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Post by Knygathin on Aug 21, 2023 8:09:27 GMT
... I am no big fan of the James Allison stories, even if they maybe are Howard at his most human whishful thinking. ... I happen to like the James Allison stories. ... I wish there was a book that neatly collects all of the James Allison and Turlogh O'Brian stories together, along with "Valley of the Lost" (don't remember why I bunched this particular one with those). And perhaps "Skull-Face" as well, which I don't have elsewhere. But there isn't, so I will have to xerox and glue together my own book.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 23, 2023 5:32:30 GMT
"Marchers of Valhalla" was never published in the pulps. I don't think the Berkley edition of Marchers of Valhalla can be trusted: In "The Valley of the Lost" spaces between certain paragraphs are not respected from the Startling Mystery Stories version. "Marchers of Valhalla" is reproduced from the Donald M. Grant edition, correctly or not. In 2014 "Marchers ..." was printed in Swords of the North by The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press, which I presume must be done correctly. By the way, I see now, ... that publication has all of the James Allison and Turlogh O'Brian stories. A collection reserved for the most devoted Howard aficionados and patrons only. The Famous Fantastic Mysteries edition of "Skull-Face" drops sentences here and there from the Weird Tales version. Which is too bad, since it has much nicer Virgil Finlay illustrations.
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Post by Knygathin on Aug 23, 2023 9:30:41 GMT
I just dozed off, and had a very unpleasant dream. I had discovered a rare volume by Robert E. Howard. It had a tawny dust jacket, with a big fat yellow creature filling up the front, having a small blunt orange beak. It was a collection of stories about greed. ... A last collector's item - when not looking after one's health, and to get sick by.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Aug 23, 2023 9:36:08 GMT
I just dozed off, and had a very unpleasant dream. I had discovered a rare volume by Robert E. Howard. It had a tawny dust jacket, with a big fat yellow creature filling up the front, having a small blunt orange beak. It was a collection of stories about greed. ... A last collector's item - when not looking after one's health, and to get sick by. I have that one.
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