Robert E Howard

"Rote N gel" ist eine der seltsamsten Geschichten, die je geschrieben wurden - die Geschichte eines barbarischen Abenteurers, einer Piratenfrau und einer verschollenen unheimlichen Stadt, die von dem eigent mlichsten Volk der Menschheit bewohnt wurde ... Es ist die letzte der originalen Geschichten ber Conan den Legend ren Kimmerier, die der amerikanische Autor Robert E. Howard geschrieben hat. Sie wurde zuerst von Juli bis Oktober 1936 in der Zeitschrift Weird Tales ver ffentlicht. Aufgrund ihrer dunklen Themen wie Verfall und Tod gilt die Geschichte als ein Klassiker der Conan-Legende, und wird von Howard-Forschern als eine seiner besten Geschichten zitiert.

“Min herre, det smärtar mig att säga, och jag skulle helst slippa, men friheten i Aquilonia har kommit till sitt slut. Kanske har friheten för hela världen kommit till sitt slut … Tidsålder följer på tidsålder och nu går vi in i en tid av skräck och slaveri. Drakens tid, precis som det var för länge sedan.” “Vad menar du?” undrade Conan. Prästen Hadrathus satte sig ner på en stol och vilade sina armbågar mot låren. Han stirrade ner i golvet. “Det är inte enbart upproriska baroner i Aquilonia och trupperna från Nemedia ni har emot er, ers majestät. Det är trolldom – vidrig svart trolldom från världens bistra gryning. En vidrig skepnad har rest sig ur det förgångnas skuggor och ingen kan stå emot den.” * * * Conan, kung av Aquilonia, förlorar under märkliga omständigheter sin krona och tron. Aquilonia tas över av hans fiender. I ett försök att återta tronen tvingas han ut på en resa som tar honom över berg och hav, ner i mörka gångar och i strid med monster, vampyrer och människor. * * * Robert E Howard började i slutet av 1920-talet blanda fantasy, skräck och mytologi med action. romans, svärdsstrider och magi – det som senare kom att bli fantasy-genren "sword and sorcery". Howard skrev totalt cirka tjugo berättelser om Conan. Drakens tid är den enda som är en roman. * * * Första gången som Drakens tid (Originaltitel: The Hour of the Dragon) publicerades var 1935-1936 och det är trettio år sedan den senast gavs ut på svenska.

Legendary storyteller Robert E. Howard's stories of shape-shifting beings collected into one epic omnibus edition with notes and introduction.

Solomon Kane is the famous hero created by Robert E. Howard (who also created Conan). Kane is a puritan warrior from the 17th century armed with a rapier and flintlock pistols, and he is in a personal life quest to vanquish evil creatures from the world. This is a selection of all the main stories written by Howard himself in chronological order: Red Shadows, Skulls in the Stars, Rattle of Bones, The Moon of Skulls, Hills of the Dead, The Footfalls Within, and Wings in the Night. They are brought to you in an official edition without changes, external footnotes, introductions, prologues, or any other interruption to the original stories. The best stories of Solomon Kane.

Voiko kuollut herätä henkiin? Miksi lempeä vaimo yrittää tappaa aviomiehensä? Minne rauhallisen asuinalueen kissat ovat kadonneet? Mikä piinaa syrjässä sijaitsevaa autiota taloa? Minkä vuoksi terve karjapaimen uskoo olevansa jo kuollut mies? Pedon varjo ja muita kauhukertomuksia sisältää 15 aikaisemmin suomentamatonta tarinaa. Robert E. Howard tunnetaan erityisesti barbaarisoturi Conanin luojana, mutta hän oli myös monipuolinen kauhukirjailija. Howard yhdisti taitavasti kauhua niin villin lännen tarinoihin kuin historiallisiin kertomuksiin ja sijoitti tarinansa sujuvasti Yhdysvaltoihin, Afrikkaan, Intiaan, Brittein saarille tai Keski-Amerikkaan. Kokoelma sisältää tarinat Kadonnut rotu, Hyeena, Kuoleman kammottava kosketus, Olento katolla, Mies maassa, Vainoava sormus, Kuolleet muistavat, Asshurbanipalin liekki, Kelly Manaajamies, Dermodin surma, Unen kobra, Rauhattomat vedet, Sorkkajalkainen olento, Casonetton viimeinen laulu ja Pedon varjo. Lisäksi mukana on toimittajan esipuhe ja kauhukirjailija H. P. Lovecraftin muistokirjoitus ystävästään Robert E. Howardista.

Robert E. Howard tunnetaan parhaiten barbaarisoturi Conanin luojana, mutta hänen tuotantoonsa kuuluu paljon muutakin vahvaa fantasiaa. Kultaisen kallon kirous sisältää aiemmin suomentamattomia Howardin novelleja, joissa seikkailee Valusian kuningas Kall. Hurjat hirviöt ja yliluonnolliset viholliset uhkaavat kuningasta, joka ratsastaa taisteluun miekka heiluen ja punaiset tappajat vierellään.

Fantaasiakirjandusele aluse pannud legendaarne kirjanik Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) oli äärmiselt mitmekülgene kirjamees, eesti keeleski on juba olemas kümmekond ta raamatut barbar Conanist, Punasest Sonjast, piktide pealikust Bran Mak Mornist ja teistest iidsete ajastute mõõgakangelastest. Nende kaante vahele on kogutud kirjaniku 13 ajalooainelist lahinguid ja võitlusi, verd ja vihavaenu, üllameelsust ja kättemaksu täis lühiromaani, jutustust ja lühipala, mille tegevuspaikade ja -aegade diapasoon ulatub Suure rahvasterändamise perioodil Rooma riigi varemeid hävitavaist vandaalidest 5. sajandi Vahemerel varakeskaja Põhjamere viikingiteni, ristisõdade ajastu Bütsantsist ja Püha Maa vürstiriikidest kauge Kesk-Aasta suurte impeeriumide ja vallutajate nagu Tshingis-khaani ja Lonkur Timurini. Vähem osav ei olnud Howard ka 17. sajandi Kariibi mere ja Vaikse ookeani piraatide süngete seikluste kujutamisel.

Conan the Barbarian from Cimmeria, created by Robert E. Howard has hundreds of stories written about him. This is a selection of some of the best stories of Conan by Robert E. Howard himself, with some of the most defining adventures of this hero: Shadows in the Moonlight, Shadows in Zamboula, The Vale of Lost Women, and Red Nails. They are presented to you in an official edition, that is, without adding external changes (prologues, footnotes, introductions, etc.) or alterations to the original texts as they were first published.

Conan, the Barbarian from Cimmeria is the hero created by Robert E. Howard. This is an official edition with some of the best stories written by Robert E. Howard himself: Jewels of Gwahlur, Beyond the Black River, and The Black Stranger. Presented to you without changes, censorship, prologues, external footnotes, or any other interruption to the original text as it was created. In this selection of stories we get to see new aspects of Conan in a time of high adventure and we will learn more about the riddle of steel.

Robert M. Price is well known to fans of H. P Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos. He is the founder of Crypt of Cthulhu as well as editor of numerous Cthulhu Mythos anthologies. Blasphemies & Revelations collects the early fiction of Robert M. Price. These stories first appeared in small press magazines including Nyctalops, Eldritch Tales, Vollmond, and FantasyBook. For the most part, they are sequels to many of H. P. Lovecraft's major tales. Price eschewsthe frequent sins of Lovecraft pasticheurs. He adds no monstrous gods to the Cthulhu Mythospantheon, nor any new eldritch grimoires to the Lovecraftian shelf. But his stories share withLovecraft an idiom of scholarly prose, which comes naturally to Price because of his academiccareer as a biblical scholar, an advantage few Lovecraftian writers can boast. Stories include"Saucers from Yaddith," "The Deprogrammer," "Wilbur Whateley Waiting," "A ThousandYoung," "The Devil's Steps," "The Beard of Byatis," and "Black Eons."

Conan, the Barbarian of Cimmeria is the hero created by Robert E. Howard. This official edition contains some of the best stories of Conan written by Robert E. Howard himself: Xuthal of the Dusk, The Phoenix on the Sword, The Scarlet Citadel, and The Hyborian Age (a guide to the universe of Conan written by Howard as well). They are presented to you without censorship, prologues, external footnotes, changes, or any other interruption to the original text as it was created.

Robert E. Howard is best known today for his "sword-and-sorcery" stories. But in the early 1930s, he was a legend in boxing circles for his humorously over-the-top adventure stories starring the sailor Steve Costigan, champ of the Sea Girl -- the toughest trading vessel on the Seven Seas. Steve is an A. B. mariner and amateur boxer, with a heart of gold -- and a head of solid wood. In these 21 tales, he blows around the waterfronts of various Far East ports with his white bulldog Mike, getting swindled by clever dames, pummeling the occasional underworld criminal, and getting into epic fistic battles with anyone who can take a good punch -- in or out of the ring. Here's a taste -- the first four paragraphs of "Circus Fists" ME AND THE Old Man had a most violent row whilst the Sea Girl was tied up at the docks of a small seaport on the West Coast. Somebody put a pole-cat in the Old Man's bunk, and he accused me of doing it. I denied it indignantly, and asked him where he reckoned I would get a pole-cat, and he said well, it was a cinch somebody had got a pole-cat, because there it was, and it was his opinion that I was the only man of the crew which was low-down enough to do a trick like that. This irritated me, and I told him he oughta know it wasn't me, because I had the reputation of being kind to animals, and I wouldn't put a decent skunk where it would have to associate with a critter like the Old Man. This made him so mad that he busted a bottle of good rye whiskey over my head. Annoyed at such wanton waste of good licker, I grabbed the old walrus and soused him in a horse-trough-us being on the docks at the time. The Old Man ariz like Neptune from the deep, and, with whiskers dripping, he shook his fists at me and yelled, "Don't never darken my decks again, Steve Costigan. If you ever try to come aboard the Sea Girl, I'll fill you fulla buckshot, you mutineerin' pirate ""Go set on a marlin-spike," I sneered. "I wouldn't sail with you again for ten bucks a watch and plum duff every mess. I'm through with the sea, anyhow. You gimme a bad taste for the whole business. A landman's life is the life for me, by golly. Me and Mike is goin' to fare forth and win fame and fortune ashore."

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