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New Book of Howard Poetry
Longtime Howard fan and sometime-publisher Tom Kovacs has published a
new bi-lingual (English/German) book of Howard poetry titled Winds of Time.
You can see a complete contents list on Howard Works. Here is the ordering
information:
$80 plus $20 shipping (2nd class postage).
PayPal preferred but cash or a personal check is also accepted.
PayPal to: cartho@gmx.net
Thomas Kovacs
Schontalstr. 20
CH - 8004 Zurich
Switzerland/Europe
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 4, 2007
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A Tribute to Leon Nielsen
On July 6th a lamp expired. Howard fan and scholar Leon Nielsen passed
away. Leon always bought issues of my zine and contacted me in the fall of
2005 about writing a Foreword for his bibliography-biography of Howard. I
was flattered that he asked and set about writing it while also providing some
input on the copy of the manuscript he sent me. Soon we were
corresponding regularly and I learned of his battle with cancer. During this
period, the cancer came back with a vengeance and Leon was in for several
rounds of chemotherapy. He never complained, but steadily vowed to beat
it, while in the back of his mind he must have known how high the odds
were. He was a devoted husband and father and had accomplished many
things in his 70 years, and I am glad he was able to complete his Howard
book, which he loved dearly working on. Barbara Baum said she spoke with
his wife during some trying times and she told Barbara that Leon was afraid
he wouldn’t be able to finish the book before the cancer overtook him. Now
that his work is done, he can rest easy. Lord knows he’s earned it.
Here is a link to Leon's Obituary and one to Leon's "The Image of Conan"
article that appears in the current issue of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur.
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 11, 2007
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Conan of the Movies?
No this isn't the actual poster for the new Conan movie, just something I
found online that looks like it was generated by a wishful foreign
Arnold/Conan fan. Recently Warner Bros. let their option on the Conan movie
lapse, so its up for grabs yet again. Richard Rodriquez was suppose to be
developing a Conan film, but decided to create his "masterpiece" Grindhouse
instead. Some masterpiece; it barely lasted a week in theaters. Vanity
projects generally don't go over too big with the public. If I want to watch an
1970's exploitation movie, I'll just rent or buy one of the originals.
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 18, 2007
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A Fanzine Feeding Frenzy
Dennis McHaney is a one man wrecking crew on eBay these days, snagging
exorbitant prices for publishing oddities from early in his career. Currently
a copy of his very first issue of a small, odd-sized mimeographed affair,
bound with tape and cardboard is knocking on the door of $700.00. That's
more than I paid for my first car! Meanwhile, a copy of Cryptic's Lewd Tales, a
thin booklet of bawdy Howard tales, went for $89.00 while a copy of Glenn
Lord's classic collectible Etchings in Ivory went for only $78.45. Where will
the madness end? I guess when collectors run out of money, or when their
spouses catch on and put a stop to it. Of course, I'm not speaking from
personal experience on that last one.
UPDATE: This copy of The Howard Review #1 sold for a whopping $877.77! That
has to be a world record price for a Howard fanzine, heck any fanzine.
-- Posted by Damon C. Sasser on July 25, 2007
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