The Dark Man: Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, publishes new issue

I posted this announcement over at Wordpress but I'm a big Howard fan and want to support Mark's work, so I'm reposting it here, too.

Mark Hall, editor of The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, announced a couple of weeks ago that Volume 4, Issue 2 is now available. Here are a few highlights:

Contents:

• Elements of Sadomasochism in the Fiction and Poetry of Robert E. Howard, by Charles Hoffman


• Giant Intelligent Crabs, Oh My! Haggard and Howard, by Robert McIlvaine


• Sumathi Ramaswamy, The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories, Review by David R. Werner


• Ken, Asamatsu, editor. Night Voices, Night Journey Lairs of the Hidden Gods Volume 1., Review by Charles Gramlich


• Opinion: An Honorable Retreat: Robert E. Howard as Escapist Writer, by Brian Murphy

80+ pages
$12 + postage ($2.50 domestic first class; $8.00 airmail overseas)

Disclaimer: Although there is no financial connection between SF-Fandom/Xenite.Org and the Dark Man journal, Mark is one of our volunteer forum moderators. Mark provides regular Dark Man Journal updates in our Pulp Authors Forum.

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Pulp Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Forum

To be honest, I don't recall exactly when we created our Pulp Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Forum. I believe it goes all the way back to 2000, when we first expanded the Xenite.Org forums. We currently only have discussion threads going back to 2003 because we have lost a few databases and changed a few servers and software packages since 2000/2001.

SF-Fandom has added and dropped many forums through the years. I only reluctantly drop them when interest in their topics becomes so small that even the moderators don't look at the threads any more.

Times were simpler in 2003. We had a few threads mostly about Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard's Conan. We've collected many other discussions through the years. I was thinking though that it would be nice to link to some of the older, more interesting threads -- especially some that highlighted other sites.

• Public Domain ERB


• Smithsonian on pulp art (the link in Mark's post should be updated to this)


• Conan movie still in the works? (the movie was never made, but a new "Conan" film is supposedly slated for release in 2010 -- yeah, right)


• League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and the Pulps


• Solomon Kane question


• Info on Frank Frazetta movie (it was called "Frazetta - Painting With Fire" and was released in 2003)


• John Norman's Gor Books (probably one of our longest running if intermittent discussions)

We're currently following news on the upcoming "John Carter of Mars" movie in the Pulp Authors Forum, as well as events relating to the celebration of pulp authors, stories, and characters. Here is a quick rundown of our most recent discussions:

• NEW illustrated editions of the John Carter series coming out


• Taylor Kitsch rumored for lead in "John Carter of Mars"


• French Museum exhibit challenges Tarzan-inspired myths


• Robert E. Howard fans celebrate his poetry this June


• Alex Ross talks Buck Rogers, Issue #0 coming May 2

Drop by the forums and browse our discussions. You may find something you like and a good reason to stay and join our community.

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