This just shows what a tragedy it was that REH died young, all those characters he never developed beyond a few stories or story fragments.
@robpetersen874 ай бұрын
Definitely an underrated Howard character. Same with Turlogh Dubh O'Brien. Plenty of good sword and sorcery (or sword and history, or whatever you want to call it) between the two of them.
@secretfirebooks78944 ай бұрын
Nothing screams "high adventure" like horned helmets and skin-tight chainmail!
@إسماعيلسعيد-خ8ذ4 ай бұрын
Hello Michael Hello. Thank you so much for this Excellent Video. You ARE the Expert on Robert E Howard.
@thekeywitness4 ай бұрын
I have the Zebra A-format of Tigers of the Sea with the Jeffrey Jones cover art. Overall, B/B- material from REH.
@raphaelhamato75464 ай бұрын
We love REH!!!!
@StygianDogs4 ай бұрын
Excellent as always! And my regards to Roger.
@tectorgorch86984 ай бұрын
I thought this was another Blood Meridian episode.
@GrammaticusBooks4 ай бұрын
Good stuff Michael! I have a copy of Tiger's of the Sea around here somewhere. I should probably dig it up and reread it. And I did not know there were differences between the books! Great info!
@russworks28824 ай бұрын
I have the Zebra edition of Tigers of the Sea, really great series. Howard was almost accumulating an Eternal Champion of his own, where each character was in some ways reflective of the others (though I guess much of his motivation was more pragmatic than literary, simply reworking characters and concepts to sell to different markets.) I wish he'd created more seafaring adventures. Lately I've been curious about the Sandokan pirate series from the late 1800's; has anyone read those?
@glockensig4 ай бұрын
What is the western horror short story (or stories) that Robert E. wrote???
@russworks28824 ай бұрын
"Vultures of Whapeton" I believe which is contained in an anthology of the same name. Most of Howard's Western tales were humorous. If he'd gone another way, he might've invented the Spaghetti Western.
@glockensig3 ай бұрын
@@russworks2882 Old Garfield's Heart is the story I was trying to remember......
@abhilashmaddali71584 ай бұрын
Very interesting. Yes the Fantasy Masterworks of the Conan stories came in the early 2000's, then the Wandering Star hardcovers were published I think.
@tonette65924 ай бұрын
I gotta read more REH
@michaelalley2144 ай бұрын
Michael great line: "Everybody needs a hobby!"
@charliedogg76834 ай бұрын
I enjoy the stories featuring Cormac Mac Art and Bran Mak Morn despite many readers viewing them as "minor" creations of Howard. If you haven't already covered it Michael, I'd really like to hear your thoughts on "Almuric". And my best wishes to Wilkins, or what's left of him.
@michaelk.vaughan86174 ай бұрын
I’m pretty sure I did a video about Almuric. It would have been a while ago.
@charliedogg76834 ай бұрын
@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Thanks, I'll do a search for it.
@DDB1684 ай бұрын
I have Tigers of the Sea, haven't read it yet though. I assumed it was Conan on the cover, didn't realise it was a Cormac Macart story. Is Drake's ending better than Tierney's ?
@michaelk.vaughan86174 ай бұрын
Drake’s ending is better, in my opinion.
@Legio_XII4 ай бұрын
I really liked the Andrew Offutt Cormac books growing up. It’s been 20 years since I’ve read them but from what I remember they were great.
@jonathanwalker49374 ай бұрын
The only the version of Temple of Abomination I've read was the comic which was rewritten into a red sonja story.
@Turok2793 ай бұрын
Cormac is a great character. I got the neat little hard back that came out in 1974. Tigers of the Sea. Donald M. Grant was the publisher. As you said , The editor , Richard Tierney worked with Glenn Lord to complete the unfinished stories in this volume. In the intro he tells you exactly what he added. Which is good. It also has some cool illustrations by Tim Kirk. Cormac has a few similarities with Howard’s other outlaw Irishman Black Turlogh O Brian. Perhaps he dropped Cormac in favor of Turlogh. I don’t know. I do know all of these stories are excellent. Thanks !
@jasonsantos30373 ай бұрын
I liked about the unknown characters that Robert E Howard wrote it's not Conan Kull or Solomon kane related.
@bigaldoesbooktube10974 ай бұрын
I bet those versions are pricy now 🤔
@MagusMarquillin4 ай бұрын
Funny, I just bought Andrew Offutt's "the Sword of the Gael" for $1.50 in a used book store - from the cover of the giant fanged serpent coiling around Cormac I think Offutt tried to keep Conan's Sword and Socery in here. It was my hope that the original stories would be in one of the Del Rey's collections, disappointing that isn't the case - just have to be alert for Drake's or Tierney's. I wonder if Titan books are planning something for the character, since we saw him and Wulfere in the spread at the end of the first trade - course they were being all inclusive there.
@redwawst32584 ай бұрын
👍🏻
@elric66614 ай бұрын
Just found out that the REH foundation will be releasing a 500-ish page collection of the complete Macart stories.
@michaelk.vaughan86174 ай бұрын
Interesting, especially as they don’t even make 200 pages on their own. Are they reprinting the pastiche novels?
@MylesNewman-cc1tx4 ай бұрын
Can anyone recommend a biography of Howard? Is there one?
@michaelk.vaughan86174 ай бұрын
Blood & Thunder: The Life & Art of Robert E. Howard by Mark Finn
@tonygriego63824 ай бұрын
Are you going to cover Sailor Steve Costigan?
@michaelk.vaughan86174 ай бұрын
Eventually.
@laurajane23004 ай бұрын
I've just got to say, I started following you a while back and I'm slowly catching up with your output. I love your vibe and your take on the various writers you talk about, but especially REH