Jewels of Gwahlur

H. P. Lovecraft: "Welcher Schriftsteller kann schon mit Howard mithalten, wenn es um pure, lebendige Angst geht?"Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) gilt mit seinen Geschichten um Helden wie Conan von Cimmerien, Red Sonja, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane und Kull von Atlantis als der Begründer der modernen »Schwert und Magie«-Fantasy. Er war ein Schriftsteller von gewaltiger visionärer und literarischer Kraft. Obwohl Howard sehr jung starb, haben seine fantastisch-historischen Erzählungen bis heute eine enorme Fangemeinde gefunden.Bei Festa werden nun erstmals auf Deutsch seine unheimlichen Geschichten veröffentlicht (circa 6 Bände), darunter einige die zu H. P. Lovecrafts »Cthulhu-Mythos« gezählt werden können. Das Bonusmaterial bilden Briefe zwischen H. P. Lovecraft und Robert E. Howard sowie Essays zu Leben und Werk des Texaners.Stephen King: "In Howards besten Erzählungen steckt eine so unglaubliche Energie, dass geradezu Funken sprühen!"Robert Bloch: "Hinter Howards Erzählungen lauert eine dunkle Poetik, und die zeitlose Wahrheit der Träume."

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It's clear from Howard's earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

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Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It's clear from Howard's earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It's clear from Howard's earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

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Robert Ervin Howard (1906-1936) was an American pulp writer of fantasy, horror, historical adventure, boxing, western, and detective fiction. He is well known for having created the character Conan the Cimmerian, a literary icon whose pop-culture imprint can be compared to such icons as Tarzan of the Apes, Sherlock Holmes, and James Bond. Voracious reading, along with a natural talent for prose writing and the encouragement of teachers, conspired to create in Howard an interest in becoming a professional writer. One by one he discovered the authors that would influence his later work: Jack London and Rudyard Kipling. It's clear from Howard's earliest writings and the recollections of his friends that he suffered from severe depression from an early age. Friends recall him defending the act of suicide as a valid alternative as early as eighteen years old, describing such an end not as a tragedy but as a release from hell on earth.

"Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 - 10 February 1932) was an English writer. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he left South Africa, returned to London, and began writing thrillers to raise income, publishing books including The Four Just Men (1905). Drawing on his time as a reporter in the Congo, covering the Belgian atrocities, Wallace serialised short stories in magazines such as The Windsor Magazine and later published collections such as Sanders of the River (1911). In 1931 he moved to Hollywood, where he worked as a script writer for RKO. He died suddenly from undiagnosed diabetes, during the initial drafting of King Kong (1933). Wallace was such a prolific writer that one of his publishers claimed that a quarter of all books in England were written by him. "

Trois aventures. Un seul nom : Conan.Dans les ruines hantées de "Clous Rouges", au coeur des intrigues mystiques des "Joyaux de Gwahlur", ou face aux complots qui menacent sa couronne dans "Le Phénix sur l'Epée", Conan le Cimmérien affronte magie noire, civilisations perdues et trahisons sanglantes.En ouverture, "L'Âge Hyborien", manifeste fondateur de Robert E. Howard, pose les fondations d'un monde brutal et inoubliable.Bienvenue dans l'univers sauvage, mythique et inégalité du plus célèbre barbare de la fantasy.

"Der Schwarze Zirkel" (The People of the Black Circle) ist eine der Original-Novellen über Conan dem legendären Barbaren, geschrieben vom amerikanischen Autor Robert E. Howard und erstmals in der Zeitschrift Weird Tales in drei Teilen in den Ausgaben vom September, Oktober und November 1934 veröffentlicht.Die Geschichte spielt im pseudohistorischen Hyborianischen Zeitalter und handelt von Conan, der eine exotische Prinzessin aus Vendhya (dem prähistorischen Indien) entführt und dabei einen ruchlosen Plan zur Welteroberung durch die schwarzen Magier von Yimsha vereitelt. Aufgrund ihres epischen Umfangs und des untypischen Charakters der Hindustan-Geschichte gilt die Erzählung als unumstrittener Klassiker der Conan-Legende und wird von Howard-Forschern oft als eine seiner besten Erzählungen zitiert. Sie ist auch eine der wenigen Howard-Geschichten, in denen der Leser einen tieferen Einblick in die Magie und die Magier erhält, jenseits der stereotypen hyborianischen Darstellung als Dämonenbeschwörer und Illusionisten-Priester.