Tag Archives: Conan Meets the Academy

Two-Gun Bob: The Latest Raconteur

Posted on June 13, 2014 by Don

By the time I wake up today copies of Two-Gun Raconteur 17 ought to be moving briskly out of the Gift Shop in the Robert E. Howard House in Cross Plains, Texas — a little something extra to help kick … Continue reading →

Posted in News, REH | Tagged Battling Siki, Brian Leno, Conan Meets the Academy, Damon Sasser, Ernest Hemingway, Howard Days |

Two-Gun Bob: Stylometry and Other Statistical Stuff

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Don

On June 11, 1936 — 78 years ago today — the thirty-year-old Texas author Robert E. Howard shot himself in the head, ending a volcanic career at the keys of a typewriter which included the creation of such cultural icons as Conan … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brian Leno, Conan Meets the Academy, Daniel M. Look, Grace Jones, James Earl Jones, Jonas Prida, Nicky Falkof, Stephen Wall, stylometrics, Wilt Chamberlain |

Two-Gun Bob: Men, Women, Jungles and Chain Mail Bikinis

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Don

In Round One of his review of Conan Meets the Academy, Brian Leno padded into the ring, finding that editor Jonas Prida has a highly breakable glass jaw in the arena of Howard Studies, because he can’t seem to tell much … Continue reading →

Posted in REH | Tagged Ben P. Indick, Brian Leno, Conan, Conan Meets the Academy, Daniel Weiss, Fritz Leiber, Glenn Lord, Jeffrey Shanks, Jonas Prida, L. Sprague de Camp, Paul Shovlin, Professor Frank Coffman, Steve Eng, The Cimmerian, The Dark Barbarian, Winter Elliot, Zane Grey |

Two-Gun Bob: Could The Academics Refurb de Camp? and Other Concerns of a REH Purist

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Don

A little over a year ago our occasional Guest Blogger Brian Leno managed to slug his way through the collection of litcrit on Robert E. Howard, all by academics: Conan Meets the Academy, edited by Jonas Prida. And not too long after … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: Contemplating the Ivory Tower

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Don

As I was suggesting a few weeks ago, I was pretty sure Brian Leno wouldn’t be able to resist buying Conan Meets the Academy, the new collection of essays, all by academics, on Robert E. Howard’s most popular creation. If … Continue reading →

Posted in News, REH | Tagged Brian Leno, Brian Murphy, Conan Meets the Academy, The Cimmerian |

Two-Gun Bob: Birthday 107

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Don

Today, birthday 107 for Robert E. Howard, had he lived so long. Gone, not forgotten. I was reminded when payment rolled in a couple of hours ago for a reprint of my essay “The Dark Barbarian” — but this time it’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged "The Bright Barbarian", Brian Leno, Conan Meets the Academy, Professor Frank Coffman, The Dark Barbarian |

Two-Gun Bob: Thundering Hoof Beats

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Don

In the review I did this past summer for issue 15 of Two-Gun Raconteur, I mentioned the moment late in 2005 when a couple of new critical anthologies on Robert E. Howard were being prepped for publication in 2006, his centennial year. One … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH | Tagged Conan Meets the Academy, Dierdre Pettipiece, Justin Everett, Leo Grin, Michael Moorcock, More than Human, Paul Shovlin, Philip K. Dick, Richard Slotkin, Steve Trout, The Barbaric Triumph, The Dark Barbarian |

Two-Gun Bob: Lightin’ Al Strikes Again, Like Lightin’

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Don

Meanwhile, over in the World of Robert E. Howard Studies (or at least one encampment where skin-clad knuckle-draggers sit around and devour the latest issue of the Conan comic book in cannabalistic fashion — yum-yum, eat-em-up): I see that Al Harron … Continue reading →

Posted in News, REH | Tagged Al Harron, Amra, Brian Leno, Conan Meets the Academy, Damon Sasser, George Scithers, Howard Days, L. Sprague de Camp, Professor Frank Coffman, The Dark Barbarian |

Two-Gun Bob: Lightin’ Al

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Don

I’m getting the distinct impression that good old Al Harron, over in the World of Robert E. Howard Studies, isn’t the fastest blade out of the scabbard. Back on February 11 I addressed some concerns he had raised about where I … Continue reading →