![]() Still, I don’t consider any of that to make me a true Howard scholar. Howard than myself, but compared to the average person and even most fans of fantasy literature, yeah, I know a fair amount about the man having read all the prose from him that has been made available, a number of his poems, numerous books about him, and I’ve even attended Howard Days in the small town of Cross Plains, Texas. ![]() Personally I wouldn’t call myself an extreme Howard fan because I’ve known lots of people who know a heck of a lot more about Robert E. Fandom is massive whatever the genre or franchise, and there are different kinds of fans from the casual to the serious to the extreme and beyond. ![]() ![]() It’s simply a fact of life that not everyone who has interests related to my own will know what I know, and I’m sure I don’t know all they know. I’m not trying to be snooty here or act like I’m some real fan while others are not. Now there’s nothing wrong with any of that. And as often happens when discussing Howard, it is apparent a lot of people seem to know Howard only because of his character Conan of Cimmeria, though they might also recognize Howard as the creator of Sword & Sorcery. ![]() HOWARD CHANGED MY LIFE is available from the Rogue Blades Foundation, I’ve had Howard on my mind a lot of late.Īs part of that, I’ve been involved in a number of conversations online recently concerning Howard, mostly with friends. Howard Days was just a couple of weeks ago, and because I recently finished reading EL BORAK AND OTHER DESERT ADVENTURES by Howard, and because the new book ROBERT E. ![]()
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