Gardens of Fear The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Vol 6
Gardens of Fear The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 6 Edited by Paul Herman Part One These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore By May of 1934 and having already published eight tales of Conan the Cimmerian to considerable reader approval, it was obvious to Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright that with Robert E. Howard’s barbarian he had something of a tiger by the tale,...
The Valley of the Worm
The Valley of the Worm The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 5 Edited by Paul Herman These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore All right, it’s admittedly unlikely in the extreme that he planned it this way; but if he had done so, then Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright could not have done a better job with the order in which he ran the initial four stories featuring...
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 14: Shadow of the Beast And Other Stories This final piece is an overview rather than a review and therefore contains spoilers galore. The Moon-Eaters of Darfur (issue #108 of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian) opens on a miserable, rain driven and stormy landscape as the Cimmerian heads north of the Kushite capital of Meroê, leaving behind a city in the throes of full-blown upheaval. With him is the...
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Heading North: Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 2 These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore Robert E. Howard’s short story The Vale of Lost Women didn’t appear in print until thirty-one years after his death, at which point it was quickly accepted into the official canon of Conan the Cimmerian. Despite that, it probably remains at worst,...
Wings in the Night – The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 4
Wings in the Night The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 4 Edited by Paul Herman Part Two These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore. In July and November of 1932 respectively, Weird Tales published what would be the last outings in his lifetime for two of Robert E. Howard’s most famous characters: Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn. However, beginning with December, 1932 and...
The Chronicles of Conan – Volume 13 – Whispering Shadows And Other Stories – Part 1
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 13 Whispering Shadows And Other Stories Part 1 These ongoing pieces are overviews rather than reviews and therefore contain spoilers galore. It’s just as well that anyone who shelled out money for a thirteenth volume of The Chronicles of Conan must by this time have been a hardcore fan; because if they had simply taken a chance on the book, then when they read this first turkey of a story they would...
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