Conan and the Spider God
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| Conan and the Spider God | |
 Conan and the Spider God by L. Sprague de Camp, Bantam Books, 1980 |
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| Author | L. Sprague de Camp |
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| Illustrator | Tim Kirk |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Conan the Barbarian |
| Genre(s) | Sword and sorcery Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | Bantam Books |
| Publication date | 1980 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 175 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0553138375 |
Conan and the Spider God is a 1980 fantasy novel written by L. Sprague de Camp featuring Robert E. Howard's seminal sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books. It was later gathered together with Conan the Swordsman and Conan the Liberator into the omnibus collection Sagas of Conan (Tor Books, 2004).
Conan and the Spider God is unique among de Camp's contributions to the saga in that it is the only fictional Conan work he wrote without collaborators. Most of his Conan stories were written with Howard (posthumously}, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg. De Camp also wrote numerous non-fiction pieces about Conan and Howard, both alone and with others.
[edit] Plot summary
Conan finds himself in the kingdom of Zamora, a fugitive under suspicion of kidnapping Jamilah, the wife of the king of Turan. Discovering she has actually been taken by devotees of the Zamoran spider god, he sets out for the city of Yezud to rescue the captive, and incidentally steal the opals set as eyes in the god's temple image.
Characteristically, de Camp's Conan is a more credible if less elemental figure than Howard's, carefully assessing the situation in Yezud and taking the time and effort to lay the groundwork for his foray rather than just barreling in swinging his sword.
Chronologically, Conan and the Spider God comes between the short stories "The Curse of the Monolith" and "The Blood-Stained God".
[edit] References
- Laughlin, Charlotte; Daniel J. H. Levack (1983). De Camp: An L. Sprague de Camp Bibliography. San Francisco: Underwood/Miller, 36.
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