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The Book of The Howard Review

Dennis McHaney

2009
Publication type
Anthology
Edition format
Paperback
Contains
PoetryStories

Publication date: June 2009 (Proof edition) | December 2010

Introduction

Contains poems and stories and also cover artwork from McHaney publications throughout, as well as other cover and interior artwork from magazines containing Howard stories. 

Notes

Edited by Dennis McHaney.
Perfect bound, wraps.

Proof Edition:
Extremely limited release, likely less than 20 copies.

Regular Edition:
The contents are the same as the proof, except that they've actually been proofed and art replaced some of the photos
Extensively illustrated throughout with old pulp illustrations and pulp covers.It seems to have been print on demand from lulu.com (no longer available).

"The End of the Glory Trail" was issue #6 of The Howard Review, lost at the printers and never published.

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition format
Trade paperback (8.5 x 11 inches, perfect bound)
Publication date
June 2009 (Proof edition) | December 2010
Pages
230
Publisher / imprint
Dennis McHaney
Cover art
J. Allen St. John
Illustrations
Tom Foster, Virgil Finlay, Stephen Fabian, Hugh Rankin, Arnie Fenner, Harold Delay, Dennis Kesler, Rick McCollum, Jeff Jones, Michael W. Kaluta, and Frank Frazetta

42 linked Howard works

138 contents entries

  1. "The Fearsome Touch of Death"
  2. Introduction: The Return of the Howard Review • essay by Dennis McHaney ix · review
  3. "A Thunder of Trumpets"
  4. The Fearsome Touch of Death • (1930) • short story by Robert E. Howard 2 · story
  5. "Vikings of the Gloves"
  6. The Fearsome Touch of Death • (1974) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 2 · artwork
  7. "The Riot at Bucksnort"
  8. A Thunder of Trumpets • (1938) • short story by Robert E. Howard and Frank Thurston Torbett 5 · story
  9. "The Three Perils of Sailor Costigan"
  10. A Thunder of Trumpets • (1938) • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 6 · artwork
  11. "The TNT Punch"
  12. Vikings of the Gloves • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1932) • short story by Robert E. Howard 14 · story
  13. "The Beast from the Abyss"
  14. Vikings of the Gloves • (1975) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 15 · artwork
  15. "Emancipation" (poem)
  16. The Riot at Bucksnort • non-genre • [Pike Bearfield] • (1936) • short story by Robert E. Howard 24 · story
  17. "An Open Window" (poem)
  18. The Riot at Bucksnort • (1975) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 25 · artwork
  19. "Arkham" (poem)
  20. 3 Perils of Sailor Costigan • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1975) • short fiction by Robert E. Howard 31 · story
  21. "Which Will Scarcely Be Understood" (poem)
  22. 3 Perils of Sailor Costigan • (1975) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 31 · artwork
  23. "The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts" (poem)
  24. The TNT Punch • non-genre • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1931) • short story by Robert E. Howard 34 · story
  25. "Niflheim" (poem)
  26. The TNT Punch • (1975) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 34 · artwork
  27. "The Tempter" (poem)
  28. The Beast from the Abyss • (1971) • essay by Robert E. Howard 44 · essay
  29. "Ecstasy" (poem)
  30. The Beast from the Abyss • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay 45 · artwork
  31. "Futility" (1, "Golden goats . . .") (poem)
  32. Rhymes of Death / End of the Glory Trail • essay by Dennis McHaney 50 · essay
  33. "Fragment" (poem)
  34. Rhymes of Death / End of the Glory Trail • (1975) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 50 · artwork
  35. "The Song of the Bats" (poem)
  36. Emancipation • (1957) • poem by Robert E. Howard 50 · poem
  37. "The Gates of Ninevah" (poem)
  38. An Open Window • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 51 · poem
  39. "A Hairy Chested Idealist Sings" (poem)
  40. Arkham • (1932) • poem by Robert E. Howard 51 · poem
  41. "The End of the Glory Trail" (poem)
  42. Which Will Scarcely Be Understood • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 52 · poem
  43. "The Riders of Babylon" (poem)
  44. The Ballad of Buckshot Roberts • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 52 · poem
  45. "Riding Song" (poem)
  46. Niflheim • (1957) • poem by Robert E. Howard 53 · poem
  47. "The Soul-Eater" (poem)
  48. The Tempter • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 54 · poem
  49. "Song Before Clontarf" (poem)
  50. Ecstasy • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 54 · poem
  51. "Moon Mockery" (poem)
  52. Futility • (1926) • poem by Robert E. Howard (variant of Futility ("Time races on and none can stay the tread...")) 55 · poem
  53. "Singing in the Wind" (poem)
  54. Fragment ("And so his boyhood wandered into youth...") • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 56 · poem
  55. "The Harp of Alfred" (poem)
  56. The Song of the Bats • (1927) • poem by Robert E. Howard 56 · poem
  57. "Dead Man's Hate" (poem)
  58. The Gates of Nineveh • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 56 · poem
  59. "The Passionate Typist" (poem)
  60. A Hairy Chested Idealist Sings • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 57 · poem
  61. "Easter Island" (poem)
  62. The End of the Glory Trail • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 58 · poem
  63. "Two Against Tyre"
  64. The Riders of Babylon • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 58 · poem
  65. "The Noseless Horror"
  66. Riding Song • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 58 · poem
  67. "Sailor Costigan and the Swami"
  68. The Soul-Eater • [Sonnets Out of Bedlam • 1] • (1937) • poem by Robert E. Howard 59 · poem
  69. "Thoroughbreds"
  70. The Soul-Eater • (1990) • interior artwork by Dennis Kesler 59 · artwork
  71. "Lives and Crimes of Notable Artists"
  72. Song Before Clontarf • (1975) • poem by Robert E. Howard 60 · poem
  73. "Black Talons"
  74. Song before Clontarf • (1975) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 60 · artwork
  75. "The Tomb's Secret"
  76. Moon Mockery • (1929) • poem by Robert E. Howard 64 · poem
  77. "The Voice of El-Lil"
  78. Moon Mockery • (1975) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 64 · artwork
  79. Non-REH Content
  80. Singing in the Wind • (1971) • poem by Robert E. Howard 64 · poem
  81. "Conan and the Man with No Name" by Fred Blosser
  82. Singing in the Wind • (1975) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 64 · artwork
  83. "Heroes of Robert E. Howard: Solomon Kane" by Bryon Roark
  84. The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 65 · poem
  85. "Howard's Crusade Heroes" by Glenn Lord
  86. The Harp of Alfred • (1928) • interior artwork by Hugh Rankin 65 · artwork
  87. "Conan's Creator Leaves Legacy" News article by Rat Remick, Ventura County Star, 10/22/82
  88. Dead Man's Hate • (1930) • poem by Robert E. Howard 66 · poem
  89. "Pen and Ink, Blood and Thunder" by Rick McCollum
  90. The Passionate Typist • (1976) • poem by Robert E. Howard 66 · poem
  91. "Solomon and Sorcery" by Michael J. Kellar
  92. Easter Island • (1928) • poem by Robert E. Howard 66 · poem
  93. "Howard Fandom Today (1977)" by Rusty Burke
  94. Two Against Tyre • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard 67 · story
  95. "Bad Sword and Sorcery" by Morgan Holmes
  96. Two Against Tyre • (1975) • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian 67 · artwork
  97. "Son of Bad Sword And Sorcery" by Morgan Holmes
  98. Conan and the Man with No Name • (1975) • essay by Fred Blosser 78 · essay
  99. "The Trouble with FAX" by "JRR Tolkien"
  100. Heroes of R. E. H.: Solomon Kane • (1976) • essay by Byron Roark 80 · essay
  101. "More Unborn Howard Books" by Dennis McHaney
  102. Heroes of R. E. H.: Solomon Kane • (1976) • interior artwork by Arnie Fenner 80 · artwork
  103. "Letters from Mom" by Dennis McHaney
  104. The Noseless Horror • (1970) • short story by Robert E. Howard 82 · story
  105. "In the Tradition of . . " by Charles Gramlich
  106. Howard's Crusade Heroes • essay by Glenn Lord (variant of Howard's Crusades Hero 1977) 88 · essay
  107. "In Memorium: Robert Ervin Howard" by Otis Adelbert Kline, E. Hoffman Price, and Jack Byrne
  108. Howard's Crusade Heroes • (1939) • interior artwork by Harold S. De Lay [as by Harold S. DeLay] 88 · artwork
  109. "Robert E. Howard: World's Greatest Pulpster" by Dennis McHaney
  110. Sailor Costigan and the Swami • [Sailor Steve Costigan] • (1977) • short story by Robert E. Howard 90 · story
  111. Sailor Costigan and the Swami • (1977) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 90 · artwork
  112. The Book of the Howard Review (Dennis Dorgan) • (1934) • interior artwork by Jayem Wilcox 96 · artwork
  113. Conan Creator Leaves Legacy • (1982) • essay by Pat Remick 97 · essay
  114. Thoroughbreds • (1995) • short story by Robert E. Howard 100 · story
  115. Thoroughbreds • (1995) • interior artwork by Dennis Kesler 100 · artwork
  116. Lives and Crimes of Notable Artists • (1998) • short story by Robert E. Howard 102 · story
  117. Lives and Crimes of Notable Artists • (1998) • interior artwork by Tom Foster 102 · artwork
  118. Pen and Ink, Blood and Thunder • (1995) • essay by Rick McCollum 104 · essay
  119. Pen and Ink, Blood and Thunder • (1995) • interior artwork by Rick McCollum 104 · artwork
  120. Solomon and Sorcery • (1977) • essay by Michael Kellar 106 · essay
  121. Solomon and Sorcery • (1977) • interior artwork by Jeff Jones 106 · artwork
  122. Howard Fandom Today • (1995) • essay by Rusty Burke 110 · essay
  123. Bad Sword & Sorcery: Paperback Hacks, One Hit Wonders, and Lin Carter • (1998) • essay by Morgan Holmes 114 · essay
  124. Black Talons • (1933) • short story by Robert E. Howard 123 · story
  125. The Tomb's Secret • [Steve Harrison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 129 · novelette
  126. The Voice of El-Lil • (1930) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 137 · novelette
  127. The Trouble with FAX • (2004) • essay by Jorge Ramirez Rodriguez Tolkein 149 · essay
  128. The Trouble with FAX • (2004) • interior artwork by Michael Kaluta 149 · artwork
  129. Roy G. Krenkel and FAX • (2004) • essay by uncredited 156 · essay
  130. Letter to Ted Dikty, April 2, 1973 • (2004) • essay by Roy G. Krenkel 156 · essay
  131. More Unborn Robert E. Howard Books • (1998) • essay by uncredited 157 · essay
  132. Letters from Mom • (2001) • essay by Dennis McHaney 158 · essay
  133. In the Tradition of • (2004) • essay by Charles Allen Gramlich [as by Charles Gramlich] 160 · essay
  134. The Fantasy Magazine Howard Memorial • (2004) • essay by uncredited 166 · essay
  135. In Memoriam: Robert Ervin Howard • (1936) • essay by Jack Byrne and Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price 166 · essay
  136. The Science Fiction Eye • (1936) • essay by Julius Schwartz 167 · essay
  137. The Science Fiction Eye • (1936) • interior artwork by Clay Ferguson, Jr. 167 · artwork
  138. Robert E. Howard: World's Greatest Pulpster • (2005) • essay by Dennis McHaney 169 · essay

Contributors

J. Allen St. John
Cover artist

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Arnie FennerByron RoarkCharles Allen GramlichClay FergusonDennis DorganDennis KeslerDennis McHaneyE. Hoffmann PriceFrank Thurston TorbettFred BlosserHarold S. De LayHugh RankinJack ByrneJayem WilcoxJeff JonesLin CarterMichael W. KalutaMorgan HolmesOtis Adelbert KlinePat RemickRick McCollumRobert E. HowardRoy G. KrenkelRusty BurkeSolomon KaneStephen FabianSteve HarrisonTom FosterVirgil Finlay

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title
The Book of The Howard Review
Publisher
Dennis McHaney
Date
June 2009 (Proof Edition) December 2010
Source file
bookofthehowardreview.html

REH World editorial layer

Title
The Book of The Howard Review
Publisher
Dennis McHaney
Date
June 2009 (Proof edition) | December 2010
Source provenance

This record combines the preserved source bibliography with a reviewed REH World editorial overlay. Editorial values are displayed when present; the imported bibliography remains the source fallback.