Robert E. Howard is one of the most prolific short story writers in American history, and has created such beloved characters as Conan the Barbarian, Kull of Atlantis, Soloman Kane, Bran Mak Morn, El Borak, and Dark Agn s de Chastillon. He tragically passed away in 1936.
“Howard’s writing seems so highly charged with energy that it
nearly gives off sparks.”—Stephen King
“I adore these books. Howard had a gritty, vibrant style—broadsword
writing that cut its way to the heart, with heroes who are truly
larger than life. I heartily recommend them to anyone who loves
fantasy.”—David Gemmell, author of Legend and White Wolf
“The voice of Robert E. Howard still resonates after decades with
readers— equal parts ringing steel, thunderous horse hooves, and
spattered blood. Far from being a stereotype, his creation of Conan
is the high heroic adventurer. His raw muscle and sinews, boiling
temper, and lusty laughs are the gauge by which all modern heroes
must be measured.”—Eric Nylund, author of
Halo: The Fall of Reach and Signal to Noise
“That teller of marvelous tales, Robert Howard, did indeed create a
giant [Conan] in whose shadow other ‘hero tales’ must stand.”—John
Jakes, New York Times bestselling author
of the North and South trilogy
“For stark, living fear . . . what other writer is even in the
running with Robert E. Howard?”—H. P. Lovecraft
“Howard wrote pulp adventure stories of every kind, for every
market he could find, but his real love was for supernatural
adventure and he brought a brash, tough element to the epic fantasy
which did as much to change the course of the American school away
from precious writing and static imagery as Hammett, Chandler, and
the Black Mask pulp writers were to change the course of American
detective fiction.”—Michael Moorcock, award winning author of the
Elric saga
“In this, I think, the art of Robert E. Howard was hard to surpass:
vigor, speed, vividness. And always there is that furious,
galloping narrative pace.”—Poul Anderson
“Howard honestly believed the basic truth of the stories he was
telling. It’s as if he’d said, ‘This is how life really was lived
in those former savage times!’”—David Drake, author of Grimmer Than
Hell and Dogs of War
“For headlong, nonstop adventure and for vivid, even florid,
scenery, no one even comes close to Howard.”—Harry Turtledove
“The stories have a livingness about them [that’s] impossible to
fake. . . . Not one of them is boring—there is always some special
touch—and most, of course, are rousers.”—Gahan Wilson, reviewer and
author of I Paint What I See
“The best pulp (fantasy) writer was Robert E. Howard.”—Fritz
Leiber, author of Green Millennium and Farewell to
Lankhmar
“Weird, fantastic, but peopled with real men who think and act as
we conceive the thoughts and acts of men. . . . None of the dummies
that pirouette through some stories, using stilted, supposedly
archaic language, and moving in response to the author’s obvious
string-pulling. All of which leads you to believe that I like it.
Correct. I do.”—E. Hoffman Price, author of The Jade
Enchantress
“[Behind Howard’s stories] lurks a dark poetry, and the timeless
truth of dreams. That is why these tales have survived. They remain
a fitting heritage of the poet and dreamer who was Robert E.
Howard.”—Robert Bloch, author of Psycho
“HOWARD WAS A TRUE STORYTELLER—one of the first, and certainly
among the best, you’ll find in heroic fantasy. If you’ve never read
him before, you’re in for a real treat.”—Charles de
Lint, Award-winning author of Forests of the Heart and The
Onion Girl
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