even
  sweeter.
  
  
  —Günther Harden, _Cocaine and Bullets: My Lost Years_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  [_Cover_](9780062672537_Cover.xhtml#cover)
  
  
  
  
  
  [_Title Page_](9780062672537_Titlepage.xhtml#title)
  
  
  [_Map_](9780062672537_Map.xhtml#_idParaDest-1)
  
  
  
  
  
  [_Dedication_](9780062672537_Dedication.xhtml#_idParaDest-2)
  
  
  [_Epigr