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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 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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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