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>"Just had a most depressing and staggering message—a card from C L M[159] with the report (source not given) that good old Two-Gun Bob has committed suicide. It seems incredible—I had a long normal letter from him written May 13. He was worried about his mother’s health, but otherwise seemed perfectly all right. If the news is indeed true, it forms weird fiction’s worst blow since the passing of Whitehead in 1932. Nobody else in the gang had quite the driving zest and spontaneity of Brother Conan. I surely wish I could get a bulletin saying that the report is a mistake. 1936 certainly is a hellish year! This loss will probably seem a more acute bereavement to you than to the others, since you are the only one of the group to have seen R E H in person. But if you can feel worse than I do about it, you’ll be going some. Damnation, what a loss! That bird had gifts of an order even higher than the readers of his published work could suspect, and in time would have made his mark in real literature with some folk-epic of his beloved southwest. He was a perennial fount of erudition and eloquence on this theme—and had the creative imagination to make old days live again. Mitra, what a man!"

>> No.20587789
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20587789

>>20587536
>Whitehead
I guess Process and Reality counts as weird fiction.

>> No.20587811

love me barbarism
love me momma
simple as

>> No.20588214

>>20587811
truly a complex man

>> No.20588641

>>20587536
where should I start with Robert E. Howard?

>> No.20588719

>>20588641
Queen of the Black Coast and Rogues in the House are probably the two most memorable stories, in my opinion.

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20588725

>>20587536
>Wow. I didn't know that...he led an amazing life.

>> No.20588762

>>20588719
Well, this poster isnt lying - but he is still a troll. Queen of the Black Coast is memorable le ebin racism and Rogues in the House is memorable for being the worst Conan story.

>>20588641
You should start at the beginning with Phoenix on the Sword and then read them in the order they were published: in the reading order intended by Howard himself. Tower of the Elephant is the best and most memorable story.

>> No.20588828

>>20588762
>You should start at the beginning with Phoenix on the Sword and then read them in the order they were published: in the reading order intended by Howard himself. Tower of the Elephant is the best and most memorable story.
What has been said here is the truth and the only truth.

>> No.20588929

>>20587536
He looks like the most stereotypical 1930s italian american gangster in this photo

>> No.20589006

>>20588929
I mistook him for Al Capone till I read it

>> No.20589910

>>20588929
>>20589006
so that isn't Rudolf Hess? Damn, they do look similar.

>> No.20590177

>>20588762
Rogues in the House is peak Sword & Sorcery, and a straight up D&D dungeon bash. A must-read for any fantasy fan.