Christopher Lee’s “X” Certificate No. 1 is a horror anthology published in 1975, presented by actor Christopher Lee and edited by Michel Parry.
This is a collection of Robert E. Howard’s kind of science fiction stories, including the perhaps most known Almuric (a bit like John Carter of Mars). This volume is 290 pages.
This volume is printed in hardback with dust jacket and also in paperback. There is even an eBook. Cover design by Mark Wheatley; introduction by Michael A. Stackpole; edited by Rob Roehm.
CHANGES FROM THE 1ST EDITION: King of the Forgotten People, synopsis, and an early draft, are new to this edition.
Published in October 1972 by Meade and Penny Frierson, the fanzine HPL is a comprehensive tribute to H. P. Lovecraft, featuring essays, stories, and artwork celebrating his legacy. Of particular interest to Robert E. Howard fans is the inclusion of an originally untitled poem by Howard, here titled “Who Is Grandpa Theobold?”
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.
Whispers Volume 2 Number 2/3, June 1975. Contains a letter from Howard to Wilfred Blanch Talman written circa September 1931. The letter starts like this: “Dear Mr. Talman:
Thank you very much for the letter you wrote to Street & Smith.” It’s numbered #175 and can be found in The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard Volume 2 as well.
Also there is some color artwork on pp. 66 & 67, courtesy of Donald Grant, published here before appearing in “The Tower of the Elephant” by Robert E. Howard that Grant published later in 1975.
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.
From Beyond the Dark Gateway, April 1974. Limited to 550 copies. It contains THE BLACK BEAR BITES, considered a Cthulhu Mythos story.
Wolfshead published by Bantam from 1979. It’s a collection of stories including one James Allison story (the Valley of the Worm) and also a couple of Cthulhu Mythos tales.
Contains USURP THE NIGHT. Considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos. Cats, dogs, babies, children, and tramps successively and mysteriously disappear from the neighborhood. Also published as THE HOOFED THING.
This compilation of Robert E. Howard’s most famous and well-received stories spans all of the characters and genres he scribed in – all restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today. Beautiful illustrations by Jim & Ruth Keegan.
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