The Further Chronicles of Conan

The Further Chronicles of Conan is a collection of fantasy novels written by Robert Jordan featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard. The book was first published in hardcover in October 1999 by Tor Books, with a trade paperback edition following in September 2004 from the same publisher.[1][2] It collects three novels previously published by Tor.

This article is about a novel collection. For the protagonist and principal character, see Conan the Cimmerian.
The Further Chronicles of Conan
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorRobert Jordan
Cover artistGary Ruddell
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTor Conan Chronicles
GenreFantasy novels
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
1999
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages509 pp
ISBN0-312-87195-3
OCLC42427381
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3560.O7617 A6 1999
Preceded byThe Conan Chronicles 
Followed bySagas of Conan 

Contents

Reception

Reviewer Bob Byrne writes that "it seems to be generally agreed that Jordan's works are among the best of the non-Howard efforts (of course, some will disagree)." In his own reading of the collection, "this Conan is not the comedian-ish version portrayed by Ah-nuld S. in the two movies, and "a bit more of the noble savage and less of the wild barbarian than I expected." He finds Jordan's writing "nicely descriptive without being quite as wordy as he grew to be in the latter half of the Wheel of Time series."[3]

Notes
  1. Brown, Charles N.; Contento, William G. (1999). "The Locus Index to Science Fiction". Retrieved February 5, 2008.
  2. The Further Chronicles of Conan title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  3. Byrne, Bob. "Walking Through the Valley: What I'm Reading – 8/26/10 " (review), August 31, September 1, 2010.
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