Conan Timeline

[High Lord Dee]

Does anyone know which literary books the following stories are from:

Legions of the Dead
The Thing in the Crypt
The Hall of the Dead
The God in the Bowl
The Hand of Nergal
The People of the Summit
The Curse of the Monolith
The Bloodstained God
The Lair of the Ice Worm
The Vale of Lost Women
The Castle of Terror
The Snout in the Dark
Hawks Over Shem
Shadows in the Dark
Shadows in the Moonlight

I am going to re-read the Conan stories and I am going to attempt to read them chronologically based on the information given on the following link:

http://www.markbsplace.net/conan/ConanTimeline.html

Any references would be appreciated. Also interested in comments on the timeline. Thanks.

HLD

 

[VincentDarlage]

I am going to re-read the Conan stories and I am going to attempt to read them chronologically based on the information given on the following link:

http://www.markbsplace.net/conan/ConanTimeline.html

Any references would be appreciated. Also interested in comments on the timeline. Thanks.

HLD

The correct timeline is here: The Darkstorm Chronology

The chronology you are looking at is L. Sprague de Camp's, and it has errors.

But to answer your Question:

Legions of the Dead - Conan the Swordsman, by L. Sprague de Camp
The Thing in the Crypt - Conan, by L. Sprague de Camp
The Hall of the Dead - Conan, by L. Sprague de Camp from an REH synopsis (which can be found in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian)
The God in the Bowl - The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
The Hand of Nergal - Conan, by L. Sprague de Camp from an REH synopsis (which can be found in The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian)
The People of the Summit - Conan the Swordsman by Bjorn Nyburg
The Curse of the Monolith - Conan of Cimmeria, by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
The Bloodstained God - Conan of Cimmeria, by L. Sprague de Camp (rewriting an REH story set in Afghanistan)
The Lair of the Ice Worm - Conan of Cimmeria, by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
The Vale of Lost Women - The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
The Castle of Terror - Conan of Cimmeria, by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
The Snout in the Dark - Conan of Cimmeria, by L. Sprague de Camp, finishing an REH synopsis.
Hawks Over Shem - Conan the Freebooter, by L. Sprague de Camp, rewriting REH's Hawks Over Egypt
Shadows in the Dark Conan the Swordsman, by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
Shadows in the Moonlight - The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (under the correct title of Iron Shadows on the Moon)

 

[High Lord Dee]

Thanks Vincent,

I almost directed the question to you when I posted it. However, the list you gave me seems to be exclusively based on REH books?

I would like to read the pastiche stories as well though. Thanks again!

HLD

 

[Faraer]

De Camp and Carter had a particular chronology of all the stories -- REH's, Conanizations and pastiches; your link probably has that right. I don't know if anyone's tried to rationalize exactly how the pastiches would fit into Dale Rippke's better-considered timeline.

 

[terryallenuk]

Here's Dale's chronology of all the stories

http://www.dodgenet.com/~moonblossom/timeline.htm

Terry

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[toothill man]

think perfer the REH timeline but would also like to know were the others works fit so really torn between the two :?

 

[Vincent791]

I only know about the original work of Howard, I' m thinking about checking the pastiches too.