Tag Archives: The Cimmerian

Sinister Cinema: Adios, Tuco

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Don

While I’m not even trying to mention the passing of every movie star, I’ve got to acknowledge the death of Eli Wallach (1915-2014) on June 24, taking out another third of the trinity from The Good, the Bad, and the … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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: Norris Chambers RIP

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Don

I’m running behind on memorial notices, as pals of mine have been kicking off right and left, it seems. And even though I did a Memorial March theme last year, noting the anniversaries for the deaths of Lovecraft and ERB, as … 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 →

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Rediscovered: More Contrappasso

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Don

Recently a 1977 issue of The Diversifier that I’d never seen before passed through my hands. It included a memoir of Edmond Hamilton by E. Hoffmann Price and a two-pager I hadn’t known about, in which Fritz Leiber discussed his tribulations … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: First, You Crack Argosy

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Don

When the article “Conan the Argonaut” appeared in The Cimmerian in 2008, one of the inset quotes, selected to illustrate the mindset that essay argues against, came from Lin Carter in his 1973 book on fantasy literature, Imaginary Worlds, where he … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Lovecraft

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Don

Whoa. Friday the 13th. Time to get a little eldritch and unspeakable for Biography Month. . . . And unspeaking of H. P. Lovecraft, I admit I’m just as interested in the Could Have Beens of a writer’s life as the Plain … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: An Aside on John Carter of Mars

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Don

In 2008, under my occasional nom de guerre George Knight, I collaborated with Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes on “Conan the Argonaut” for the August issue of The Cimmerian, V5n4 — covering the idea that if he had lived Robert E. … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: 106 and Counting

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Don

Birthday 106 for Robert E. Howard today. Almost 76 years since he committed suicide on June 11, 1936. And his name lives on. Not bad for a writer who plied his trade in the pulps and didn’t see a single … Continue reading →

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