Robert E Howard (1906 - 1936)
@robertehoward.bsky.social
Writer of pulp fiction. Father of the Sword and Sorcery genre. These posts are taken from my writings and letters. (Fan account. I’ve been dead since 1936.)
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will be the essence of him." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1928 regarding the passing of their friend Klatt)
December 23, 2024 at 12:14 AM
will be the essence of him." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. May 1928 regarding the passing of their friend Klatt)
"...Yet the body of him will go back to the elements again; he will throb with life in the sap of a tree in the haze of the heat. Flowers and hot grain will spring up and wave and live and the essence of their being
December 23, 2024 at 12:14 AM
"...Yet the body of him will go back to the elements again; he will throb with life in the sap of a tree in the haze of the heat. Flowers and hot grain will spring up and wave and live and the essence of their being
…”I am looking for the truth," said the younger man.
"I am reading because I like to," said the tall man. "And if you don't like it you can go to Hell!" (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 1928)
"I am reading because I like to," said the tall man. "And if you don't like it you can go to Hell!" (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 1928)
December 23, 2024 at 12:12 AM
…”I am looking for the truth," said the younger man.
"I am reading because I like to," said the tall man. "And if you don't like it you can go to Hell!" (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 1928)
"I am reading because I like to," said the tall man. "And if you don't like it you can go to Hell!" (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 1928)
"I am studying night and day to climb the ladder of public opinion," said the studying man.
"I am trying to hurl down accepted tyranny," said the small blonde man…
"I am trying to hurl down accepted tyranny," said the small blonde man…
December 23, 2024 at 12:12 AM
"I am studying night and day to climb the ladder of public opinion," said the studying man.
"I am trying to hurl down accepted tyranny," said the small blonde man…
"I am trying to hurl down accepted tyranny," said the small blonde man…
…quite a while. We didn't get back until after night and that's why I didn't look you up Sunday. (Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928)
December 23, 2024 at 12:10 AM
…quite a while. We didn't get back until after night and that's why I didn't look you up Sunday. (Letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. January 1928)
I wasn't lying to you Saturday evening when I said I was leaving the next morning; I did intend to, but next morning it looked so much like rain I was uncertain about starting out and Truett prevailed on me to stay. We went out on the [Pecan] Bayou as we had planned to do some time, for…
December 23, 2024 at 12:10 AM
I wasn't lying to you Saturday evening when I said I was leaving the next morning; I did intend to, but next morning it looked so much like rain I was uncertain about starting out and Truett prevailed on me to stay. We went out on the [Pecan] Bayou as we had planned to do some time, for…
…and have seen life in some of its crudest and most elemental forms." (letter to Argosy All-Story Weekly, ca. Spring 1929)
November 20, 2024 at 1:28 AM
…and have seen life in some of its crudest and most elemental forms." (letter to Argosy All-Story Weekly, ca. Spring 1929)
"I was born in Texas about twenty-three years ago and have spent most of my life in various parts of my native state. My family has been prone to follow booms, and I have lived in oil boom towns, land boom towns, railroad boom towns…
November 20, 2024 at 1:28 AM
"I was born in Texas about twenty-three years ago and have spent most of my life in various parts of my native state. My family has been prone to follow booms, and I have lived in oil boom towns, land boom towns, railroad boom towns…
[Concerning violence in Texas:]...we have no gang rule in Texas. A man like [Clyde] Barrow may hide in the hills and evade capture for a long time, but his life is that of a hunted wolf. A gang-boss like [Al] Capone wouldn't last long enough to get started.” (Jan, 1934)
November 20, 2024 at 1:25 AM
[Concerning violence in Texas:]...we have no gang rule in Texas. A man like [Clyde] Barrow may hide in the hills and evade capture for a long time, but his life is that of a hunted wolf. A gang-boss like [Al] Capone wouldn't last long enough to get started.” (Jan, 1934)
…in the interest of art, culture and progress...” (letter to HP Lovecraft, Dec. 5, 1935)
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 AM
…in the interest of art, culture and progress...” (letter to HP Lovecraft, Dec. 5, 1935)
“..."Africa must be brought into civilization!" It is not, of course, because of any selfish motive that he has invaded a helpless country bombing, burning, and gassing both combatants and non-combatants by the thousands. Oh, no, according to his own assertions it is all…
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 AM
“..."Africa must be brought into civilization!" It is not, of course, because of any selfish motive that he has invaded a helpless country bombing, burning, and gassing both combatants and non-combatants by the thousands. Oh, no, according to his own assertions it is all…
“You don't have to go that far back. Your friend Mussolini is a striking modern-day example. In that speech I heard translated he spoke feelingly of the expansion of civilization. From time to time he has announced: "The sword and civilization go hand in hand!"…
November 20, 2024 at 1:23 AM
“You don't have to go that far back. Your friend Mussolini is a striking modern-day example. In that speech I heard translated he spoke feelingly of the expansion of civilization. From time to time he has announced: "The sword and civilization go hand in hand!"…
“Mr. Lovecraft has reached an arm out into the unknown and a lesser mind than his might hesitate; but I look for even greater wonders from his pen and look forward with anticipation to another of his tales.” (letter to Weird Tales Magazine, ca. January, 1929)
November 20, 2024 at 1:16 AM
“Mr. Lovecraft has reached an arm out into the unknown and a lesser mind than his might hesitate; but I look for even greater wonders from his pen and look forward with anticipation to another of his tales.” (letter to Weird Tales Magazine, ca. January, 1929)
"Funny I've been trying to write poetry all day and literary work stimulates me sometimes just like wine." (letter to TC Smith, 1/14/1926)
November 20, 2024 at 1:13 AM
"Funny I've been trying to write poetry all day and literary work stimulates me sometimes just like wine." (letter to TC Smith, 1/14/1926)
"Now I don't go in for ragging a boxer myself but when the Breckinridge boys began to throw remarks at [Kid] Dula I let go a few wise cracks and first thing you know the two gangs were exchanging courtesies such as you seldom hear in a drawing room." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 1927)
November 20, 2024 at 1:13 AM
"Now I don't go in for ragging a boxer myself but when the Breckinridge boys began to throw remarks at [Kid] Dula I let go a few wise cracks and first thing you know the two gangs were exchanging courtesies such as you seldom hear in a drawing room." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. 1927)
"...the Emperor returned to the palace on a bun and received a slam in the jaw from the kitchen wench for seeking to test the firmness of her person by means of the thumb and forefinger." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, 1/14/1926)
November 20, 2024 at 1:10 AM
"...the Emperor returned to the palace on a bun and received a slam in the jaw from the kitchen wench for seeking to test the firmness of her person by means of the thumb and forefinger." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, 1/14/1926)
"Good friend, headmen unto weighty words of wisdom; history is the blah... History will relate with gusto how the Emperor Bunkum did grant royal leniency to the rebel city of Boofusbut in all the pages of all the histories you will find not that after doing so…
November 20, 2024 at 1:10 AM
"Good friend, headmen unto weighty words of wisdom; history is the blah... History will relate with gusto how the Emperor Bunkum did grant royal leniency to the rebel city of Boofusbut in all the pages of all the histories you will find not that after doing so…
"Our fellow-man -- bah! Swine. The slime that besmears the fairness of the world. A few men, a few women and millions of swine."
November 16, 2024 at 7:45 PM
"Our fellow-man -- bah! Swine. The slime that besmears the fairness of the world. A few men, a few women and millions of swine."
“I only wish I had the opportunity and intelligence to become a swami or founder of a cult or something whereby I could make money by the credibility and ignorance of the people at large...” (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928.)
November 16, 2024 at 7:44 PM
“I only wish I had the opportunity and intelligence to become a swami or founder of a cult or something whereby I could make money by the credibility and ignorance of the people at large...” (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 1928.)
"Death is no grimmer met on a mad quest than in the locked spears of battle! East we ride to the Devil knows what doom!"
November 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
"Death is no grimmer met on a mad quest than in the locked spears of battle! East we ride to the Devil knows what doom!"
"I realize that there is really only one person in the world who really believes that I'll ever amount to a damn at the writing game and that person is myself." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, October, 1928)
November 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
"I realize that there is really only one person in the world who really believes that I'll ever amount to a damn at the writing game and that person is myself." (letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, October, 1928)
…resentment against the cops who heard them about in their every-day life.” (A letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 14, 1931)
November 16, 2024 at 7:37 PM
…resentment against the cops who heard them about in their every-day life.” (A letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, ca. March 14, 1931)
“There’s sure been a run of gangster pictures here; the pipple [sic] may be meek and law-abiding, but they sure whoop w/ glee every time a rod-man bumps off a copper on the screen. I think it’s an unconscious vent to their…
November 16, 2024 at 7:37 PM
“There’s sure been a run of gangster pictures here; the pipple [sic] may be meek and law-abiding, but they sure whoop w/ glee every time a rod-man bumps off a copper on the screen. I think it’s an unconscious vent to their…
I'm a man's man, as it were.... I don't know how to act around the opposite sex. (from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 1925)
November 11, 2024 at 10:55 PM
I'm a man's man, as it were.... I don't know how to act around the opposite sex. (from a letter to Tevis Clyde Smith, July 1925)