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New Book of Howard Poetry Longtime Howard fan and sometime-publisher Tom Kovacs has published a new bi-lingual (English/German) book of Howard poetry titled Winds of Time. You can see a complete contents list on Howard Works. Here is the ordering information: $80 plus $20 shipping (2nd class postage). PayPal preferred but cash or a personal check is also accepted. PayPal to: cartho@gmx.net Thomas Kovacs Schontalstr. 20 CH - 8004 Zurich Switzerland/Europe -- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 4, 2007 |
A Tribute to Leon Nielsen On July 6th a lamp expired. Howard fan and scholar Leon Nielsen passed away. Leon always bought issues of my zine and contacted me in the fall of 2005 about writing a Foreword for his bibliography-biography of Howard. I was flattered that he asked and set about writing it while also providing some input on the copy of the manuscript he sent me. Soon we were corresponding regularly and I learned of his battle with cancer. During this period, the cancer came back with a vengeance and Leon was in for several rounds of chemotherapy. He never complained, but steadily vowed to beat it, while in the back of his mind he must have known how high the odds were. He was a devoted husband and father and had accomplished many things in his 70 years, and I am glad he was able to complete his Howard book, which he loved dearly working on. Barbara Baum said she spoke with his wife during some trying times and she told Barbara that Leon was afraid he wouldn’t be able to finish the book before the cancer overtook him. Now that his work is done, he can rest easy. Lord knows he’s earned it. Here is a link to Leon's Obituary and one to Leon's "The Image of Conan" article that appears in the current issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur. -- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 11, 2007 ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
Conan of the Movies? No this isn't the actual poster for the new Conan movie, just something I found online that looks like it was generated by a wishful foreign Arnold/Conan fan. Recently Warner Bros. let their option on the Conan movie lapse, so its up for grabs yet again. Richard Rodriquez was suppose to be developing a Conan film, but decided to create his "masterpiece" Grindhouse instead. Some masterpiece; it barely lasted a week in theaters. Vanity projects generally don't go over too big with the public. If I want to watch an 1970's exploitation movie, I'll just rent or buy one of the originals. -- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 18, 2007 ___________________________________________________________________________________ |
A Fanzine Feeding Frenzy Dennis McHaney is a one man wrecking crew on eBay these days, snagging exorbitant prices for publishing oddities from early in his career. Currently a copy of his very first issue of a small, odd-sized mimeographed affair, bound with tape and cardboard is knocking on the door of $700.00. That's more than I paid for my first car! Meanwhile, a copy of Cryptic's Lewd Tales, a thin booklet of bawdy Howard tales, went for $89.00 while a copy of Glenn Lord's classic collectible Etchings in Ivory went for only $78.45. Where will the madness end? I guess when collectors run out of money, or when their spouses catch on and put a stop to it. Of course, I'm not speaking from personal experience on that last one. UPDATE: This copy of The Howard Review #1 sold for a whopping $877.77! That has to be a world record price for a Howard fanzine, heck any fanzine. -- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 25, 2007 _________________________________________________________________________ |
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