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Hole in the Paper Sky 814 Word on the Change That Occurs Within Howard Ferp
Change
Robert E. Howard
Howard Ferp, portrayed by Clarke in the short film ‘Hole In The Paper Sky’ written by Howard Kingkade and directed by Bill Purple, is initially shown as an arrogant and self-centered man. However, his life undergoes a profound change when he crosses paths with an unexpected character called ‘Thirty Nine’. Thirty Nine happens to be…
Celebrating 80 Years of Conan the Cimmerian
Fiction
Literature
Robert E. Howard
In December of 1932, readers of Weird Tales got a little something extra in their stockings for Christmas, namely a Cimmerian named Conan. That first Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword,” was followed by 16 additional Conan adventures that were published through October 1936 in the pages of The Unique Magazine. Four additional yarns and…
Conan’s Wild, Wild West — Part III
Fiction
Robert E. Howard
With “The Black Stranger,” Howard and Conan return to the forests, rivers and forts of the Pictish Wilderness, which serves as a Hyborian version of the American frontier. The story might have been intended as a sequel to “Beyond the Black River.” However, Weird Tales editor Farnsworth Wright rejected the story; perhaps a bit peeved at…
When Ishtar Met the AEsir
Myth
Mythology
Robert E. Howard
The Robert E. Howard story “Marchers of Valhalla,” the first in his cycle of stories featuring the often-reincarnated James Allison, was recently published as a bonus for members of the Robert E. Howard Foundation, containing the existing typewritten manuscript drafts of the tale. “Marchers” is of interest as an example of the way Howard’s pioneering…
A Strong Finish for REH Publishing in 2014
Fantasy
Fiction
Robert E. Howard
With the jack-o-lantern rotting on the front porch and a half-finished list of items needed for Thanksgiving dinner in a kitchen drawer, the bombardment of Christmas sales and advertisements that unmercifully pound our senses has begun. In this tempest of holiday commercialism, where there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth, there is solace within the pages of…
The Whole Wide World
Movie
Robert E. Howard
Like most of us, Robert E. Howard was a fan of the movies and like many people who lived through the Great Depression, movies were more than entertainment to him; they were a form of escapism. The movies were also a source of inspiration for his fertile imagination. Indeed, some scenes from movies he saw even…
The Hyborian Sage: Real-World Parallels Between Howard’s and Modern Discoveries
Hyborian Age
Robert E. Howard
Introduction In recent years, television programming, along with publishing ventures, have presented a number of projects looking at the concept of catastrophism, along with diffusionism. One of the best of these books is Brad Steiger’s Worlds Before Our Own, a work that initially earned that writer a great deal of ridicule and personal attacks. Yet…
Feminism and the Women in Robert E. Howard’s Fiction — Part III
Feminism
Fiction
Robert E. Howard
Women
Part III: A Different Kind of Strength We’ve seen what strong women can accomplish in both Howard’s fiction and in the modern world. But, what of those women who because of the circumstances of their lives, do not have any control over their life or safety—those who are not “born to rule” and are unable…
Conan’s Wild, Wild West — Part I
Literature
Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard was born and raised in Texas during the early 1900s, a time not too far removed from the days of the Old Frontier. While growing up, Howard talked to many old timers who still recalled the days when Indians were a threat to the frontiersmen and danger lurked at every turn of…
Robert E. Howard and the Issue of Racism: The African and African-American Poems — Part 5
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African American
Poem
Racism
Robert E. Howard
Robert E. Howard’s hatred of the slave trade was unequivocal. His poems in this subject area are so vivid they could almost be used as part of the history of the slaves taken from Africa. It is one of the few subject areas in which REH shows no conflicting point of view in his poetry….
born | January 22, 1906, Peaster, TX |
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died | June 11, 1936, Cross Plains, TX |
description | Robert Ervin Howard was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre. Howard was born and raised in Texas. |
books | The Hour of the Dragon 1950, Kull 1967, The Shadow Kingdom 1929 |
movies | Conan the Barbarian 1982, Conan the Destroyer 1984, Red Sonja 1985 |
information | Short biography of Robert E. HowardRobert Ervin Howard (January 22, 1906 – June 11, 1936) was an American author who wrote pulp fiction in a diverse range of genres. He is well known for his character Conan the Barbarian and is regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery subgenre.Howard was born and raised in Peaster, Texas, and spent most of his life in the town of Cross Plains with some time spent in nearby Brownwood. A bookish and intellectual child, he was also a fan of boxing and spent some time in his late teens bodybuilding, an interest that would influence much of his later work.After high school, Howard worked as a janitor and reporter for a local newspaper, but he dreamed of being a writer. When he was 23, he sold his first story, “Spear and Fang”, to Weird Tales magazine. Over the next few years, he wrote dozens of stories for Weird Tales and other pulp magazines.Howard’s most famous and enduring creation was Conan the Barbarian, a sword-wielding warrior from the Hyborian Age, a fictional time and place. Howard wrote several stories featuring Conan, and the character proved so popular that he was adapted for comics, movies, television, and other media.In addition to Conan, Howard created other memorable characters, including Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and Kull of Atlantis. He also wrote historical fiction, horror, detective stories, and Westerns. His work was influential in the development of the sword and sorcery and heroic fantasy genres, and he is sometimes credited with inventing the pulp fantasy genre.Howard’s tragic early death at the age of 30 cut short a promising career, but his work has continued to be popular and influential. General Essay Structure for this Topic
Important informationInfluenced by: H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle Short stories: The Phoenix on the Sword, Queen of the Black Coast, The Tower of the Elephant Parents: Isaac Mordecai Howard, Hester Jane Ervin Howard |