Category Archives: REH

Two-Gun Bob: Year 115

Posted on January 22, 2021 by Don

Birthday 115 today for Robert E. Howard, the Texan who wrought his influences into the genre of headlong adventure known as Sword-and-Sorcery. A pulp writer in his lifetime, his works now tread the world stage under sandaled feet. Leading up … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: 100 Years Ago

Posted on January 19, 2021 by Don

Recently noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook mentioned one of the features he does for his zine in the amateur press association devoted to pulps: I probably told you about it before, but every PEAPS mailing I do a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Excerpts of Nostalgic Book Talk

Posted on January 16, 2021 by Don

Kicking the can around in email with noted book and pulp collector Kevin Cook, we hit a thread of wishing we’d been alive back when, getting new stories by favorite writers hot off the press. It began as Kevin was … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Unclaimed Remains of Charles Saunders

Posted on January 2, 2021 by Don

Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes pops along a news article — startling enough it provokes my jaded sensibilities. Turns out the Sword-and-Sorcery — later Sword-and-Soul — author Charles Saunders died at some undetermined point in May of 2020, but when his … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A Charles Saunders Publication History Moment

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Don

Very casually, I’ve begun to poke around looking for content for a LitCrit MegaPack or two, starting by going through Word doc files to see what I have available. Many of my essays pre-date Word doc’ing (and will require the … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Barbing Up Jeopardy!

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Don

Barbarianing, that is. Two-Gun Bob Howard of Cross Plains, Texas has been easing onto the Jeopardy! scene in recent years, in a category here, a category there. When he made the cut for Famous Bobs, you knew he was in … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Portable Storage Four

Posted on November 21, 2020 by Don

But for being buried under the sprint to the finish on Haefele’s Lovecraft: The Great Tales the last few weeks or months, I would have mentioned the fact that Bill Breiding pubbed another ish of his new zine on August … Continue reading →

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Mort: Dick Lupoff

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Don

Just got a note from Tom Krabacher linking to the Locus obit on Dick Lupoff, who died today at age 85. If you recall, Krabacher and Lupoff and I were all hanging out at an Edgar Rice Burroughs mini-convention not … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Roscoes Barking

Posted on October 18, 2020 by Don

Woke up to a note from Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes, who says, “I have my own Hammett gun post up at Castalia. Did not realize you had the Webley one up until this morning. Guess we are all thinking about … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: From Sherlockian Shelves

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Don

Brian Leno noticed a copy of my 1984 litcrit anthology on Robert E. Howard — The Dark Barbarian — on the block at eBay for $150 or make an offer. Hunt around and you can find copies much cheaper, but … Continue reading →

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