Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author by William M. Oliver

Just received my hardcover copy of Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author by William M. Oliver a few minutes ago from Blackwell's Bookshop. I look forward to start reading this later today.

(£5 cheaper than from amazon and much better packaged!)

Conan's Brethren by Robert E. Howard

A new Waterstone's Outlet shop has just opened in Blackburn. Took a look in it today and found one remaining copy of this little beauty for the grand sum of £5. Brilliantly illustrated by Les Edwards, it has been edited by Stephen Jones, who has also written an Afterword. Contains stories involving Howard's other fantasy heroes, including Solomon Kane, King Kull, Bran Mak Morn, and others.

While I have most, if not all of these stories already in paperback, they're books I've owned for many years, some of them Lancer originals from the 1960s, and they're all getting a bit too fragile nowadays to read.

721 pages, with some fascinating magazine covers in the Afterword.