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The Miscast Barbarian 
Summary
The Miscast Barbarian: a Biography of Robert E. Howard is a biography by science-fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp, first published in hardcover and trade paperback in 1975 by Gerry de la Ree.[1][2]
 Cover of the paperback edition The Miscast Barbarian published simultaneously with the hardcover edition. | |
| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Stephen E. Fabian, George Barr, Roy G. Krenkel and C. Lee Healy |
| Cover artist | Charles McGill |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Biography |
| Publisher | Gerry de la Ree |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
| Pages | 44 pp |
Summary edit
The work is an examination of Robert E. Howard, the famous fantasy writer and creator of Conan the Barbarian.
Relation to other works edit
The book is an expansion of de Camp's article "The Miscast Barbarian", which appeared in the magazine Fantastic in June, 1971. Later, in collaboration with Catherine Crook de Camp and Jane Whittington Griffin, he expanded the text again, into Dark Valley Destiny: the Life of Robert E. Howard (1983), the first major independent biography of Howard.
Notes edit
- ^ Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. pp. 195–196.
- ^ Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller. pp. 80–81.