Archival Adventures: Conan, Man of Destiny
Archival Adventures: Conan, Man of Destiny
Off to the Hyborian Age! This week ArchivistAnthony continues our exploration of the Heron Speculative Fiction Collection with the December 1955 issue of Fantastic Universe, featuring the novelette “Conan, Man of Destiny” (known today as “The Road of the Eagles”) by L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard. The story features the popular character Conan the Barbarian (aka Conan the Cimmerian) and the pirates of The Red Brotherhood in conflict with the country of Turan during the Hyborian Age. de Camp rewrote Howard’s original unpublished “The Road of the Eagles” which was about a character named Ivan Sablianka and a band of Cossacks and set in the Ottoman Empire.
Learn more before the show:
https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/fantastic_universe
https://conan.fandom.com/wiki/The_Road_of_the_Eagles
https://spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2022/01/26/the-lancer-conan-series-the-road-of-the-eagles/
Join our community collections archivist, Anthony Wright de Hernandez, for a livestream on Twitch! Every week we explore and discuss materials from Special Collections and University Archives covering topics including university history, NASA pioneers, architecture, science fiction, cooking, LGBTQ+ history, Black history, urban legends, and more. Recordings of previous streams are available on the Libaries' Youtube page.
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- Date:
- Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:30pm
- Audience:
- Advanced Alumni Beginners Faculty/Staff Graduate Students Postdoc Public Undergraduates
- Categories:
- Event > Livestream
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