![]() The Del Ray edition-which has really cool illustrations by Mark Schultz of “Xenozoic Tales"-is also governed by chronology, but it is the chronology of Robert Howard's literary efforts, not Conan's heroic deeds. All I wanted was the original Howard stories, and, not knowing a simple way to get them all together in one place, I gave up. ![]() Even the first volume in the chronology contained works of all three. In addition, I was further baffled by the fact that each volume was placed in the context of an extensive and complicated chronology of Conan's life and adventures, which-given the multiplicity of authors-I also instinctively distrusted. ![]() I've always distrusted collaborations and posthumous continuations, and I could never tell from the Lancer/Ace presentations which was which. Howard-who I knew created Conan-was of course always there, but inevitably his name was accompanied by L. ![]() One of the reasons I never explored Conan's world is that every Lancer/Ace volume I examined in the bookstore sported the name of at least two authors, sometimes three. Unlike the numerous Lancer/Ace paperbacks available to me in the '60's and '70's-the ones with the really cool Frank Frazetta illustrations-this edition does things right. ![]() Howard's Conan stories, I am glad I had the good fortune to purchase the three volume, fully illustrated, Del Rey collection. ![]()
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