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Robert E. Howard

HOWARD, Robert E., 1906–1936

Born
22 January 1906, Peaster, Texas, United States
Died
11 June 1936, Cross Plains, Texas, United States
Note
American pulp writer. Principal magazine market for the launch holdings: Weird Tales.

Influence

Red Shadows (Weird Tales, August 1928) introduces Solomon Kane; The Shadow Kingdom (August 1929) introduces King Kull of Valusia. Both precede Conan (December 1932) and both were written for the same magazine that published Lovecraft. The sword-and-sorcery line—personal violence in an antique or invented world, with supernatural menace—enters the periodical field at these dates. A fuller Howard bibliography belongs later; these are the launch holdings.

Launch bibliography

Works by Robert E. Howard held, or to be held, in the Reading Room at launch. Not a complete bibliography.
Title Form First publication Call number Where to read
Red Shadows Novelette First published in Weird Tales, August 1928. First Solomon Kane story. WF H848 .R43 1928 Reading Room
The Shadow Kingdom Novelette First published in Weird Tales, August 1929. First King Kull story. WF H848 .S53 1929 Reading Room

Where to read

In this Library: Red Shadows · The Shadow Kingdom. Return to the Reading Room or the Card Catalog.

See also