Book recommendations? Pulpy Action, Occult, Lovecraftian.

[ChrisLAdams]

An excellent cross-section of REH is this cheap Kindle version called The Robert E. Howard Omnibus.  I love it.  I have all 99 of these yarns on my phone at my beck and call.

The contents:

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This Halcyon Classics ebook contains 99 short stories and novellas by 1930s pulp writer Robert Ervin Howard. Howard (1906-1936) is best known today for creating the sword-and-sorcery hero Conan, subject of three movies and dozens of books. However, during his short life Howard also published stories in a number of other genres. In addition to fantasy, Howard wrote boxing stories, westerns, detective stories, horror and created an number of compelling characters such as Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, El Borak, Steve Costigan, Pike Bearfield, King Kull, and Conan the Cimmerian. Howard committed suicide in 1936.



This ebook is DRM free and includes an active table of contents for easy navigation.



Conan Stories

• Gods of the North

• Queen of the Black Coast

• Shadows in the Moonlight

• A Witch Shall be Born

• Shadows in Zamboula

• The Devil in Iron

• The People of the Black Circle

• Red Nails

• Jewels of Gwahlur

• Beyond the Black River

• The Hour of the Dragon

• The Hyborian Age



Boxing Stories

• Alleys of Peril

• Blow the Chinks Down!

• Breed of Battle

• Champ of the Forecastle

• Circus Fists

• Cupid vs. Pollux

• Dark Shanghai

• Fist and Fang

• General Ironfist

• Night of Battle

• Sailors’ Grudge

• Sluggers on the Beach

• Texas Fists

• The Bull Dog Breed

• The Iron Man

• The Pit of the Serpent

• The Sign of the Snake

• The Slugger’s Game

• The TNT Punch

• Vikings of the Gloves

• Waterfront Fists

• Winner Take All

• Alleys of Darkness

• Apparition in the Prize Ring



Detective Stories

• Graveyard Rats

• Fangs of Gold

• Names in the Black Book

• Skull-Face

• The Tomb’s Secret

• Aha! or The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace

• Halt! Who Goes There?

• Unhand Me, Villain!



Fantasy Adventure Stories

• Almuric

• The Treasures of Tartary

• The Voice of El-Lil

• The Valley of the Worm

• The Garden of Fear

• Witch from Hell's Kitchen



Kull Stories

• The Shadow Kingdom

• The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune



Bran Mak Morn Stories

• The Lost Race



Cormac Fitzgeoffrey Stories

• Hawks of Outremer

• The Blood of Belshazzar



Wild Bill Clanton Stories

• She Devil

• The Purple Heart of Erlik



Historical Adventure Stories

• Lord of Samarcand

• Gates of Empire

• The Lion of Tiberias

• The Shadow of the Vulture

• The Sowers of the Thunder

• Red Blades of Black Cathay



Horror Stories

• People of the Dark

• Black Canaan

• Moon of Zambebwei

• Black Talons

• Black Vulmea’s Revenge

• The Cairn on the Headland

• The Fearsome Touch of Death

• The Haunter of the Ring

• The Hyena

• The Fire of Asshurbanipal



Solomon Kane Stories

• Solomon Kane

• Skulls in the Stars

• Rattle of Bones



Western Stories

• A Gent from Bear Creek

• Cupid from Bear Creek

• Evil Deeds at Red Cougar

• Guns of the Mountains

• High Horse Rampage

• No Cowherders Wanted

• Pilgrims to the Pecos

• Pistol Politics

• Sharp’s Gun Serenade

• Texas John Alden

• The Apache Mountain War

• The Conquerin’ Hero of the Humbolts

• The Feud Buster

• The Haunted Mountain

• The Riot at Cougar Paw

• The Road to Bear Creek

• The Scalp Hunter

• War on Bear Creek

• The Vultures of Whapeton

• While Smoke Rolled

• Boot-Hill Payoff

• "Golden Hope" Christmas

• Mountain Man

[charleshelm]

Jul 30, 2019 8:36:31 GMT -5 Lonewolf said:

Jul 29, 2019 19:35:17 GMT -5 charleshelm said:

Never like to make assumptions...you've read the Howard stories in those veins? Detective etc.?

I have not read any Howard stories outside Conan and Solomon Kane, what would you recommend? (Any of the Del Rey collections?) 

It's actually discovering Robert E Howard/this site that ignited my interest is reading, I enjoyed reading as a kid/teenager but I guess I never really found the type of stories/niche that compelled me to continue reading as an adult. Due to this site (the threads/comments/recommendations) I have read more books over the last 2 years than I had the prior 30! 

Thank you all!  

For detective fiction, this one:

www.rehfoundation.org/publishing/steve-harrisons-casebook/

It may be sold out int he second printing, but you can find the stories elsewhere.

In the Del Rey's, The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard is good.

This one:

www.rehfoundation.org/publishing/tales-of-weird-menace/

Etc.....

[gary]

Author Paul Di Filippo has written in the REH and HPL universes, so this fits a bit. He has a new book coming out February 20th. I was able to read an ARC. I liked it. Here's a review. spraguedecampfan.wordpress.com/2024/02/14/review-vangies-ghosts-by-paul-di-filippo/