Mark Hall
>
> You can get copies of REH's "Queen of the Black
Coast" for much
> cheaper than that. I forget which of the Lancer/Ace
Conan volumes it
> is in (edited by DeCamp); but they crop up on eBay
and abebooks for just
> a few books each. It is also collected in one of the
Gollancz/Millennium
> Fantasy Masterworks volumes by REH. I am at work now
and will check when
>
> I get home.
>
> In Don Herron's DARK BARBARIAN, one of the essays
there makes a very
> strong
> case for many of REH's stories being "hard-boiled"
in tone, plot, theme,
> etc.
>
I sold all my Howard books except for the Lancer Conan
series. It's in Conan of Cimmeria by Howard, Sprague De Camp
and Lin Carter.
I've read most of Howard. I wouldn't call his books hard
boiled, but a lot might qualify as noir. Mark
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