The Black Stranger: And Other American Tales (The Works of Robert E. Howard Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0803273533 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The University of Nebraska Press collections are an important contribution to anyone interested in Robert E. Howard, or just how good pulp fiction can be."—Southwest BookViews
Michelle D. Mccune said Four Stars. thanks!. "Table of Contents" according to Chris Jarocha-Ernst. Since the TOC isn't available from the publisher, I thought I'd make it available here. Parenthetical comments are mine.IntroductionThe Black Stranger (not L. Sprague deCamp's version)Marchers of ValhallaThe Gods of Bal-SagothNekht Semerkeht (combined drafts & synopsis; not Andrew Offutt's version)Black Vulmea's VengeanceThe Strange Case of Josiah WilbargerThe Valley of the LostKelly the Conjure-ManBlack CanaanPigeons from HellOld Garfield's HeartThe Horror from the MoundThe Thunder-Rider"The Classic Tale of the Southwest" (excerpts from letters)The Grim Land (poem)Source Acknowledgments. Jay said more thrilling stories by a literary icon. Kudos go to Bison Books for collecting several of Robert E Howard's lesser known works into some well-put-together volumes. This one focuses on Howard's stories set in America (though the title story takes place in prehistoric Europe, more on that later). Generally, the stories here are not Westerns, although Nekht Semerkeht and a few others do have Western settings. Most have supernatural occurrences, but Black Vulmea's Vengeance only hints at the supernatural without ever actually introducing that element into the story--to great effect really. Although all the stories are strong, the longest seem to be the best: M
Hot hate given cold flesh lurches on zuvembie legs in "Pigeons from Hell" and lurks in the shuddersome swamps of the Deep South in "Black Canaan." These stories, here refurbished with authoritative, unexpurgated texts, have transcended the Thirties pulps in which they first saw print. The Black Stranger and Other American Tales demonstrates that in some of his most powerful heroic fantasy and horror stories, he also explored a New World older and more haunted than that which we’ve seen in textbooks or museum exhibits. All of the Cimmerian's lethal skills may not be enough inside a stockade that shelters a self-exiled, pirate-plagued count, besieged from without and bedeviled from within. Against the backdrop of a demonically hostile dreadwood, Howard recreates the worst nightmares of the earliest European invaders of North America. In the tal