Howard stories which weren’t of novel-length, as they were written for the pulp fiction magazines of the time, the 1930’s. That is, they are mostly the original Robert E. The first 12 Sphere books, are shown here in chronological order. There are some that claim to be ‘new’ copies out there, and those are quite expensive, so as this is more an excercise in ‘can I…?’ I’m perfectly happy to have something someone else has read – and hopefully enjoyed – before me. I take the quality of the book as it comes and have *touches wood* been lucky so far. They clearly aren’t, as yet, so sought-after either, which also keeps prices down. Cheaper than a bus into Aarhus, as I often point out. The books I’m re-collecting, are second-hand/used books, so aren’t – in the great scheme of things – all that expensive. As I’ve started, I figure I might as well keep on until the bitter end. As you will see, later on in the list, it would seem that Sphere stopped publishing the novels in the UK (after about book 20), and the ones thereafter are coming from the USA, published, I think, by Tor Books. I have a list, but no real way of knowing if that list is definitive. I’m not really sure how many there are in total. So recently, I wondered if it was possible to re-collect the Sphere Books versions, with the white backgrounds, I remember having. I read most of the Conan books below, as a youngster, though in various moves around Britain and then here to Denmark, I lost or had given away, my collection. Howard and especially Conan the Barbarian.
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