| Year : |
January 1960
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| Book No. : |
None
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| Edition : |
1st
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| Format : |
Periodical (7 x 10 inches)
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| Pages : |
20 (including covers)
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| Cover art : |
Larry Ivie
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| Illustrations
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James Cawthorn, George H. Scithers,
Payne Drummond, Ray Garcia Capella, Robert E. Gilbert
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Contains
an excerpt from a letter to August Derleth, ca. December 1933 ("I think Scribners
. . .")
The excerpt is titled "On Astounding"
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Non-REH
Content
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"Pirettes"
by L. Sprague de Camp (essay)
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"Who Was
Crom?" by Albert E. Gechter (essay)
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"One
Man's BEM" by Reginald Bretnor (essay)
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"I
Remember Conan" by Grace A. Warren (poem)
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"A Case
for Conan the Cimmerian"
by Raul Garcia Capella (essay)
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"Swackles"
(letters to the editor)
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"Letter:
On Illustration"
by Raul Garcia Capella (essay)
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"Letter:
On the Calendar of Hyborea"
by John Boardman (essay) |
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First appearance:
letter to August Derleth,
ca. December 1933 ("I think Scribners . . .")
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Editor:
George Scithers
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Lithographed in
B&W
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Amra is named
after Conan, who called himself by that name when he was a pirate.
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Amra is about
various heroes, mostly of sword & sorcery stories set in fantasy worlds.
Amra was started as the organ of the Hyborian Legion, a group of Conan
admirers who met annually at the World Science Fiction Convention; Legion
membership was open to all interested parties who showed up.
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