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Tag Archives: Robert H. Barlow
Rediscovered: Windy Reportage
Tom Krabacher sent along a few notes on the recent Windy City pulp convention, held on the outskirts of Chicago. He had a posse lined up to roam the aisles, but for various reasons several bailed on him close to … Continue reading →
Posted in Lit, News, REH
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Tagged Adventure, Alfred Galpin, Andy Zimmerly, August Derleth, Bill Thinnes, Book Collecting, Clark Ashton Smith, David Rachjel, Glenn Lord, John D. Haefele, Kevin Cook, Kurt Shoemaker, Lovecraft, Margaret Brundage, PulpFest, Pulps, Robert H. Barlow, Robert Weinberg, Tom Krabacher, Weird Tales, Windy City
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Rediscovered: Doodlebug
The collection of Lovecraft’s letters to Robert H. Barlow, O Fortunate Floridian, has so many irritating flaws and omissions I honestly think it would be better to toss it on the scrapheap and do a new edition under less fannish … Continue reading →
Posted in Lit
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Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Doodlebug the cat, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Robert H. Barlow
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Rediscovered: Barlow and the Becks
Autograph Hound Super-Sunday continues Brian Leno’s recent fascination with the tragic literary figure Robert H. Barlow, spotlighting some of the most recent autograph items he’s picked up as satellites to that interest. And just as one thing connects to another … Continue reading →
Posted in Frisco, Lit, REH
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Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Druid Press, E. Hoffmann Price, George Sterling, Groo Beck, John Howell, literary suicides, Otis Adelbert Kline, Robert H. Barlow
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Rediscovered: Barlow and Burroughs
Another Autograph Hound Weekend looms before us, this one — like many before — anchored by John Hancocks that have drifted into the mitts of Brian Leno, and will never drift out. Not in this lifetime. Take it, Brian: I’ve … Continue reading →
Posted in Lit
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Tagged Allen Ginsberg, Autographs, Brian Leno, literary suicides, Lovecraft, Robert H. Barlow, Thomas Hart Benton, William S. Burroughs
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Rediscovered: “Cthulhu and his myth-cycle”
Okay, John D. Haefele has given thumb’s up to me presenting for your edification one of the new riffs he added to the eBook edition of A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos — hey, a little publicity never hurt anything, right? … Continue reading →
Posted in Lit, News
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Tagged August Derleth, Cthulhu Mythos, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Robert H. Barlow, S.T. Joshi
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