The Pool of the Black One (collection)
The Pool of the Black One is a collection of two fantasy short stories written by Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. The book was published in 1986 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. as volume X of their deluxe Conan set. The title story originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales. "Drums of Tombalku" is the original fragment of a story that Howard never completed. It first appeared, completed by L. Sprague de Camp, in the collection Conan the Adventurer.
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Author | Robert E. Howard |
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Illustrator | Hank Jankus |
Cover artist | Hank Jankus |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Donald M. Grant Conan |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. |
Publication date | 1986 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 134 pp |
Contents
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gollark: You're never really "certain" of anything.
gollark: Experimentation by GTech™ computational physical geometers has determined that they are *not* with 86% confidence.
gollark: Obelisks are cuboids, the artifact of apiocity (class μ-23) is a sphere.
References
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 331.
Preceded by Black Colossus |
Grant Conan series (publication order) |
Succeeded by The Hour of the Dragon |
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