Delphi Complete Works of Robert E. Howard

by Robert E. Howard

Widely regarded as the father of the sword and sorcery genre, Robert E. Howard produced a diverse body of works, demonstrating his inventive genius with exciting tales of Conan the Barbarian, Kull, Solomon Kane, Sailor Steve Costigan and a host of other captivating creations. This comprehensive eBook presents the most complete edition possible of Howard’s fiction, with numerous illustrations, many rare short stories appearing in digital print for the first time, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Howard’s life and works
* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts
* ALL five novels, with individual contents tables
* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original pulp magazines
* Features 199 short stories the largest collection of Howard’s fiction ever compiled in a single publication
* Many rare tales appearing here for the first time in digital publishing
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Special alphabetical index for the short stories
* A generous selection of poetry and non-fiction
* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read
* Includes Barlow’s tributary poem to Howard
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Please note: an actual complete works of Howard is not possible due to the copyright status and scarcity of some stories. When new texts become available in your public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update.
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CONTENTS:
The Novels
SKULL-FACE
THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE
THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON
A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK
ALMURIC
Fantasy Stories
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
KULL
SOLOMON KANE
BRAN MAK MORN
TURLOGH DUBH O’BRIEN
JAMES ALLISON
OTHER FANTASY STORIES
Boxing Stories
SAILOR STEVE COSTIGAN
SAILOR DENNIS DORGAN
OTHER BOXING STORIES
Western Stories
BRECKINRIDGE ELKINS
PIKE BEARFIELD
BUCKNER JEOPARDY GRIMES
OTHER WESTERN STORIES
Historical Stories
EL BORAK
DARK AGNES DE CHASTILLON
CORMAC FITZGEOFFREY
KIRBY O’DONNELL
BLACK VULMEA
HELEN TAVREL
OTHER HISTORICAL STORIES
Horror Stories
JOHN KIROWAN
THE FARING TOWN SAGA
DE MONTOUR
WEIRD WEST
OTHER WEIRD MENACE
OTHER CTHULHU MYTHOS STORIES
OTHER HORROR STORIES
Detective Stories
STEVE HARRISON
Spicy Stories
LIST OF STORIES
Comedy Stories
LIST OF STORIES
Short Stories Index
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
Selected Poetry
LIST OF POEMS
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Non-Fiction
LIST OF ESSAYS AND ARTICLES
The Tribute
R. E. H. by R. H. BARLOW

Genres: Fantasy, Classics, Horror, Fiction, Adventure

6858 pages, ebook

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