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Earl Norem 1924–2015
I was a fan of Earl Norem and his wonderful artwork before I even knew there was a writer named Robert E. Howard. Mr. Norem passed away on June 19th, and this news, sad as it was, did serve to remind...
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Lovecraft at 125: A Man and His Book
In celebration of the 125th anniversary of Howard Phillips Lovecraft’s birth, many fans will tonight drink a toast to the remarkable man from Providence, and most likely that’ll include the rereading...
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REH: Flivvers
The bloggers at TGR, yesterday. I’ve been irked by the dismal state of Robert E. Howard criticism in recent years, and I’m planning on getting back to the subject next month — which I’m thinking could...
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REH: The Flivver Controversy Erupts!
After my post yesterday about flivvers being Fords they added “A Note from the Editor” to the Word of the Week on Two-Gun Raconteur, which reads: Apparently Don Herron has his ignition wires crossed...
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REH: The Flivver Dither
It is now two days since I rebutted the note on the Two-Gun Raconteur blog about a flivver not being, specifically, a Ford. No corrections or apologies or anything — gee, you’d think Damon Sasser got...
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REH: Ford — The Flivver King!
Bio Month is rocketing to a finish. Sometime today Nathan Ward is supposed to hit town. His appearance in Mechanics’ Library tomorrow is sold out (but he is dropping into a few bookshops to sign store...
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REH: “Pigeons” vs. Lovecraft
Let’s kick off LitCrit Month by flipping a grenade into the complacent multitudes of Lovecraft fans, milling about the base of his fane, mumbling inchoate incantations to Cthulhu and company. I’m...
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REH: That Towering Barbaric Figure. . .
Just finished last night Will Murray’s history of the Pulp West, Wordslingers: An Epitath for the Western, over which broods the titanic somber shadow of Robert E. Howard. Yeah, REH is hardly...
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REH: When Time Proves You Right
Needless to say, you get some soul-satisfaction out of being proven right — and I’m more fortunate than most in that I have been messing around the Robert E. Howard fan arena for decades, with the...
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REH: “Academic Wankery” and the Rise of the Uninformed
Howardian academics confronted with a Deconstructionist Debacle — image itself, a Footnote to the Great Flivver War of 2015 (academics love their footnotes, and this pic precisely captures my view of...
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Fungi from Yuggoth, and Beyond
H. P. Lovecraft closes the Fungi from Yuggoth sequence tellingly, by restating the utmost limits of human comprehension: “There is in certain ancient things a trace […] A faint, veiled sign of...
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Stephen King’s Threshold
“There is probably no dedicated fantasy fan in America who doesn’t have at least one of those distinctive black-bound volumes upon his or her shelf . . . and probably in a high place of honor.” —...
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