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The Cthulhu Stories of Robert E. Howard Hardcover – September 23, 2020

by Robert E Howard (Author), H P Lovecraft (Author), C L Moore (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
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The Great Old Ones Return...

In the early twentieth-century, in the pages of Weird Tales and other pulp magazines, H.P. Lovecraft created the Cthulhu Mythos and offered it to his friends, creating a shared mythology for much of their weird fiction. Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, was one of those good friends.

Fresh from dusty libraries dark with forbidden knowledge, these twelve Howard tales, bring Kull of Atlantis, Bran Mak Morn, and a steady band of warriors, adventurers, and scholars into the dark to face the Nameless and that which they left behind: Elder gods, nameless cosmic horrors greater and older than the gods themselves, ancient forms of life and worship from before the dawn of humanity.

These are the Cthulhu Stories of Robert. E. Howard

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    422 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Wordfire Press
  4. Publication date
    September 23, 2020
  5. Dimensions
    5.5 x 1.06 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1680570986
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1680570984
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Robert E. (Ervin) Howard was born on January 22, 1906. He was interested in writing from an early age, and witnesses report seeing his first stories written as early as 9 years old. He mailed off his first submission to a publisher at 15 years of age. His first professional sale came three years later when "Spear and Fang," a cave man story, was accepted by Weird Tales, the pulp magazine with which all his greatest successes would be associated. Howard is best known as the "father of sword & sorcery," with his most famous creations-Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and Kull the Conqueror-sliding (some more easily than others) into that genre. However, in addition to the sterling success of these fantasy adventure tales, Howard's versatility allowed him to support himself as a professional writer. He would write more than 100 stories between 1924 and his death in 1936 at age 30. He published regularly and wrote in genres as varied as westerns, weird westerns, horror, modern adventure stories, boxing stories, sailing adventures, and even "spicy" romance stories. Of special interest to this volume is Howard's relationship to H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft, an elder statesman of the "weird fiction" genre, was an early contributor to Weird Tales, where Howard first encountered his fiction. Howard wrote an admiring letter to Lovecraft after reading "The Rats in the Walls," and eventually through their extended correspondence became part of the "Lovecraft Circle," a group of pulp writers joined primarily through H.P. Lovecraft's efforts, with Lovecraft as the hub. Howard and Lovecraft corresponded for years, debating the merits of the human conditions of barbarism and civilization. Lovecraft is best known for his stories of "the Great Old Ones," especially Cthulhu. This shared corpus of story ideas and ancient, pre-human history of Earth, became a shared mythic backdrop for many writers published in Weird Tales. Howard's contributions to this mythos are the focus of the current volume.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wordfire Press (September 23, 2020)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 422 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1680570986
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1680570984
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.47 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.06 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings

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Robert E. Howard

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(1906-1936) Robert Erwin Howard was born and rasied in rural Texas, where he lived all his life. The son of a pioneer physician, he began writing professionally at the age of fifteen. Howard killed himself in June 1936 when he learned that his beloved mother had fallen into a coma.

Photo by English: Studio photograph commisioned by Robert E. Howard [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Brian Goubeaux
5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting crossover
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023
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I got it for my brother because he's a huge Cthulhu fan. I think he's going to love it.
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Thomas A. Overstreet
5.0 out of 5 stars Title Deceiving
Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2022
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This is a wonderful full of dark spooky tales from one of the greatest writers of all time but I din't see all that much of a H. P. Lovecraft influence, I find them more original
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JP Fish
3.0 out of 5 stars A misleading title at best.
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2021
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The longest story in this compilation is a Fu Manchu style potboiler about a drug cartel. There is a King Kull story of the Conan type that was fun to revisit. Howard was a part of Lovecraft's circle of like minded fantasists. And Elder Gods and monsters from beyond do feature in a few of the stories. But to market this book as a collection of Cthulhu stories is a real Bait-and-Switch tactic.
When Robert E. Howard wrote Conan he created a legendary mythos to rival the tales of Sinbad. Had he lived his talent may have brought him the fame and fortune he deserved as a creator of such a splendid mythos. But the stories in this book are minor works that would have paid the bills for him as a pulp writer. But for the most part, they do not hold up for a modern reader who has already drunk deeply of his finest works. I had high hopes for this book. But the stories it promised were never written.
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Ancient History
1.0 out of 5 stars It's a pretty book
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2020
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This is a collection of Robert E. Howard's public domain Cthulhu Mythos stories. It is not all of his Mythos fiction, nor does it include anything - art, footnotes, etc. - except for an introduction by Paul di Filippo. It's not a bad looking or poorly constructed book, but for those who want more than what they can find for free on the internet...look somewhere else.
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Jeffrey Marcs
2.0 out of 5 stars Faking CTHULHU
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2022
There wasn't a single sentence in the book that even mentions Lovecraft's CTHULHU. The book's title is clearly a example of false advertising.
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Peter Kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2020
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THIS IS THE DADDY
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