H P Lovecraft and Robert E Howard: A Contrast in Horror
By Benjamin Cheah
New post at the PulpRev blog.
http://www.pulprev.com/2018/10/h-p-lovecraft-and-robert-e-howard.html
The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Friday, October 5, 2018
Pulp Hero Press
ROBERT E. HOWARD: A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
By David C. Smith
Now available in softcover and eBook editions!
Hither Came REH...
From a single, stifling room in a small sagebrush town in central Texas, hunched over a manual typewriter, Robert E. Howard created memorable characters, exotic worlds, and glorious pulp adventures. In this new biography, Howard is firmly established as an important figure in American literature.
Before taking his own life at the age of 30, the precocious Howard was one of the most popular writers of the pulp magazine era of the Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Recognized today as the creator of Conan the Cimmerian and the originator of the sword-and-sorcery genre, he was also a gifted poet and the author of now-classic horror stories, historical dramas, and comical tall tales.
But the gifted and brilliant Howard saw himself as an outsider in the small Texas town where he lived with his father, a physician, and his mother, who battled ill health for much of her life. Constrained by circumstance, Howard put into his fiction the excitement of far horizons that he himself was denied.
David C. Smith, himself a recognized author of fantasy and adventure fiction, here presents the unique story of a young man who defied the odds of his time and place to become a writer whose work is still enjoyed by millions. Smith shows us how Howard fulfilled his readers’ expectations for page-turning excitement while writing with poetic precision and creating archetypal characters that are now part of mainstream American popular culture.
Print Length: 259 pages
Kindle: $7.99
ROBERT E. HOWARD: A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
By David C. Smith
Now available in softcover and eBook editions!
Hither Came REH...
From a single, stifling room in a small sagebrush town in central Texas, hunched over a manual typewriter, Robert E. Howard created memorable characters, exotic worlds, and glorious pulp adventures. In this new biography, Howard is firmly established as an important figure in American literature.
Before taking his own life at the age of 30, the precocious Howard was one of the most popular writers of the pulp magazine era of the Jazz Age and the Great Depression. Recognized today as the creator of Conan the Cimmerian and the originator of the sword-and-sorcery genre, he was also a gifted poet and the author of now-classic horror stories, historical dramas, and comical tall tales.
But the gifted and brilliant Howard saw himself as an outsider in the small Texas town where he lived with his father, a physician, and his mother, who battled ill health for much of her life. Constrained by circumstance, Howard put into his fiction the excitement of far horizons that he himself was denied.
David C. Smith, himself a recognized author of fantasy and adventure fiction, here presents the unique story of a young man who defied the odds of his time and place to become a writer whose work is still enjoyed by millions. Smith shows us how Howard fulfilled his readers’ expectations for page-turning excitement while writing with poetic precision and creating archetypal characters that are now part of mainstream American popular culture.
Print Length: 259 pages
Kindle: $7.99
Pulp Hero Press Amazon.com Kindle
LE GUIDE HOWARD By Patrice Louinet
Now available!
His lyrics have shaped the codes of fantasy. His characters (Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane ...) marked generations of readers. For fifteen years, Robert E. Howard experiencing a true literary resurrection.
Free of interference of those who have appropriate after his death, his founding work is now available in full strength through friendly editions of his work.
Written by Patrice Louinet, one of the leading experts in the world of Howard, this guide full of new information explores the many facets of a rich work, debunks the last prejudices, and gives us a thousand and one reasons to (re) read again and again.
Summary
Thanks
I. Introduction
I. Ten myths about Howard
II. Twenty stories you need to have read (and why)
III. Biography
IV. Twenty other texts that deserve your attention
V. A few laconic words on ten other texts
VI. Conan, the real deal and the imitations
VII. About Howard
VIII. The Adaptations
IX. Around Howard
X. Dear Mr. Lovecraft
XI. Reading about Howard
Conclusion
Language: French
Trade Paperback Edition Price: € 8.00
For those who have the first edition, the content is identical
Now available!
His lyrics have shaped the codes of fantasy. His characters (Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane ...) marked generations of readers. For fifteen years, Robert E. Howard experiencing a true literary resurrection.
Free of interference of those who have appropriate after his death, his founding work is now available in full strength through friendly editions of his work.
Written by Patrice Louinet, one of the leading experts in the world of Howard, this guide full of new information explores the many facets of a rich work, debunks the last prejudices, and gives us a thousand and one reasons to (re) read again and again.
Summary
Thanks
I. Introduction
I. Ten myths about Howard
II. Twenty stories you need to have read (and why)
III. Biography
IV. Twenty other texts that deserve your attention
V. A few laconic words on ten other texts
VI. Conan, the real deal and the imitations
VII. About Howard
VIII. The Adaptations
IX. Around Howard
X. Dear Mr. Lovecraft
XI. Reading about Howard
Conclusion
Language: French
Trade Paperback Edition Price: € 8.00
For those who have the first edition, the content is identical
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Marvel Comics CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1
Coming January 2019!
At the Diamond Comics retailer breakfast, two variant covers for CONAN #1 were revealed.
Images from Bleeding Cool News.
Coming January 2019!
At the Diamond Comics retailer breakfast, two variant covers for CONAN #1 were revealed.
Images from Bleeding Cool News.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Monday, October 1, 2018
Howard History
The life and times of Robert E. Howard
By Rob Roehm
New REH Blog.
https://howardhistory.com/
The life and times of Robert E. Howard
By Rob Roehm
New REH Blog.
https://howardhistory.com/
Upcoming REH related publications.
Target ship dates as of 10/01/2018
All dates are subject to change.
Available since last update
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 6 TPB (Dark Horse)
CONAN (Bragelonne)
CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN - AU-DELÀ DE LA RIVIÈRE NOIRE (Glénat)
In your future
10/17/2018
THE COLOSSAL CONAN THE CIMMERIAN (Dark Horse)
11/07/2018
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 7 TPB (Dark Horse)
11/14/2018
THE COLOSSAL KING CONAN HC (Dark Horse)
11/28/2018
KULL ANNUAL (IDW)
This replaces KULL ETERNAL #4 and #5 which have been cancelled.
12/12/2018
THE CONAN READER (Dark Horse)
01/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 (Marvel)
01/16/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS Volume 1 (Marvel)
01/30/2019
COMIC BOOK CREATOR #19
Featuring an examinations of Frank Frazetta’s Conan work.
02/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1 (Marvel)
03/2019
THE AGE OF CONAN #1 (Marvel)
03/20/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 (Marvel)
To be announced
KULL ETERNAL TPB (IDW)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS (Marvel)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA (Marvel)
Target ship dates as of 10/01/2018
All dates are subject to change.
Available since last update
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 6 TPB (Dark Horse)
CONAN (Bragelonne)
CONAN LE CIMMÉRIEN - AU-DELÀ DE LA RIVIÈRE NOIRE (Glénat)
In your future
10/17/2018
THE COLOSSAL CONAN THE CIMMERIAN (Dark Horse)
11/07/2018
CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 7 TPB (Dark Horse)
11/14/2018
THE COLOSSAL KING CONAN HC (Dark Horse)
11/28/2018
KULL ANNUAL (IDW)
This replaces KULL ETERNAL #4 and #5 which have been cancelled.
12/12/2018
THE CONAN READER (Dark Horse)
01/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 (Marvel)
01/16/2019
CONAN THE BARBARIAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS Volume 1 (Marvel)
01/30/2019
COMIC BOOK CREATOR #19
Featuring an examinations of Frank Frazetta’s Conan work.
02/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1 (Marvel)
03/2019
THE AGE OF CONAN #1 (Marvel)
03/20/2019
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 (Marvel)
To be announced
KULL ETERNAL TPB (IDW)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS (Marvel)
CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA (Marvel)
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