Hyborian Legion

A club for fans of Conan and other fantasy heroes. Amra was the club fmz. Until some time in the 80s there was a muster of the Hyborian Legion — a big discussion group in a room somewhere — at every Worldcon. Regulars included L. Sprague de Camp, Poul Anderson, Fritz Leiber, George Scithers, and others.

The Hyborian Legion was formed by twelve fans on 12 November 1955 (long before heroic fantasy was an important part of the genre) at a meeting in Philadelpia. The original officers were:

King of Aquilonia	Marty Greenberg
Royal Chancellor	George Heap
Count of Poitain	John D. Clark
Royal Sorcerer	Oswald Train
Royal Chronicler	L. Sprague de Camp
Commander of the Black Dragons	Manny Staub

Volume 1 of Amra was an occasional newsletter of Legion activities published by George Heap.