Showing posts with label Robert E. Howard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert E. Howard. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Unboxing Savagery

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It had been more than 30 years since I last bought an issue of the original Savage Sword of Conan*, and almost as long since I read one cove...
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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Happy 120th, REH!

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I live in the northeast. We’re in the middle of a cold snap in the dead of a rougher than usual New England winter and are expecting a huge ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Happy early birthday, REH: Watch the Foundation video Jan. 21

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Frazetta's frosty take, also a masterpiece. Thursday marks the 120th birthday of Robert E. Howard. For the occasion the Robert E. Howard...
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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Jack by Andrew Sinclair, a review

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Andrew Sinclair’s Jack (1977) is my first foray into the biography of a writer I consistently place in my top 10 favorites. I greatly enjoy...
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Silver Key: 2025 in review

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T-800s like it here... but people too. Traffic to the blog EXPLODED in 2025. Unfortunately some of it appears to be robots, likely using my ...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Of pastiche and John C. Hocking’s Conan and the Living Plague

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These dead are unquiet... I don’t mind pastiche … which is I suppose a bit of a lukewarm way of saying I support it. Nonetheless it’s how I ...
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Friday, August 29, 2025

Celtic Adventures: Of Conan, a chasm, and “People of the Dark”

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This cover makes me want to drink Guinness and fight. When I read I don’t go looking for symbols … but sometimes they just hit me in the fac...
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Sunday, August 3, 2025

Sword of the Gael by Andrew J. Offutt, a review

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Sword-and-sorcery typically works better in the short form than the novel, and I think I know why. It’s a lot harder to sustain breakneck ac...
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Monday, June 23, 2025

A little piece of Howard Days wends its way home: God's Blade

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One of the cool things you encounter attending Howard Days are many bits of Howard and Howard-adjacent ephemera fans bring to the silent auc...
Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Robert E. Howard Days and remembering my 2023 trip

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Robert E. Howard Days is here again . The annual gathering to celebrate one of the twin towers of modern fantasy at his home in Cross Plains...
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Robert E. Howard, The Life and Times of a Texas Author: A review

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How do you review a new Robert E. Howard biography? Perhaps with the question: Do we need a new Howard biography? After all, we have two maj...
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Monday, March 3, 2025

Martin Eden (1909), Jack London

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A great voyage of the soul... Jack London is a great writer, full stop. Upon reading Martin Eden (1909) I declare he now resides firmly in ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2024

The Silver Key: 2024 in review

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Life is pretty good these days, both personally and creatively. Even though I slowed down a bit on the blog, I’m making an impact. Life is i...
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