Name: Three Tales of Solomon Kane (a Collection of Short Stories) (in English)
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Author: Robert E. Howard
ISBN: 9781473323629

portada Three Tales of Solomon Kane (a Collection of Short Stories) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Robert E. Howard

Publisher

White Press

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.5 cm

Weight

0.11 kg.

ISBN13

9781473323629

Synopsis "Three Tales of Solomon Kane (a Collection of Short Stories) (in English)"

These early works by Robert E. Howard were originally published in the early 20th century and we are now republishing them with a brand new introductory biography. 'Three Tales of Solomon Kane' is a compilation of Howard's short stories in the Solomon Kane series and include 'Skulls in the Stars', 'Rattle of Bones', and 'Red Shadows'. Robert Ervin Howard was born in Peaster, Texas in 1906. During his youth, his family moved between a variety of Texan boomtowns, and Howard - a bookish and somewhat introverted child - was steeped in the violent myths and legends of the Old South. At fifteen Howard began to read the pulp magazines of the day, and to write more seriously. The December 1922 issue of his high school newspaper featured two of his stories, 'Golden Hope Christmas' and 'West is West'. In 1924 he sold his first piece - a short caveman tale titled 'Spear and Fang' - for $16 to the not-yet-famous Weird Tales magazine. Howard's most famous character, Conan the Cimmerian, was a barbarian-turned-King during the Hyborian Age, a mythical period of some 12,000 years ago. Conan featured in seventeen Weird Tales stories between 1933 and 1936 which is why Howard is now regarded as having spawned the 'sword and sorcery' genre. The Conan stories have since been adapted many times, most famously in the series of films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Robert E. Howard

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(1906-1936) fue un escritor estadounidense de aventuras históricas y fantásticas. Fue pionero y creador del sub-género de "Espada y Brujería", gracias a la creación de personajes como “Kull De Atlantis”, "Solomon Kane" y "Conan". Sus historias fueron publicadas principalmente en la revista Weird Tales en los años 1930. Para esta revista ideó numerosos personajes que lo convirtieron en uno de los escritores más exitosos de su tiempo. En su período de esplendor como autor mantuvo correspondencia con H. P. Lovecraft y Clark Ashton Smith. Es, junto con J. R. R. Tolkien, uno de los escritores más influyentes de la fantasía heroica moderna.

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