“The Fire of Asshurbanipal” was originally written early in the 1930’s like a straight adventure story. There is no record of where this version of the story was submitted. REH later revised the story to have a supernatural ending. The version with the supernatural ending was submitted to WEIRD TALES after Howard’s death by his father. Glenn Lord discovered the original (straight adventure story) version of the story in a trunk and it was first published in THE HOWARD COLLECTOR #16, Spring 1972.
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“The Fire of Asshurbanipal” was originally written early in the 1930’s like a straight adventure story. There is no record of where this version of the story was submitted. REH later revised the story to have a supernatural ending. The version with the supernatural ending was submitted to WEIRD TALES after Howard’s death by his father. Glenn Lord discovered the original (straight adventure story) version of the story in a trunk and it was first published in THE HOWARD COLLECTOR #16, Spring 1972.
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Part two of an article written by Rick Lai about the Legend of El Borak.
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An article written by Rick Lai about the Legend of El Borak. Best known for his tales of heroic fantasy, Robert E. Howard (1906-36) also wrote contemporary tales of adventure for the pulps. Howard was influenced by Talbot Mundy, a major writer for Adventure in the 1920’s. Mundy’s heroes were American and British adventurers roving around India and the Middle East. Utilizing Mundy’s settings, Howard fashioned his own band of protagonists. Among Howard’s soldiers of fortune, the most famous is Francis Xavier Gordon.
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Number 3, volume 15 – fall 2021. Contains two typescripts of ‘The Fire of Asshurbanipal’, the non-fantastic version and the version with the fantastic ending. Also a letter from the board and the 2022 REH Foundation awards. The Fire of Asshurbanipal was published in Weird Tales January 1936.
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Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors is a collection of writings by Robert E. Howard, edited by David Drake and published by Baen Books in 1987. It was the first compilation of Howard’s work to focus on his contributions to the Cthulhu Mythos.
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The last in a series of 5 books. Meticulously restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman. This book includes material from the Wildside Press volumes “Black Hounds Of Death” and “A Thunder of Trumpets”. It contains several poems.
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Beyond the Borders. Published by Baen, 1996. Cover by Ken Kelly. Introduction by T. K. F. Weisskopf. Collection of short stories by Howard. Robert E. Howard Library Vol. VII
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The seventh issue of ‘The “New” Howard Reader, from 2000. Filled with Howard content. Published by Joe & Mona Marek. Cover art by Steven R. Trout.