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Sword-And-Sorcery

1977

Conan: People of the Black Circle (The People Of the Black Circle; The Devil In Iron; A Witch Shall Be Born; Jewels of Gwahlur)


Robert E. Howard - 1977
    Howard's most famous creation, presenting it as it was originally written and appeared in the pulp magazine Weird Tales meticulously produced to the original magazine texts. This volume contains: "The Phoenix on the Sword," "The Scarlet Citadel," "The Tower of the Elephant," "Black Colossus" and "Gods of the North."A 5 disc CD-Audio edition.

Swords Against Darkness


Andrew J. Offutt - 1977
    Offutt.Contents:7 · Foreword · Andrew J. Offutt · fw 12 · Nekht Semerkeht · Robert E. Howard & Andrew J. Offutt · nv * 49 · The Tale of Hauk · Poul Anderson · nv * 80 · The Smile of Oisia · George W. Proctor · nv * 118 · Pride of the Fleet · Bruce Jones · ss * 135 · Straggler from Atlantis · Manly Wade Wellman · nv * 170 · The Ring of Set [Simon of Gitta] · Richard L. Tierney · nv * 206 · Largarut’s Bane · Raul Garcia Capella · ss * 220 · Dragons’ Teeth [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #2 ’75 250 · The Sustenance of Hoak [Ryre] · Ramsey Campbell · nv *

Conan of Aquilonia


L. Sprague de Camp - 1977
    Mighty Conan in a fight to the death against the most dangerous fiends of the Hyborian age!Hunting the swift stag and the tusked boar in the gloomy forests of the Gunderland Marches, Conan loses his son Conn to Thoth-Amon and the supremely evil wizards of the Black Ring--and is drawn into a deadly pursuit to the very ends of the death, and a battle to the deepest levels of his endurance.

Shadow Of The Wolf


Chris Carlsen - 1977
    He was incensed with the animal rage of the god's devotees, the Berserkers. The snarling ferocious savagery of the bear possessed him. Immune to fire and steel, frenzied by the smell of blood and the sight of torn human flesh, he was driven to the worst of human deeds....The stench of fear was meat and drink to him, and cowering women learned of his cruel, insatiable lust.The bear screeched its ecstasy-yet at times the man dimly understood the horror. Could the demon god be killed, the spell lifted...? If there was a way, the price of failure would be high, greater than death itself....NO.1 IN A SAVAGE NEW OCCULT FANTASY SERIES SPANNING THE DARK AGES OF EUROPE