Robert E. Howard (1906-36) lived and wrote in Cross Plains, Texas. From 1924 until his death, he sold hundreds of stories to pulp-fiction magazines such as Weird Tales, Argosy, Action Stories, Fight Stories, and Cowboy Stories. As a twentieth-century American master of fantastic adventure, he rivals Edgar Rice Burroughs. Steven Tompkins contributed to the original manuscript facsimile of "The Black Stranger" and The Illustrated World of Robert E. Howard, both Wandering Star publications. His essays have appeared in The Barbaric Triumph: A Critical Anthology on the Writings of Robert E. Howard and The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies.
"The University of Nebraska Press collections are an important contribution to anyone interested in Robert E. Howard, or just how good pulp fiction can be."-Southwest BookViews Southwest BookViews "Howard's stories are frequently powerful and his imagery is often very memorable."-Science Fiction Chronicle Science Fiction Chronicle
Robert E. Howard's The Black Stranger and Other American Tales, edited by Steven Tompkins, includes the title Conan novella along with a dozen other tales that exhibit the prolific pulp writer's full range. As Tompkins argues in his scholarly introduction, Howard (1906-1936) rooted his tales of gothic horror and sword-and-sorcery in the American pioneer experience. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
"The University of Nebraska Press collections are an important contribution to anyone interested in Robert E. Howard, or just how good pulp fiction can be."-Southwest BookViews Southwest BookViews "Howard's stories are frequently powerful and his imagery is often very memorable."-Science Fiction Chronicle Science Fiction Chronicle
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