The Footfalls Within: Reviews and Discussion | The Swords of Robert E. Howard

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The Footfalls Within: Reviews and Discussion Feb 13, 2017 13:23:03 GMT -5

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Post by deuce on Feb 13, 2017 13:23:03 GMT -5

The Footfalls Within was the first Solomon Kane tale I ever read. It is also the last SK yarn REH ever completed. It remains one of my favorites. Perhaps that is because REH, as he told Lovecraft, consciously intended to move it into more of a "cosmic horror" direction than some previous tales. Slaughtering slavers is always a bonus.

A good review here from neo-pulpster, Keith West:

adventuresfantastic.com/blogging-solomon-kane-the-footfalls-within/

themirrorthief
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boried and kinda cold,,,,gotta turn down the ac

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The Footfalls Within: Reviews and Discussion Feb 18, 2017 10:19:16 GMT -5

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Post by themirrorthief on Feb 18, 2017 10:19:16 GMT -5

this is the first Howard tale I ever read, although I had read some of the Conan pastiche stuff and the comics...I was very impressed of course. Maybe not one of Howard's very best, but darn good to say the least

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The Footfalls Within: Reviews and Discussion Sept 12, 2017 14:16:59 GMT -5

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Post by deuce on Sept 12, 2017 14:16:59 GMT -5

HPL on The Footfalls Within...

"Howard's recent W.T. story has a fine ending, though as a whole it might be better-proportioned. He is so anxious to work in rough & tumble fighting that the balance of his work sometimes suffers."

-- H. P. Lovecraft to Clark Ashton Smith, August 1931