Almuric is a Sword and Planet novel in the tradition of John Carter. This is first edition, published by Ace. Cover art by Jack Gaughan.
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Aug
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Jan
Jan
Myth Maker by Cross Plains Comics. Adaptations of Howard’s short stories. Contains “Men of the Shadows” and “Dream Snake” by Tim Sale and Matt Hollingsworth, “Spear & Fang” by Richard Corben and Eric Hope, and “Dermod’s Bane” by Kelley Jones, Laurie Smith, and George Freeman.
Pin-up art by Rafael Kayanan, John Bolton, Michael Kaluta, Mark Schultz, Steve Lightle, and Colin MacNeil, a bit of history on comics adaptions of Howard’s creations by Thomas, and a short bio on Novalyne Price Ellis, author of a well-known Robert E. Howard memoir, by Rusty Burke.
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Oct
Oct
Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 21, No. 6.
“The Witch of the Mists” is a fantasy short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in the August 1972 issue of the magazine Fantastic, and in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.
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Oct
Oct
Fantastic Science Fiction & Fantasy Stories volume 23, No. 5.
“Red Moon of Zembabwei” is a short story by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter, featuring the fictional sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian created by Robert E. Howard. This is the first publication. It appeared in book form by Ace Books in the paperback collection Conan of Aquilonia in May 1977, which was reprinted several times through 1994. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books in October 1978.
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Jul
Berkley, 1976; Volume 1 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by the book’s editor Glenn Lord. Includes sixteen poems, and several of Howard’s stories.
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Jul
Berkley, 1980; Volume 2 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by Glenn Lord. Includes a mixture of poems and short stories.
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Dec
Dec
Robert E. Howard created the character Bran Mak Morn. Karl Edward Wagner wrote this pastiche, continuing the adventures of the Pictish king, Bran Mak Morn. Called Legion from the Shadows (1976), it starts with the destruction of the Roman IX Legion in second century Caledonia under the blades of the savage Picts.
Wagner’s novel is a direct sequel to Howard’s own Bran Mak Morn story, “Worms of the Earth.”. To avenge his tribesman, crucified at the behest of the sadistic Roman governor, Bran secures the aid of the titular Worms of the Earth, a monstrous race of degenerate subterranean semi-human creatures. It all ends in bloody death and horror, and Bran realizes some forces are too hideous to use even against one’s most hated enemy.
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Dec
Dec
Robert E. Howard created the character Cormac Mac Art. The author Andrew J. Offutt continued the adventures of Cormac by writing his own stories. As far as I know, he wrote 6 novels about Howard’s hero.
This is the Zebra book from 1976. Cormac Mac Art, the son of an Irish king, forced to live the life of an outlaw after he is unjustly accused of a crime, is finally vindicated and then pursued by an evil wizard who has waited centuries to seek revenge
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Dec
Dec
Robert E. Howard created the character Cormac Mac Art. The author Andrew J. Offutt continued the adventures of Cormac by writing his own stories. As far as I know, he wrote 6 novels about Howard’s hero.
In this Zebra book from 1975, Cormac and his faithful comrade Wulfhere Skull-splitter, are hurled through a swirling maelstrom to a faraway shore. There, Cormac joins up with Princess Samaire and sets out to regain a throne.
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Dec
Dec
Zebra Books, 1976; Volume 2 of 2. Mass market paperback, 1st edition. Introduction by the book’s editor Glenn Lord. Includes a mixture of poems and short stories.