tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post7574047261159601352..comments2024-03-06T11:11:48.095-08:00Comments on Too Much Horror Fiction: Like a Pigeon from Hell: The Horror Stories of Robert E. HowardWill Erricksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-28748540770854958792016-09-02T15:39:53.483-07:002016-09-02T15:39:53.483-07:00I've read it persuasively argued by biographer...I've read it persuasively argued by biographers of Howard that it wasn't that he was unable to face life without his mother, it was that seeing his mother's frail and aging body brought him to a profound realization that he would someday lose his strength and intellect to age. Rather than see himself fail slowly, he decided to leave the world when he was still in his prime so that he John Seaveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530526320973807452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-78449166209536514382014-01-28T13:47:39.867-08:002014-01-28T13:47:39.867-08:00If you really want to see what Howard can do to Lo...If you really want to see what Howard can do to Lovecraft, read both of their contributions to the "Cosmos" round robin. <br />I understand what you mean by the "N-word". It's something which can be shocking to modern eyes, but appears all over the pulps.Tim Mayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191899859528990414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-44699276937059254512014-01-25T16:16:56.226-08:002014-01-25T16:16:56.226-08:00This book was my first introduction to the writing...This book was my first introduction to the writings of Robert E. Howard. I had known of Conan through the Arnie movies, and I found this anthology in the Horror section at a now closed Borders Books and Music in the mid-90's. It was around this time I discovered that Howard was a contemporary of HP Lovecraft, and a few of the stories definitely have that influence, even the Conan stories. mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497441899001424699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-14037455841145508862014-01-25T12:24:02.779-08:002014-01-25T12:24:02.779-08:00What a great article :-) i am reading Conan at the...What a great article :-) i am reading Conan at the moment and did not realise it was the anniversary of the author. I read lovecraft for the first time last year and it was through my research on him i started finding out more about Howard. I am really enjoying Conan and like his stories on Solomon Kane. A lot of his stories enfuse horror, even Conan, with action and fantasy. I will certainly luvtoreadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750255316906301952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-825351661748594023.post-3659759739665888642014-01-24T14:54:48.098-08:002014-01-24T14:54:48.098-08:00Really cool article. I've always loved Howard&...Really cool article. I've always loved Howard's horror fiction and I remember discovering that one with the Jeff Jones cover back in the 70's at a bookstore (it still holds a treasured place on my bookshelf). Scott Hampton once at a con did a beautiful painting of a zuvembie for me that I have hanging on my living room wall. Dick https://www.blogger.com/profile/00409849079342411514noreply@blogger.com