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A Bear Creek Double Play
Another copy of the Herbert Jenkins edition of A Gent from Bear Creek popped up on eBay this
week and was quickly bought by long time Howard collector Edward Gobbett. If that name is
familiar to you, Edward is the guy who snagged the copy that came up for sale on eBay last year. A
collector purchased and traded it to Edward for a collection of rare Shadow pulps. So now Edward
has two copies of Gent, and with only 6 copies of this rare volume in private hands, and about that
number in libraries and the Howard House, he holds a third of the ones belonging to individuals.
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on November 28, 2007
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Support Your Local Robert E. Howard Foundation
It has been a busy first year for the Robert E. Howard Foundation. Two volumes of a three volume
set of Howard's letters have appeared, along with a poetry volume, not to mention two
newsletters, and a passel of special goodies for Legacy Circle members of the foundation. If you
haven't checked out the Foundation website and joined up, you are missing out on great
discounts, not to mention all the perks that come with membership. At least one more volume is
planned for this year, The Last of the Trunk, so it is not too late to get in on the savings. And don't
forget, memberships make excellent Christmas gifts!
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on November 21, 2007
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As Alfred E. Neuman would say, "Bleech!"
As the Doomsday Clock counts down the days until the film version of Solomon Kane stumbles on
to big screens worldwide, I pause to reflect on this new promotional poster. While a slight
improvement over the first poster which had Kane wielding an eight foot broadsword that
weighed more than he did, I'm still perturbed by his accouterments. First the ammunition belt.
What does it hold? IEDs? Holy water, Evian water? Did such belts even exist during Kane's time?
Doubtful. Then there is the sidearm, which appears to be a cross between a blunderbuss and an
AK-47, not to mention two swords he's toting. There is also a character named "Reaper" listed
over at the IMDB site for this film. Oh joy, I can hardly wait to see his poster.
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on November 14, 2007
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The Swift and the Doomed
I've posted the text for this article from REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #10 that features the first ever
publication of the original Howard beginning and ending to the short version of the El Borak
adventure "Three-Bladed Doom." For those of you not familiar with this piece, it reveals for the
first time a fraud perpetuated on Howard fans by REH: Lone Star Fictioneer editor Byron Roark,
who butchered this previously unpublished tale featured in issue number 4 of LSF. In addition to
rewriting the start and finish of this story and adding 1100 words to it in the process, a number of
other changes were made to the text including the addition several paragraphs of material. For
this web appearance, only the beginning and ending is featured. If you want to read the entire
article, copies are still available.
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on November 7, 2007
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