Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Happy 113th, Robert E. Howard

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Today, January 22nd, is Robert E. Howard's 113th birthday.  On this day (January 22nd) back in 1906, Hester Ervin Howard gave...
Sunday, January 13, 2019

Conan and the Little People: Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft’s Theory by Bobby Derie

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This theory is not generally agreed to, but I scarcely think that it has ever been disproved, and it was upon this that my story “The Lost ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2018

Chris Offutt's Book, My Father, The Pornographer: A Book Review by Todd B. Vick

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My Father, The Pornographer: A Memoir by Chris Offutt Atria Books 2016 (Because this review discusses two Offutts, when necessary I use...
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Sunday, December 9, 2018

Conan and E’ch-Pi-El: Robert E. Howard in the Biographies of H. P. Lovecraft by Bobby Derie

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It is fair to say that the study of the life and art of Robert E. Howard owes a debt to the study of H. P. Lovecraft. The six-year friend...
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Sunday, September 30, 2018

The Weather is Good but the Beer is Lousy by Todd B. Vick

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In the middle of June 1935, Robert E. Howard and his friend Truett Vinson took a trip to New Mexico, visiting the historic town of Lincoln, ...
Thursday, August 23, 2018

Conan and Sappho: Robert E. Howard on Lesbians Part 2 by Bobby Derie

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 Howard’s “Lesbians” The first and one of the most brazen of Howard’s “lesbians” is Queen Nakari in “The Moon of Skulls” ( WT Jun-Jul ...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Conan and Sappho: Robert E. Howard on Lesbians Part 1 by Bobby Derie

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In another alteration of the basic captivity theme, Marylin is held not by a dark-skinned man, but by a dark-skinned woman. The sexual thre...
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