Year : |
June 18, 1990
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Book No.
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None
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Format : |
Chapbook
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Pages : |
56 pages (saddle stapled,
digest size)
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Cover art
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Ron Wilber
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Illustrations : |
William Stout, Roy G. Krenkel,
David Lind, Jerry Collins, Frank Thorne, Kurt Wilcken, Adrian Kleinbergen,
Kevin Duncan, Ernie Chan, Susan Dorne
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Contents
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Contents
about REH
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".
. . A Verye Dangerous Fight: Solomon Kane and the Art of the Knife"
by Fred Blosser
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"Watch
Out for Swordsman, He Said Sharply" by Fred Blosser and Jim Neal
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Non-REH
Contents
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"First
Kill" by Stuart McLean (poem)
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Tavern
Talk (letter column)
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"'Lady
Godiva' rides again to protest tax hike" - (newspaper article facsimile)
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"Interview
with William Stout" by anonymous
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"Interview
with John Jakes" by anonymous
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"Big
Arnie kicks back" (newspaper article facsimile)
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"Night
of the Thousand-Fanged" by Jim Neal (poem)
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"The Barbarian" by Poul
Anderson
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"Hyborian Limmericks" by
Jim Neal
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"Loot and Plunder" by
anonymous (article about collectibles)
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"Conan Crossword
#2" by Marty Ward
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"Red
Sonja" by David C. Smith ( (Part 6, serialization of the screenplay)
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Edited
by Alfonso D.J. Alfonso
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A fanzine
dedicated to sword and sorcery fiction, especially the writings of Robert
E. Howard, featuring interviews with writers and artists in the field,
a poem or two, quality artwork, and fiction.
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There
were a total of 16 issues. The first issue was called THE CIMMERIAN
SCROLL but Conan Properties, Inc. requested a name change.
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Issues
#1 thru #12 were listed as published by Alfonso D.J. Alfonso
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The
"Red Sonja" screenplay was serialized in issues 7 thru 16, skipping
issues 11 and 15, and was never completed.
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