by Unknown
17. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 19 Feb. 1931; 7 Aug. 1932.
18. REH: The Dark Man and Others, p. 69.
19. Ibid., p. 135.
20. REH to H. Preece, c. Nov. 1930.
21. REH: Hawks of Outremer, p. 21.
22. Ibid., p. 106.
23. REH: The Dark Man and Others, p. 184.
24. REH: Skull-Face and Others, p. 34.
Chapter XI, THE TRANSCENDENT BARBARIAN.
1. REH: The Road of Kings (chapter heading for "The Phoenix on the Sword"), in King Conan, p. 204; Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 67.
2. REH to C. A. Smith, 14 Dec. 1933.
3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 1 May 1932.
4. Interview with E. Bryant, 18 Oct. 1978.
5. Smith (1963), p. 10.
6. REH to W. B. Talman, c. Mar. 1932.
7. REH to C. A. Smith, c. Mar. 1934.
8. H. P. Lovecraft to D. Wollheim, 1936; in REH: The Coming of Conan, pp. 13f.
9. REH to C. A. Smith, 14 Dec. 1933.
10. REH to P. S. Miller, 10 Mar. 1936; in The Coming of Conan, p. 10.
11. REH: The Sword of Conan, p. 128.
12. REH: The Coming of Conan, p. 195.
13. P. B. Ellis; REH: The Sword of Conan, pp. 5f.
14. REH: Conan the Barbarian, p. 144.
15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct. 1932.
16. REH: King Conan, p. 13.
17. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1934.
18. REH to A. W. Derleth, Aut. 1934.
19. REH: King Conan, pp. HOf.
20. REH: Conan the Barbarian, p. 162.
21. REH: Conan the Conqueror, p. 15.
22. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec. 1935.
23. REH to C. A. Smith, 23 Jul. 1935.
24. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 11 Feb. 1936; to E. H. Price, 15 Feb. 1936.
25. John Watson in Weird Tales for Feb. 1933, p. 262; G. W. Hockley, WT for Jun. 1933, p. 786; Jack Darrow, WT for Dec.
1933, p. 775; A. E. Perry, WT for Jun.
1934, p. 778.
26. Sylvia Bennett, WT for Oct. 1933, p. 518.
27. Robert Bloch, WT for Nov. 1934, p. 651.
28. Kirk Mashburn, WT for Mar. 1935, p. 396.
29. Robert Bloch, WT for May 1935, p. 651.
30. REH: King Conan, p. 202.
31. Ibid., p. 19.
32. Ibid., p. 24.
33. REH: The Dark Man and Others, p. 73; King Conan, p. 230; Conan the Barbarian, p. 1.
34. REH: Conan the Conqueror, p. 137.
35. REH: Conan the Barbarian, p. 14.
36. REH: The Dark,Man and Others, p. 99.
37. REH: The Coming of Conan, pp. 185f.
38. REH: King Conan, p. 232.
39. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931.
Chapter XII, LOVE AND THE LONER.
1. REH: A Song out of Midian, in Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 44.
2. H. P. Lovecraft to J. V. Shea, 13 Oct. 1932.
3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Jun. 1932.
4. Interviews with L. Tyson, 23 Jun. 1977; J. Scott, 19 Jul. 1977; letters from L. Tyson, 18 Feb. 1977; T. Vinson, 20 Nov. 1979.
5. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jan. 1934; Feb. 1934; to C. A. Smith, Feb. 1934.
6. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978.
7. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Jan. 1932; late Jun. 1932; Jun. 1933.
8. H. P. Lovecraft to REH, 3 Oct. 1932; 7 Nov. 1932; 25 Mar. 1933.
9. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct.
1932.
10. Ibid.
11. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Sep. 1933; Jan. 1934.
12. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.
13. Price (1975), p. 6; (1961), p. 8.
14. Price (1945), p. 42; (1975), p. 6.
15. Price (1945), p. 41; (1975), p. 6.
16. Price (1975), p. 6; (1945), p. 41.
17. Price (1945), p. 42.
18. Price (1961), p. 9.
19. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1934.
20. Price (1975), p. 6.
21. Ibid., p. 8.
22. Ibid., loc. cit.; (1945), p. 42.
23. Price (1975), p. 8.
24. E. H. Price to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jun. 1936; in The Howard Collector, no. 3 (Aut. 1962), p. 7.
25.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price, 21 Jun. 1944; in The Howard Collector, No. 14 (Spr. 1971), p. 17.
26. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1934.
27. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. May 1934.
28. REH: A Gent from Bear Creek, pp. 72, 79.
29. REH: The Pride of Bear Creek, pp. 7 If.
30. Ibid., pp. 166f.
31. REH to A. W. Derleth, Mar. 1935; to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 May 1936.
32. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Dec.
1933.
33. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978.
34. Ibid. The moon reached full the night of the 22d.
35. Letter from N. P. Ellis, 8 Jun. 1978.
36. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978.
37. Ibid.
38. Ibid.
39. Edward Fitzgerald: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, xciv.
40. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct. 1932.
41. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov.
1977.
42. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May
1978.
43. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov.
1977.
44. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May
1978.
45. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct.
1934.
46. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 28 Feb.
1935.
47. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 10 Dec. 1978.
48. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May
1978.
49. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov.
1977.
50. REH to F. Wright, 1931.
51. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 6 May
1979.
52. Interviews with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978; 15 Jun. 1979.
53. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May
1978.
54. Ibid.
55. Ibid.
Chapter XIII, FAITHFUL IN HIS FASHION.
1. REH: The Tempter, in Always Comes 2. REH to F. Wright, 6 May 1935. Evening, p. 78. 3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 31 May 1935.
4. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec. 1935.
5. I. M. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, 29 Jun. 1936; in The Howard Collector, no. 13 (Aut. 1970), p. 10.
6. REH to F. Wright, 6 May 1935.
7. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 31 May 1935.
8. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec.
1935.
9. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 11 Feb.
1936.
10. Glenn Lord: Ultima Thule no. 4, in The Hyperborean League no. 5, Oct. 1976. Records for 1935 are incomplete. REH is known to have received checks totaling $829.75, but his total earnings may have been over $2,000.
11. REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928.
12. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec.
1935.
13. Ibid.
14. 0. A. Kline to REH, 8 Oct. 1935.
15. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov. 1977.
16. REH to N. Price, 9 Jul. 1935.
17. N. Price to REH, 12 Jul. 1935.
18. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 May
1936.
19. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jul.
1935.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Letter from T. Vinson, 20 Nov.
1979.
24. REH to A. W. Derleth, Mar. 1935.
25. Interviews with Mrs. M. Oliver, 28 Aug. 1979; with K. Merryman, 21 Feb.
1980.
26. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 11 Feb.
1936.
27. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 May 1936.
28. Ibid.
29. REH: Almuric, pp. lOf.
30. Ibid., p. 155; Coulson, p. 13.
31. REH & Andrew J. Offutt (1977), pp. 20f. Ellipses Howard
's.
32. REH to P. S. Miller, 10 Mar. 1936.
33. REH: Echoes from an Iron Harp, p. 10; Always Comes Evening, p. 82.
34. REH: The Tempter, in Always Comes Evening, p. 79.
35. T. C. Smith (1963), p. 7; interviews with K. Merryman, 18 Jul. 1977 & 7 Mar. 1978.
36. Fantasy Magazine, no. 38 (Sep. 1936), p. 31.
37. I. M. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, 29 Jun. 1936; in The Howard Collector, no. 13 (Aut. 1970), p. 11.
38. Interview with K. Merryman, 7 Mar.
1978.
39. Interview with B. Martin, 22 Feb. 1980.
40. Interviews with N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977; with K. Merryman, 18 Jul 1977; 21 Feb. 1980; with B. Martin, 22 Feb. 1980.
41. Hays.
42. E. H. Price to F. T. Laney, 22 Jul. 1944; in The Howard Collector, No. 9 (Spr. 1967), pp. 5f.
43. J. Scott, quoted in St. John, 22 Feb. 1980, p. 3D.
44. Letter from K. Merryman, 8 Jan. 1980.
45. The Cross Plains Review, 19 Jun. 1936; in Lord (1976), p. 415.
46. Interview with K. Merryman, 21 Feb. 1980.
47. E. H. Price (1945), p. 45.
48. The Cross Plains Review, loc. cit.
49. Interview with K. Merryman, 21 Feb. 1980.
50. Bond and Oath of Temporary Administrator; Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of Robert E. Howard, Callahan County Records, No. 1193, filed 16 Jun. 1936, County Courthouse, Baird, Tex.
51. Letter from G. Thomas, 28 Feb.
1979.
52. Interview with N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977.
1. REH: Recompense, in Always Comes Evening (1977), p. 37.
2. Conversation with C. Laughlin, 7 Mar. 1978.
3. Interview with N. R. Chambers, 22 Jul. 1977.
4. I. M. Howard to E. H. Price, 5 Nov. 1943.
5. Interview with J. Scott, 21 Feb. 1980; I. M. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, 29 Jun. 1936; in The Howard Collector, no. 13. Aut. 1970, pp. 9f.
6. Ibid., p. 10.
7. Ibid., loc. cit.
8. I. M. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, 29 Jun. 1936; in The Howard Collector, No. 13, Aut. 1970, p. 12.
9. I. M. Howard to E. H. Price, 21 Jun. 1944; in The Howard Collector, no. 14, Spr. 1971, p. 20; to F. Torbett, 22 Jun.
1936; in The Howard Collector, no. 1, Sum. 1961, p. 19.
10. Diary of B. Martin for 31 Oct. 1942.
11. REH: Skull-Face and Others, p. viii.
12. Letter from A. W. Derleth, 5 Dec. 1951, Bainbridge, p. 71.
13. 0. J. Friend to P. M. Kuykendall, 19 Feb. 1954, 14 Mar. 1954; P. M. Kuykendall to O. J. Friend, 8 Mar. 1954, 23 Mar. 1954; O. J. Friend to B. S. Dudley, 18 Feb. 1955. (Dudley was Kuykendall's attorney.)
14. Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan, I, Chap. XIII.
15. H. P. Lovecraft to E. H. Price, 20 Jul. 1936; paraphrased in "Robert Ervin Howard: A Memoriam," in REH: Skull-Face and Others, pp. xiii, xv.
16. REH: Conan the Conqueror (1950), pp. llff.
Chapter XIV, DARK VALLEY DESTINY.
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In giving references to Howard's stories, we have tried to pick one publication of a particular story and stick to it. Many of these stories have been reprinted half a dozen or more times since their first appearance.
Two collections of Howard's poetry have appeared under the title Always Comes Evening. The first, published by Arkham House in 1957, was printed in an edition of only 636 copies and is therefore very rare. The second, published by Underwood-Miller in 1977, contains all the poems of the first book, differently arranged, with the addition of one early poem. References to this title are to the second publication.
The collection of Howard's stories published in hard covers by Gnome Press in 1954 under the title Conan the Barbarian should not be confused with the paperbacked novel Conan the Barbarian by Lin Carter, Catherine Crook de Camp, and L. Sprague de Camp, published in 1982 by Bantam Books. The latter is a novelization of the script of the motion picture Conan the Barbarian, in which Robert E. Howard had no direct hand. The same title has also been used for a comic-book series.
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