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[Russell12]

Can someone please confirm the true chronology?

http://en.wikipedia....an_chronologies

Thanks.

[johnnypt]

Can someone please confirm the true chronology?

http://en.wikipedia....an_chronologies

Thanks.

To be honest, there really isn't one. You can get a general idea of where some stories are because Howard said so in his letter to John Clark. But even their chronology has one definite mistaken placement (Devil In Iron before Slithering Shadow). And they don't take into account the unpublished stoies, which throw a whole different set of monkey wrenches into the machinery. Miller and Clark did a good job with what they had. Had they known the order the stories were written or there were unpublished stories, they might have come to some different conclusions as the others have done. Take the time and go through Amra's Chronology thread. There's an unbelievable amount of material there to justify his placements. See if you agree.

I'd ignore anything with pastiche mixed in, though.

[ZackDavisson]

I've never been a fan at chonology attempts. I like the stories as Howard wrote them, in random order as if it was some old adventurer telling tales of his life at a tavern.

Trying to force a chronology on Conan seems to me like trying to force a mythology on Lovecraft. It goes agains the author's intent.

[Russell12]

I agree with the above. Just curious if one was deemed a true timeline. Thanks.

[ZackDavisson]

Nope. No "true" timeline.

People love to put Sherlock Holmes into a timeline too, which is even funnier because Doyle didn't care about story continuity. Which is why we get Watson's famous "floating wound."

[turko]

I remember reading that somewhere, too, that Howard intended the Conan stories to exist as if someone is just telling stories of the legend of Conan, and it doesn't really matter what "order" they go in. I don't know if that concept is based on some letter or something Howard wrote, or it's just third party speculation.

[Fernando]

A topic about the Chronlogy of Conan can be seen here: http://www.conan.com...20<br /><br />Enjoy it, Russell12.