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"Hard-Boiled Heroic Critic" by Charles Hoffman
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The Dark Barbarian
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"Introduction" by Don Herron
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"Howard's Fantasy" by Fritz Lieber
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"Robert E. Howard: Frontiersman
of Letters"
by Donald Sydney-Fryer
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"Barbarian Bard: The Poetry of
Robert E. Howard"
by Steve Eng
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"Through Black Boughs: The Supernatural
on Howard's Fiction" by Dennis Rickard
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"The Western Fiction of Robert E. Howard"
by Ben P. Indick
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"Robert E. Howard: Hard-Boiled Heroic
Fantasist"
by George Knight
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"Robert E. Howard: Professional Writer"
by Glenn Lord
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"The Dark Barbarian" by Don Herron
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Appendix A: "Robert E. Howard's Library"
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Appendix B: "Howard's Suicide"
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on the Contributors
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The Barbaric Triumph
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"Introduction" by Don Herron
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"A Voice from the Past: An Overture from
December 1943" by Paul Spencer
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"Conan the Existential" by Charles Hoffman
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"Fists of Robert E. Howard" by Mark Finn
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"The Shadow from a Soul on Fire: Robert
E. Howard and Irrationalism" by Edward A. Waterman
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"Heritage of Steel: Howard and the Frontier
Myth" by Steven R. Trout
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"Barbarism and Decadence" by Lauric Guillard
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"Twilight of the Gods: Howard and the Volkstumbewegung"
by Scott Conners
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"Gigantic Gulfs of Eons: Kull, Conan, and
Tyrant Time" by Steven Tompkins
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"Lands of Dreams and Nightmares" by George
Knight
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"The Reign of Blood" by Leo Grin
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"The Barbaric Triumph" by Don Herron
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on the Contributors
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"YOURS FOR FASTER HIPPOS," (Thirty Years
of "Conan vs. Conantics")
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"Conan vs. Conantics"
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"The Tennessee Kid: Some History"
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"Bran Mak Morn"
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"On Murgunstrumm, Mak Morn, and Karl
Edward Wagner: Afterthoughts"
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"Postscript: The Shadow of the Dragon"
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Acknowledgements
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Megapack Bonus
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"Swords at the Academy Gates: or, Robert
E. Howard Is There, Where Are the Critics?"
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"On Howardian Fairyland"
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"The Geo Knight Caper"
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"Conan the Expensive"
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"Castrated, But Still Limping Along: The
Dark Man 1990-2010"
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"Walk on the Wildside: A Brace of Reviews"
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"Non Sequiturs Inside the Academy Gates"
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"Enter the Academics"
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Edited by Don Herron
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The Cimmerian Press is a division of LMG
Books.
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THE DARK BARBARIAN contains a 12 page
section with black & white photos, cover reproductions, letter reproductions,
and a holograph from Howard's high school paper.
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