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Robert E. Howard Studies is the study of Texan writer Robert E. Howard and his works. This research focusses on different facets of the man and his writing, including aspects of his personal life, the subtexts in his stories and FOO.
Howard scholars
editTerry Allen
editRusty Burke
editRusty Burke has published several essays on Howard and his character Conan.[1] He was Series Editor on Wandering Star's limited editions of Howard's works, on Bison Books' collections and on Del Rey's ongoing series of Howard books.[1] He has written short biography of Howard and is working on a book-length version.[1] Burke joined REHupa ten years after he first discovered Conan in Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian (comic).[1] He is on the board of directors for the Robert E. Howard Foundation.[1]
Bill "Indy" Cavalier
editBill "Indy" Cavalier Bill Cavalier
Frank Coffmann
editFrank Coffmann is webmaster of robert-e-howard.org.[2]
Mark Finn
editMark Finn wrote the Howard biography Blood and Thunder.[2]
Leo Grin
editLeo Grin was the editor of the Howardian acamedic journal The Cimmerian.[2]
Mark Hall
editMark Hall (editor) is the editor of the magazine The Dark Man.[2]
Paul Herman
editPaul Herman (writer) has edited several Howard collections.[1] He is on the board of directors for the Robert E. Howard Foundation.[1]
Don Herron
editDon Herron first major contribution to the field was the essay "Conan vs. Conantics".[1] He has edited two collections of essays related to Howard: The Dark Barbarian (1984) and The Barbaric Triumph (2004).[1]
Glenn Lord
editPatrice Louinet
editPatrice Louinet discovered the character of Conan in 1983.[1] Howard was the subject of both Louinet's Ph.D. dissertation (1990) and his Post Doctoral Thesis (1992).[1] Louinet has written several further essays related to Howard.[1] He was the General Editor for Wandering Star's limited edition Conan collections and Del Rey's softcover releases of the same books.[1] Louinet is on the board of directors for the Robert E. Howard Foundation.[1]
Joe Marek
editJoe Marek is the editor of The New Howard Reader.[2]
Dennis McHaney
editDennis McHaney is the publisher of The Howard Review and other Howardian books.[2]
Craig Miller
editCraig Miller (publisher) is the publisher of the magazine Spectrum.[2]
Dale E. Rippke
editDale E. Rippke wrote the 2004 book The Hyborian Heresies analysing aspects of the Conan stories.[1] He is also the webmaster for the sword and sorcery website Heroes of Dark Fantasy.[1]
Rob Roehm
editRob Roehm is the editor of The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard.[2]
Paul M. Sammon
editPaul M. Sammon worked on the first two Conan films, Conan the Barbarian (1982 film) and Conan the Destroyer, as a marketing representative for Universal Pictures.[1] This gave him first hand background information on the films and allowed him to collect a library of further information. He has since written extensively on the subject.[1]
Damon Sasser
editDamon Sasser is the editor of the magazine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur.[2]
James Van Hise
editJames Van Hise edited and contributed to the book The Fantastic Worlds of Robert E. Howard (1997), which collected and reprinted essays and articles written as part of REHupa.[1] Van Hise has also published the Howardian fanzine Sword & Fantasy (2005).[2]
Edward A. Waterman
editEdward A. Waterman has published articles about Howard's literature in The Barbaric Triumh and The Dark Man.[2] He is also the designer and webmaster of the Conan website.[2]
Robert Weinberg
editRobert Weinberg (author) is a noted scholar of pulp magazines and Weird Tales.[2] He wrote the early Howardian study The Annotated Guide to Robert E. Howard's Sword and Sorcery.[2]
Books
editBiographies
edit- Post Oaks and Sand Roughs (fictionalised autobiography)
- The Miscast Barbarian
- Dark Valley Destiny
- Blood and Thunder (book)
Memoirs
editINSERT WORD
edit- The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard
- Three volumes...
(Put other Foundation pubn. here)
Bibliographies
edit- The Last Celt
- The Neverending Hunt
- the other one...
Essays and collections
editPeriodicals
edit- Amra (fanzine) nb: Hugo awards
- The Cimmerian (2004-2009?)
- The Dark Man (magazine) (1990-1996, 2005-)
- The Howard Collector (1961-1973)
- The New Howard Reader (1998-)
- Savage Sword of Conan
- Spectrum (entertainment magazine) has published two "REH issues":
- Spectrum Super Special #2 — The Magazine of Film, Television & Comics: Robert E. Howard's Conan (2004)
- Spectrum Super Special #3 — The Magazine of Film, Television & Comics: Robert E. Howard and the Barbarians (2005)
- REH: Lone Star Fictioneer (1975-1976)
- REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
Internet
edit(alt or replace Ext links?)
- A Short Biography of Robert E. Howard
- Howard Works
+ Scholar Tools sections on various sites (Foundation, REHUPA)
The Robert E. Howard Foundation
editThe Robert E. Howard Foundation...
(alt: Organisations?)
References
editNotes
editSources
edit- Sammon, Paul M. (2007), Conan the Phenomenon, Dark Hourse Books, ISBN 9781593076535