Fight Club, Howard Style

Frequent contributor to TGR, Charles Saunders has just posted one of his old articles about
Robert E. Howard's boxing stories on his
blog. The title is "Ringside at Cross Plains."  It's a
bit of speculation about the real-life fighters who may have served as models for REH's ring
warriors. If nothing else,
it is a fun look at the past.  It's a bit of speculation about the real-
life fighters who may have served as models for some of REH's ring warriors.
Of course,
Charles says he had a lot more fun writing "Fists of Cross Plains."

-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on June 19, 2009
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After Howard Days, Head North to Columbus, Ohio for PulpFest
Mike Chomko, a good friend of TGR, is one of the main organizer of the premiere Pulp
magazine event of the year.  If you only one make it to one convention this year, make it
PulpFest. The event runs Friday, July 31st through Sunday, August 2nd at the Ramada
Plaza Hotel and Convention Center  n Columbus, Ohio.  Edgar Award-winning writer, editor,
and publisher Otto Penzler will be the Guest of Honor at this year’s PulpFest.  Otto, whose
recent anthology
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps has done more to renew interest in
Golden Age pulp fiction than any mainstream publication in recent history, is a perfect GoH
for a show like PulpFest in that he is also a world-class collector of crime fiction, many of
whose most notable authors—including Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Cornell
Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and John D. MacDonald—toiled in the pulp vineyards before
achieving mainstream success with major publishers.  Sounds like PulpFest is the place to be
if you are an aficionado or fan of the Pulps.

-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on May 19, 2009
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New Index Guide to REH's Verse
Explore the poetry of Robert E. Howard with this index guide to his verse from the Robert E.
Foundation Press. The index can be used to locate specific names and places, even obscure
words. It contains many categories such as ANIMALS, WEAPONS, TREES, and more, so that
these words and related subject words can be easily explored. For example, under the listing
for ANIMAL are all of the animals Howard mentions in his verse, from APE to WOLF, and
everything in between. Each word is followed by a list of the poems in which that word
appears. Many words also show descriptive adjectives that highlight Howard’s impressive
ability to create powerful images. The index also contains a list of themes like WANDERLUST
and HISTORY for readers interested in a particular topic. The book was designed with
The
Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard
in mind, but can be used with any of Howard’s verse
collections. There’s even a page number guide keyed to the major collections to help locate
the poems. All this and more is contained in
The Wordbook.

A preview of
The Wordbook is available at The Foundation's Lulu Press web page. Non-
members can purchase the book there for $22.99; Lulu’s shipping prices in the U.S. are
$6.13 for Media Mail and $15.34 for Priority; other options, including foreign shipping, are
available at checkout.

Foundation members will want to take advantage of their discount by sending $20, plus $6
for Media Mail or $15 for Priority (Lulu’s rates) to paypal@rehfpress.com; or pay via check
(personal or cashier’s) or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242,
Plano, TX 75025.
All payments must be in U.S. dollars.

A hard cover edition of The Wordbook is also available: $33 for members, $36.99 for non-
members. Add $6.50 for Media Mail and $10.00 for Lulu’s shipping.

-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on May 13, 2008
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