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Posts tagged Robert E. Howard
Story Telling
Feb 19th
“Lovecraft, and a host of others after him, couldn’t see that Howard never intended to create a universe removed from our own, as he had done when writing the Kull stories and as so many writers of epic fantasy have done since.
By carefully choosing names that resembled those found in our history and legendry, Howard [...]
How Bizarre!
Feb 18th
“"Odd that a mercenary like Conan would accept less in payment than he could get," the new satrap commented. "I offered him a chest full of gold-enough to support him for life. But he would take only one small sack, together with the horse he found on the battlefield and his pick of arms and [...]
Skull-Splitting Laughter
Feb 17th
“The Cimmerian glared about, embarrassed at the roar of mocking laughter that greeted this remark. He saw no particular humor in it and was too new to civilization to understand its discourtesies. Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.”[1]
Notes:
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Hands To Break
Feb 17th
“The life of man is not the life of Yag, nor is human death the death of Yag. Let me be free of this cage of broken, blind flesh, and I will once more be Yogah of Yag, morning-crowned and shining, with wings to fly, and feet to dance, and eyes to see, and hands [...]
The Power of the Poet
Feb 14th
Conan shook his lion head. “No, Prospero, he’s beyond my reach. A great poet is greater than any king. His songs are mightier than my scepter; for he has near ripped the heart from my breast when he chose to sing for me. I shall die and be forgotten, but Rinaldo’s songs will live for [...]
The Lion, Trapped on Shamu’s Plain
Feb 2nd
They trapped the Lion on Shamu’s plain;
They weighted his limbs with an iron chain;
They cried aloud in the trumpet-blast,
They cried, “The Lion is caged at last!”
Woe to the cities of river and plain
If ever the Lion stalks again!
- Robert E. Howard, The Scarlet Citadel
What a fantastic lil poem, juxtaposing the jubilation that comes with [...]
Forced Christological Allusions are a Good Thing!*
Jan 26th
A few days go I tweeted while reading a short story by Robert E. Howard, The Elephant Tower. (And, for those of you who think I am using short story as a euphemism for comic book,I am going back and reading the short stories upon which the Conan comics were based.) Here’s my tweet:
One day [...]
Yara, Awaken!
Jan 23rd
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The life of man is not the life of Yag, nor is human death the death of Yag. Let me be free of this cage of broken, blind flesh, and I will once more be Yogah of Yag, morning-crowned and shining, with wings to fly, and feet to dance, and eyes to see, and [...]
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