Buch der Lieder

by Heinrich Heine

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It's clear from Howard's earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, while many of his stories and poems have a suicidal gloom and intensity that seem prescient in hindsight, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Fantasy, Fiction, Audiobook, Werewolves

150 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1926

About the author

Christian Johann Heinrich Heine was one of the most significant German poets of the 19th century. He was also a journalist, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of Lieder (art songs) by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. Heine's later verse and prose is distinguished by its satirical wit and irony. His radical political views led to many of his works being banned by German authorities. Heine spent the last 25 years of his life as an expatriate in Paris.

Reviews

[Eloy Cryptkeeper · Rating 5 out of 5]

Relato sobre Licantropos. Publicado en Weird Tales en Agosto de 1925. Por este genio imaginativo, que apenas vivió 30 años. Y nos dejo a Conan, Solomon Kane, e infinidad de relatos Pulp, de terror, aventura, misterio, etc, etc.

[Tom Tancredi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short, gripping tale. Straight-forward in the action and the worries, but it felt like it missed another turn at the end. Or perhaps it ended just too soon.

[Pedro Plasencia Martínez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Predecible pero bastante disfrutable. Los caminos pueden ser peligrosos de noche, incluso siendo un aventurero. Hay dos detalles que han conseguido que le suba la puntuación a este relato breve. En primer lugar, la actitud y las frases que deja Carolus, el inesperado acompañante y en segundo lugar la nueva regla que Howard propone sobre la licantropía.

ENGLISH
Predictable but quite enjoyable. The roads can be dangerous at night, even for an adventurer. Two details have raised the rating of this short story. First, the attitude and lines delivered by Carolus, the unexpected companion, and second, the new rule Howard proposes regarding lycanthropy.

[Madison McSweeney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Listened to an audio adaptation of this on The Lurking Transmission podcast. This werewolf tale set in a creepy forest is atmospheric with gradually building dread. Howard’s werewolf is as charmingly sinister as classic vampires, and its transformation (beautifully described as a dance) is transfixing.

[James Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting take on the werewolf legend.

[Forked Radish · Rating 4 out of 5]

The preamble to Wolfshead.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a little strole in the woods with a werewolf. Great little story.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

estoy segura que siendo un poquito más detallado, habría sido maravilloso.

[Per · Rating 2 out of 5]

https://archive.org/details/WeirdTale...
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks06/0607...

Werewolf stories are so frequent in the early Weird Tales that it in and of itself is weird. This one had a good atmosphere, but not much else. There is a second story by Howard featuring the narrator, de Montour (of Normandy), called Wolfshead:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
My review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

A werewolf tale with atmosphere. I just wish it had been longer. Audible edition.