Delphi Complete Works of Robert E. Howard (Illustrated)
Auteur : Robert E. Howard
Date de publication : 2014-03-28
Éditeur : Delphi Classics
Nombre de pages : 3801
Résumé du livre
Widely regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery genre, Robert E. Howard produced a diverse body of works, demonstrating his inventive genius with exciting tales of Conan the Barbarian, Kull, Solomon Kane, Sailor Steve Costigan and a host of other captivating creations. This comprehensive eBook presents the most complete edition possible of Howard’s fiction, with numerous illustrations, many rare short stories appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Howard’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL five novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original pulp magazines
* Features 206 short stories – the largest collection of Howard’s fiction ever compiled in a single publication
* Many rare tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special alphabetical index for the short stories
* A generous selection of poetry and non-fiction
* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read
* Includes Barlow’s tributary poem to Howard
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
* UPDATED with special ‘Dale Rippke Chronology’ contents table for the Conan series, 4 unfinished Conan stories and 3 posthumous Kull stories
Please note: an actual complete works of Howard is not possible due to the copyright status and scarcity of some stories. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.
CONTENTS:
The Novels
Skull-Face
The People of the Black Circle
The Hour of the Dragon
A Gent from Bear Creek
Almuric
Fantasy Stories
Conan the Barbarian
Kull
Solomon Kane
Bran Mak Morn
Turlogh Dubh O’Brien
James Allison
Other Fantasy Stories
Boxing Stories
Sailor Steve Costigan
Sailor Dennis Dorgan
Other Boxing Stories
Western Stories
Breckinridge Elkins
Pike Bearfield
Buckner Jeopardy Grimes
Other Western Stories
Historical Stories
El Borak
Dark Agnes de Chastillon
Cormac Fitzgeoffrey
Kirby O’Donnell
Black Vulmea
Helen Tavrel
Other Historical Stories
Horror Stories
John Kirowan
The Faring Town Saga
De Montour
Weird West
Other Weird Menace
Other Cthulhu Mythos Stories
Other Horror Stories
Detective Stories
Steve Harrison
Other Stories
Spicy Stories
Comedy Stories
Short Stories Index
List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order
Selected Poetry
The Poems of Robert E. Howard
The Non-Fiction
Essays and Articles
The Tribute
R. E. H. by R. H. Barlow