The Dark Man and Others

The Dark Man and Others is a posthumously-published anthology of fifteen short stories by American author Robert E. Howard, named after his short story “The Dark Man”, and covering the genres of adventure fiction, horror, historical fiction, fantasy, sword and sorcery, weird fiction and the weird West. It was first published in 1963 by Arkham House, and was edited by August Derleth.

Eleven of the stories had previously been published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, and one each in Argosy, Oriental Stories and Strange Tales.

Conan’s Brethren

The book was published in January 2011 by Gollancz and is an omnibus called Conan’s Brethren. It contains tales of Solomon Kane, King Kull, Bran Mak Morn and others. It’s a thick book, but very lightweight. 

Conan the Conqueror

Conan the Conqueror (also known as the Hour of the Dragon) is Howards only Conan novel.

The first British edition of Conan the Conqueror published by T.V. Boardman. T.V. Boardman, Ltd. (Boardman Books) was a London publishing houses that turned out both paperback and hardcover books, pulp magazines, and comic books. Boardman quickly learnt the value of republishing and repackaging original American material for the British market, and one of their earliest deals was with the US publisher Gnome Press, itself a small publisher specializing in science fiction and fantasy works. It was through Gnome Press that Boardman was able to published the first British hardcover edition of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Conqueror.

Cineaste volume 23, number 1

An American magazine with articles, essays and reviews. This issue contains a film review of ‘The Whole Wide World’ by Kulørte sider is a Danish magazine about comics as a media. Contains an article about Robert E. Howard and the breakthrough Marvel did. Also some information about the non-Howard Conan movie, amongst others an interview with the director.

Kulørte Sider #43

Kulørte sider is a Danish magazine about comics as a media. Contains an article about Robert E. Howard and the breakthrough Marvel did. Also some information about the non-Howard Conan movie, amongst others an interview with the director.