"Howardian" Christmas Gifts: Given and Gotten
Dec 15, 2017 11:38:16 GMT -5
Post by deuce on Dec 15, 2017 11:38:16 GMT -5
We used to have a similar thread on the Old Forum. Basically, this is for telling other forumites about "Howardian" Christmas gifts you've received or ones you're buying for others. We're still a week out from Christmas, so I suppose suggestions for cool gifts would fit in as well.
As far as "Howardian" goes, I think that covers quite a bit of ground. It could be gifts that REH would probably think it was appropriate to give. We know he sent various friends everything from pulps featuring A. Merritt to sets of rattlesnake rattles. "Howardian" could also apply in a genre sense. Sword and sorcery/fantasy, of course, but boxing fiction, Western novels and horror collections would also count, IMO. In other words, there's a wide range, but try to stay reasonable.
What really prompted me to start this is that two friends sent me very cool gifts and I wanted to give them a small shout-out.
One friend sent me Roads by Seabury Quinn. I've never been a huge Quinn fan, but REH thought well of him and Quinn very much admired Howard's work. I first read Roads last year and I can say that it is the greatest S&S Christmas tale yet written. The perfect Yuletide gift for many pulp/S&S fans, IMO. My edition from Shadowridge Press is a big -- yet slim -- trade paperback. A very high quality job with all of the Virgil Finlay illos done for the original publications in both WT and by Arkham House. The Seabury Quinn estate gave permission for this edition and I'm glad they did. You can order it here on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Roads-Seabury-Quinn/dp/1946808997
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The other Howardian gift I received is the 1953 Ace Double featuring "Conan the Conqueror"/The Hour of the Dragon and Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon. The first time Conan got his own paperback, thanks to Don Wollheim. I lost my copy in the Flood of 2012. A friend of mine learned of this and sent me his extra copy. Very cool. Merry Christmas to y'all!
howardworks.com/conantheconqueror-ace.html
As far as "Howardian" goes, I think that covers quite a bit of ground. It could be gifts that REH would probably think it was appropriate to give. We know he sent various friends everything from pulps featuring A. Merritt to sets of rattlesnake rattles. "Howardian" could also apply in a genre sense. Sword and sorcery/fantasy, of course, but boxing fiction, Western novels and horror collections would also count, IMO. In other words, there's a wide range, but try to stay reasonable.
What really prompted me to start this is that two friends sent me very cool gifts and I wanted to give them a small shout-out.
One friend sent me Roads by Seabury Quinn. I've never been a huge Quinn fan, but REH thought well of him and Quinn very much admired Howard's work. I first read Roads last year and I can say that it is the greatest S&S Christmas tale yet written. The perfect Yuletide gift for many pulp/S&S fans, IMO. My edition from Shadowridge Press is a big -- yet slim -- trade paperback. A very high quality job with all of the Virgil Finlay illos done for the original publications in both WT and by Arkham House. The Seabury Quinn estate gave permission for this edition and I'm glad they did. You can order it here on Amazon:
www.amazon.com/Roads-Seabury-Quinn/dp/1946808997
The other Howardian gift I received is the 1953 Ace Double featuring "Conan the Conqueror"/The Hour of the Dragon and Brackett's The Sword of Rhiannon. The first time Conan got his own paperback, thanks to Don Wollheim. I lost my copy in the Flood of 2012. A friend of mine learned of this and sent me his extra copy. Very cool. Merry Christmas to y'all!
howardworks.com/conantheconqueror-ace.html
