Complete Works of Robert E. Howard

by Robert E. Howard

“Complete Works of Robert E. Howard” •An aesthetic cover page.•A beginning click-able Table of Contents for all titles. •Inner click-able Tables of Contents for all individual books with multiple chapters.•Nicely organized chapters and text.Author’s works •SKULLS IN THE STARS•THE FOOTFALLS WITHIN•THE MOON OF SKULLS•THE HILLS OF THE DEAD•WINGS IN THE NIGHT•RATTLE OF BONES•RED SHADOWS•THE DAUGHTER OF ERLIK KHAN•HAWK OF THE HILLS•BLOOD OF THE GODS•SON OF THE WHITE WOLF•THE COUNTRY OF THE KNIFE•THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD•THE SCARLET CITADEL•THE TOWER OF THE ELEPHANT•BLACK COLOSSUS•THE SLITHERING SHADOW•THE POOL OF THE BLACK ONE•GODS OF THE NORTH•ROGUES IN THE HOUSE•SHADOWS IN THE MOONLIGHT•QUEEN OF THE BACK COAST•THE DEVIL IN IRON•THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE•A WITCH SHALL BE BORN•JEWELS OF GWAHLUR•BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER•SHADOWS IN ZAMBOULA•RED NAILS•THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON•THE HYBORIAN AGE•THE VALLEY OF THE WORM•THE GARDEN OF FEAR•APPARITION IN THE PRIZE RING•ALLEYS OF DARKNESS•ALLEYS OF PERIL•ALMURIC•WORMS OF THE EARTH•THE LOST RACE•EVIL DEEDS AT RED COUGAR•A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK (NOVELLA)•A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK (SHORT STORY)•CUPID FROM BEAR CREEK•GUNS OF THE MOUNTAINS•HIGH HORSE RAMPAGE•MOUNTAIN MAN•NO COWHERDERS WANTED•PILGRIMS TO THE PECOS•TEXAS JOHN ALDEN•WHILE SMOKE ROLLED•PISTOL POLITICS•SHARP’S GUN SERENADE•THE APACHE MOUNTAIN WAR•THE CONQUERIN’ HERO OF THE HUMBOLTS•THE FEUD BUSTER•THE HAUNTED MOUNTAIN•THE RIOT AT COUGAR PAW•THE ROAD TO BEAR CREEK•THE SCALP HUNTER•WAR ON BEAR CREEK•THE TOMB’S SECRET•CHAMP OF THE FORECASTLE•CIRCUS FISTS•THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT•THE HAUNTER OF THE RING•HAWKS OF OUTREMER•THE BLOOD OF BELSHAZZAR•THE BLACK STONE•THE FIRE OF ASSHURBANIPAL•THE THING ON THE ROOF•CUPID VS POLLUX•IN THE FOREST OF VILLEFÉRE•WOLFSHEAD•BLACK CANAAN•THE HOUSE OF ARABU•PEOPLE OF THE DARK•THE VOICE OF EL-LIL•SPEAR AND FANG•SEA CURSE•FIST AND FANG•GENERAL IRONFIST•GATES OF EMPIRE•LORD OF SAMARCAND•THE LION OF TIBERIAS•THE SOWERS OF THE THUNDER•THE CAIRN ON THE HEADLAND•THE DREAM SNAKE•THE FEARSOME TOUCH OF DEATH•THE HYENA•THE TREASURES OF TARTARY•THE SHADOW KINGDOM•THE MIRRORS OF TUZUN THUNE•KINGS OF THE NIGHT•NIGHT OF BATTLE•OLD GARFIELD’S HEART•THE SHADOW OF THE VULTURE•SAILORS’ GRUDGE•SHE DEVIL•SLUGGERS ON THE BEACH•BLOW THE CHINKS DOWN!•BREED OF BATTLE&b

Genres: Fantasy, Classics, Horror, Fiction, Adventure

Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2013

About the author

Robert Ervin Howard was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. Howard wrote "over three-hundred stories and seven-hundred poems of raw power and unbridled emotion" and is especially noted for his memorable depictions of "a sombre universe of swashbuckling adventure and darkling horror."

He is well known for having created—in the pages of the legendary Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales—the character Conan the Cimmerian, a.k.a. Conan the Barbarian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can only be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Count Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond.

—Wikipedia

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Tristan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection is vast, as the author had a phenomenal output during his short life. The parts of interest to me concern Conan the Barbarian and similar fantasy characters, as opposed to the westerns, boxing stories, and mariner tales, or police mysteries. The fantasy adventures fall into my “alternate world fantasy” category, as they are meant to be set on a prehistoric Earth, and many story realms have recognisable real world counterparts. The author writes very much in the style of the time, with unavoidable racism, misogyny, and other intolerances, but nevertheless grants characters of all ethnicities and sexes with potent heroism, charisma, and brazen allure, much more so than many of his imitators. The author’s links with H P Lovecraft are clear in the outrageous luridness of the descriptions and plots, but the author’s unceasing action pieces remain modern today, particularly inspiring contemporary visual media.

* The People Of The Black Circle - serialised in 1934, this Conan novella is a quick, inconsequential read. Somewhat confusing with a plethora of feuding powers overhanging a very simple plot, it’s all a bit frantic, but it rattles to a satisfying conclusion. Score: 3/5.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Howard's work stands on its own and needs no kudos from me. He is a towering figure who wrote a staggering amount of pulp greatness in a handful of potent years.
No matter the genre, Howard's prose is direct and sharp as any blade wielded by his many heroes and heroines. Action, adventure, western, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, he does it all, leaving behind a body of work that is as impressive in its size as much as its content.
Howard is the writer you read when you want to escape.

[Andrea Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good stories but poor presentation.

Howard's stories are good, but reading then in this presentation is difficult and frustrating. Much of the punctuation has been omitted here and makes it necessary to stop and think about what was originally written. With no quotation marks, it's especially hard to follow the dialog in places. Very frustrating!

[Fray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very well put-together compilation.

Robert Howard is famous for the Conan stories, but the great revelation for me here was how funny a writer he was. I loved both his comical western stories and his boxing stories set in the Far East.

[Bee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dig Me No Grave - 2/5.
People of the Dark - 2/5.
Pigeons from Hell - 3/5
Queen of the Black Coast - 2/5
Sea Curse - 2/5
Shadows in Zamboula - 1/5
Skulls in the Stars - 3/5
The Black Stone - 3/5
The Children of the Night - 2/5
The Fire of Ashurbanipal - 2/5
The Hoofed Thing. Dec 22. - 3/5
The Pool of the Black One - 2/5
The Shadow Kingdom - 1/5
The Slithering Shadow - 2/5
The Thing on the Roof - 2/5
The Tower of the Elephant - 2/5
Wolfshead - 2/5
Worms of the Earth - 2/5