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Category Archives: REH
Two-Gun Bob: From Sherlockian Shelves
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
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, REH
Tagged Arkham House, Autographs, Baker Street Irregulars, Bouchercon, Firsts, John D. Haefele, Jon Lellenberg, Ted Schulz
Two-Gun Bob: And Hugh Pendexter
Our prolific guest blogger and Robert E. Howard maven Brian Leno jumps in to keep the Two-Gun Bob pot cooking. Here’s Brian: I’ve never read Hugh Pendexter, but Robert E. Howard did. In a 1931 letter to H. P. Lovecraft, … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: When Time Proves You Right, Part II
I’ll keep the text on this one short and sweet. Go back and read When Times Proves You Right from 2015 — fully explains the backstory. Then hop over to the Swords of REH board for news from a few … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: The Chastain Connection
The handsome devil above is Don Chastain, and the mere mention of his name sent Brian Leno off into a web of connections — no doubt prompted by all his ongoing work on the boxing scene known to Texas writer … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Film, REH
Tagged Brian Leno, Clyde Chastain, Don Chastain, Glenn Lord, Kid Dula, Larry Belling, Raquel Welch
Cisco Beat: Santa Hits the Bank
Eighty-four years ago today, at his final age of 30, pulp writer Robert E. Howard shot himself in the head outside his home in Cross Plains, Texas. To commemorate the somber anniversary we bring in lifelong REH fan Brian Leno. … Continue reading
Posted in REH
Tagged A.C. Greene, Brian Leno, Cisco Texas, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Glenn Lord, The Santa Claus Bank Robbery
Two-Gun Bob: More on Gobbett
Pulp collector John Locke adds to the discourse: Saw your Ed Gobbett post. I met him through the mail in the 1980s, later in person. Nice guy. He lived about ten miles from John Gunnison. We occasionally caravaned from DC … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: Ed Gobbett
Brian Leno sent me this news yesterday: Just had a hunch to look Ed Gobbett up and see he died some months back. He’s proudly holding his copy of A Gent from Bear Creek — look at all those pulps … Continue reading
Rediscovered: In the Annals of Sword-and-Sorcery
Brian Leno, trapped in his Last Redoubt in Bismarck, North Dakota, nonetheless managed to pop a review to me in my Last Redoubt — the good old sanctum sanctorum — which I’ll toss out to people stuck in their Last … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: A Probable Outline
Kevin Cook was moping about his vast library, wondering what might make a nice offering before the public for March 10 — and he found something connected to an event 84 years ago today. Spotting the John Hancock of P. … Continue reading
Posted in REH
Tagged Autographs, John D. Clark, Kevin Cook, L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, P. Schuyler Miller
