> I've read most of Howard. I wouldn't call his books
hard boiled, but a lot
> might qualify as noir.
> Mark
The essay that argues that REH was a hard-boiled writer is
George Knight's "Robert E. Howard: Hard-Boiled Fantasist," in
Herron's THE DARK BARBARIAN. In a nutshell, he sees the
violence in the Conan stories being similar to that of
Hammett's; the realism and violence in REH's boxing stories
akin to that in Jim Tully's and Hammett's works.
On the Gollancz/Millennium (FANTASY MASTERWORKS) editions,
"Queen of the Black Coast," is in THE CONAN CHRONICLES, VOL.
1: PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE.
Best, MEH
Mark Hall Niigata Prefectural Museum of History
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