Robert E. Howard

Rosemary said:
Well, only that I posted it in the wrong thread! :eek: Would some kind Mod please move it for me :eek:
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To "Book Hauls", I assume? (Though, just to be a stinker, I'm half-tempted to leave it here....:p)

Will do, Rosie. After all, I don't want to meet Bernard in a dark alley some night soon.....;)
 
j. d. worthington said:
To "Book Hauls", I assume? (Though, just to be a stinker, I'm half-tempted to leave it here....:p)

Will do, Rosie. After all, I don't want to meet Bernard in a dark alley some night soon.....;)
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Thank you JD, so kind of you :D You might meet my sword in a dark alley or even the QR if you call him Bernard again :p
 
Haven't had a chance to check all the titles, as I had just come across that in looking for something else as I was posting (and my jaw certainly dropped at the amount that's available), but what I did were all Howard. Would you mind pointing out which one it is? I'd appreciate it.... If you're meaning under Brackett's own name, I didn't see a listing for her under the B's....:(
 
j. d. worthington said:
Haven't had a chance to check all the titles, as I had just come across that in looking for something else as I was posting (and my jaw certainly dropped at the amount that's available), but what I did were all Howard. Would you mind pointing out which one it is? I'd appreciate it.... If you're meaning under Brackett's own name, I didn't see a listing for her under the B's....:(
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Are you guys talking about Leigh Brackett or someone else?? If it's that person Masterworks also has a great edition of her Venus and Mars stories called Sea-King Of Mars and Other Worldy Stories.

@Nomadman: As far as Masterwork being out of print you may be right. Fortunately my SFF specialist shop stocked 47 out of the current 52 titles. The others I got through Amazon and I think one from a collector. When you say they have stalled the series, actualy Kipling's work came out this year in Vol 52 and Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood should be out in 2008, possibly also a Lovecraft collection will follow this.

@JD: I have a little of Howard's poetry but no actual collections to date. In time I shall add this to the library. I take it you don't have Two-Handed Engine then? It collects 37 stories by Kuttner incl. several collaborations with Moore. I'm getting a deluxe HB edition and from what I can see from pictures it's looks a worthy addition to my collection.
 
j. d. worthington said:
Haven't had a chance to check all the titles, as I had just come across that in looking for something else as I was posting (and my jaw certainly dropped at the amount that's available), but what I did were all Howard. Would you mind pointing out which one it is? I'd appreciate it.... If you're meaning under Brackett's own name, I didn't see a listing for her under the B's....:(
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The story was "A World is Born" by Leigh Brackett. I downloaded it a couple of months back, along with a bunch of Howard's Steve Costigan tales. It appears to have been removed now, I assume for copyright violation.
 
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As far as Masterwork being out of print you may be right. Fortunately my SFF specialist shop stocked 47 out of the current 52 titles. The others I got through Amazon and I think one from a collector.
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Yes, some of mine were obtained through Amazon Used and New, one (Lud-in-the-Mist) through ebay, and a couple more from remainders bookshops. Still looking for an affordable copy of Jack Finney's "Time and Again" though.

When you say they have stalled the series, actualy Kipling's work came out this year in Vol 52 and Robert Holdstock's Mythago Wood should be out in 2008, possibly also a Lovecraft collection will follow this.
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Well, significantly slowed. To be honest, I would prefer them to forego the Holdstock and Lovecraft titles for some more hard-to-find authors. I'm still holding out for an affordable collection of Wagner's Kane stories.
 
One of Kuttner's Elak tales, "Spawn of Dagon", can also be found in Savage Heroes (ed. Eric Pendragon, Star, 1977), copies of which still seem to be fairly plentiful. Also includes a Moore piece, an Howard piece, and a very good story by David Drake called "The Barrow Troll".
 
j. d. worthington said:
By the way... has anyone here read much of Howard's poetry? It, like his fiction, runs the gamut; from humorous to horrific, adventurous to erotic. While he was no great poet, he was quite good, and a lot of his verse is rather heady stuff, with much of the same intensity of his fiction.
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Not much of it, just those already in his other collections. I'm no big poetry lover, but I enjoyed these--their directness appealed to me. Thanks for the recommendations; I'll check them out.

For those who are interested, here's a rather fine independent adaptation of one of Howard's poems, "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville".

YouTube - Solomon Kane - The Return of Sir Richard Grenville
 
nomadman said:
Not much of it, just those already in his other collections. I'm no big poetry lover, but I enjoyed these--their directness appealed to me. Thanks for the recommendations; I'll check them out.

For those who are interested, here's a rather fine independent adaptation of one of Howard's poems, "The Return of Sir Richard Grenville".

YouTube - Solomon Kane - The Return of Sir Richard Grenville
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Ah, yes; I've seen that one... very nice. Funny thing is, with HPL and Howard (and even, these days, with Poe)... it's the amateurs and small independent filmmakers who -- despite the constraints of low (or nonexistent) budgets and facilities, actually manage to capture something of the feel of the work they're adapting; whereas the bulk of the professionals completely miss the mark on that one... however visually interesting their work is at times. (This isn't true across the board, but it is for the majority of cases.)

Thanks for the suggestion on the Elak tale, though those I've got. Also, thanks for clarifying on the Brackett story.... And as for an affordable Kane... I'm in agreement there. I'd love to get Midnight Sun, just so I could have the complete set (I've got nearly everything, as I got the various novels and collections as they came out... save for that one!), but I am not spending $150 for the bloody thing, just to get what little I may have missed.... Besides, such a limited release of Wagner's Kane stories at this point seems too self-limiting; they deserve to be given the chance at a wider audience again....
 
nomadman said:
Well, significantly slowed. To be honest, I would prefer them to forego the Holdstock and Lovecraft titles for some more hard-to-find authors. I'm still holding out for an affordable collection of Wagner's Kane stories.
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Well I'll soon be receiving Midnight Sun - The complete short stories and poetry of Kane by Wagner. It's a lovely HB edition that accompanies my HB copy of Gods In Darkness which collected together the 3 novels of Kane. I doubt Masterworks will put these out, they already have Lankmahr and Conan for S&S. Neither book is cheap and of course out of print unless you get them via Amazon or a private collector. There's very few left on the net. The cheapest copy still going is for $145 US. No international shipping, so no use to me. Mine was slightly dearer than that. I defy anyone who is overseas to find cheaper copies unless they know a private collector.

Unlike JD I'm just obsessed enough to pay for these things..:)

@Nomadman I posted that link some months back here for the Solomon Kane adaptation. It is rather good for an amateur production.
 
Well, to be honest, I might be more tempted, except that I believe I'm only missing a verse or two and (perhaps) one story... so $145 for that amount (which I could probably track down for much less in their original sources) is a bit steep... though I'd very much like to have it to -- as you note -- match my copy of Gods in Darkness.....

Besides... my spending that much here would prevent me from getting some of the things that are coming out concerning my true obsession: HPL....:p

On the subject of Howard, though, I note that the Wordsworth Editions also have a collection of Howard's tales:

Wordsworth Editions Ltd
 
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j. d. worthington said:
Well, to be honest, I might be more tempted, except that I believe I'm only missing a verse or two and (perhaps) one story... so $145 for that amount (which I could probably track down for much less in their original sources) is a bit steep... though I'd very much like to have it to -- as you note -- match my copy of Gods in Darkness...
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For that it is a waste of money. I've never owned any stuff by Wagner, so for me it's a bit different having those 2 volumes that collect all of the Kane material together.
 
Just ordered a copy of coffee-table size publication The Story of Weird Tales - Robert Weinberg. Hopefully it's an interesting read.
 
Nesacat said:
Over the holidays I managed to get from Borders The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume 1: The Shadow Kingdom. I have Volume 2 on order. :)
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Got them both. They're really nice books at an affordable price with beautifully rendered illustrations. Del Rey has done such a good job with those REH covers I must say.
 
Well I'll soon be receiving Midnight Sun - The complete short stories and poetry of Kane by Wagner. It's a lovely HB edition that accompanies my HB copy of Gods In Darkness which collected together the 3 novels of Kane. I doubt Masterworks will put these out, they already have Lankmahr and Conan for S&S. Neither book is cheap and of course out of print unless you get them via Amazon or a private collector. There's very few left on the net. The cheapest copy still going is for $145 US. No international shipping, so no use to me. Mine was slightly dearer than that. I defy anyone who is overseas to find cheaper copies unless they know a private collector.
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I doubt it too, though given their penchant for S&S I can't help but be a little disappointed.

On the subject of Howard, though, I note that the Wordsworth Editions also have a collection of Howard's tales:
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Yes, I've got that -- it's a lot more affordable that the Del Rey edition though without the trimmings of course. It's also missing a couple of the unfinished tales, "Hawk of Basti", "The Castle of the Devil", and "Children of Asshur".

:) Got them both. They're really nice books at an affordable price with beautifully rendered illustrations. Del Rey has done such a good job with those REH covers I must say.
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Yes, their artists are first rate. I was thinking of ordering them, but decided instead on the complete cossack tales of Harold Lamb.
 
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