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“There were many women in the brief life span of Robert Ervin Howard. And yet there were few.”—Harold Preece, Fantasy Crossroads , vol.1, n...| onanunderwood5.blogspot.com
WT May 1936 The strong swordswoman characters created by Robert E. Howard (like Bêlit, Valeria, Dark Agnes, and Red Sonya of Rogatino) g...| onanunderwood5.blogspot.com
Michael Dirda, acclaimed book reviewer and critic for the Washington Post recently wrote an article about Robert E. Howard. The title of Dirda's article is Robert E. Howard became famous for creating Conan. But that warrior was only the beginning. | On An Underwood No. 5
Pirates and Buccaneers, their exploits, adventures, and duels, make a strong mark on many of Robert E. Howard’s stories. The sources for these inspirations are somewhat broad. There are nonfiction books about pirates, their history, their adventures and deaths that Howard read early in his life. Then there is the fiction Howard read that impacted his own stories with swashbuckling duels, high adventure, treasure hunts, and the like. All these pirate histories and fictional works played a pi...| On An Underwood No. 5
Happy birthday, Robert E. Howard!| On An Underwood No. 5
This Tuesday (January 19) , my book, Renegades and Rogues: The Life and Legacy of Robert E. Howard hits the shelves in bookshops around the world. It is the first comprehensive biography of Robert E. Howard published by a major academic press (The University of Texas Press). It is a cumulation of three years of research and writing devoted solely to the book, 18 years of scholarly research and writing (articles and blog posts), and 40 years of being a reader and fan of Howard's work. There...| On An Underwood No. 5
The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard (2020, WordFire press). Edited by M. Scott Lee, foreword by Paul Di Filippo. ISBN 978-68057-098-4.| On An Underwood No. 5
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Adventure June 3, 1921| On An Underwood No. 5
From a very early age Robert E. Howard loved poetry. This was in large part due to his mother and her passion for verse. From the time Robert was born, Hester Howard recited poetry to her son. So naturally, Robert grew to love poetry. And there were a number of poets who influenced him as a reader and a writer. One such poet was Robert W. Service. His work loomed large in its influence of Robert E. Howard.| On An Underwood No. 5
Readers of classic pulp literature, particularly in the| On An Underwood No. 5
Now that I have a bit| On An Underwood No. 5
Seabury Quinn—whose longer tales I simply| On An Underwood No. 5
Julius Schwartz| On An Underwood No. 5
Happy birthday, Robert E. Howard!| On An Underwood No. 5
Now I remember those old women’s words,| On An Underwood No. 5
"Listen while I tell you the secret of the Iron Terror." [ASF 232]| On An Underwood No. 5
Three of my grandparents died in rather quick succession: my mom’s mother in 1978, my dad’s father in 1980, and my dad’s mother in 1982. I was eight, ten, and twelve. This left my only grandparent, Loyd Linton Brantley. Loyd worked for the Hercules Powder Plant and delivered dynamite for a living.| On An Underwood No. 5
Weird Tales of Modernity: The Ephemerality of the Ordinary in the Stories of Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith and H. P. Lovecraft by Jason Ray Carney. 197 pages. McFarland & co., 2019. $39.95| On An Underwood No. 5
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Black Canaan, from WT June 1936| On An Underwood No. 5
Not every letter from every pulp writer that survives has been published; many remain on the open market and in private hands, coming up for sale from time to time...and they have stories to tell about Robert E. Howard.| On An Underwood No. 5
Yes, there was a cow. I saw the critter. Her name was Delhi, and hump shouldered to suggest Indian blood—Asian-Indian, I mean.—E. Hoffmann Price to L. Sprague de Camp, 11 Feb 1977 (IMH 297)| On An Underwood No. 5
