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Anyone looking to find out more about their favorite Horror Writer H. P. Lovecraft should definitely read Darrell's extensive study. The Bibliography of rare editions and his background biographical information makes this a must with all the dates of publication and actual time frames of publishing cycles expertly annotated and chronologically noted.

The story of Conan, the huge Cimmerian who slashed his way through the exotic realms of the Hyborian Age, in the dim reaches of man's prehistoric past, eventually making himself King of Aquilonia, the greatest and riches of the Hyborian lands, is the core of this book on Robert Howard.

Contents:

• 3 - Introduction: Conversations in Print - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 4 - Theodore Sturgeon - interview of Theodore Sturgeon by Darrell Schweitzer
• 18 - Alfred Bester - interview of Alfred Bester by Darrell Schweitzer
• 26 - Frederik Pohl - interview of Frederik Pohl by Darrell Schweitzer
• 32 - James Gunn - interview of James E. Gunn by Darrell Schweitzer
• 37 - Fritz Leiber - (1976) - interview of Fritz Leiber by Darrell Schweitzer
• 43 - Hal Clement - interview of Hal Clement by Darrell Schweitzer
• 53 - L. Sprague de Camp - interview of L. Sprague de Camp by Darrell Schweitzer

Contents:

• 5 - Introduction (Science Fiction Voices #5) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 7 - Isaac Asimov - (1976) - interview of Isaac Asimov by Darrell Schweitzer and Andrew Porter
• 14 - Lin Carter - interview of Lin Carter by Darrell Schweitzer
• 26 - Lester del Rey - interview of Lester del Rey by Darrell Schweitzer
• 35 - Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett - interview of Edmond Hamilton and Leigh Brackett by Darrell Schweitzer
• 41 - Frank Belknap Long - interview of Frank Belknap Long by Darrell Schweitzer
• 48 - Clifford D. Simak - interview of Clifford D. Simak by Darrell Schweitzer
• 55 - Wilson Tucker - interview of Wilson Tucker by Darrell Schweitzer
• 60 - Jack Williamson - interview of Jack Williamson by Darrell Schweitzer

This book presents a wide range of analysis, criticism, and opinion about one of the most influential fantasy authors of the twentieth century.

Contents:

• 7 - Introduction (Robert E. Howard Reader) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 11 - Robert E. Howard: A Texan Master - (2006) - essay by Michael Moorcock
• 16 - The Everlasting Barbarian - (2006) - essay by Leo Grin
• 24 - Robert E. Howard's Fiction - (1985) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 39 - The Art of Robert Ervin Howard - (1959) - essay by Poul Anderson
• 42 - Howard's Style - (1961) - essay by Fritz Leiber
• 46 - What He Wrote and They Said It - essay by Robert Weinberg
• 51 - Barbarism vs. Civilization - essay by S. T. Joshi
• 82 - Crash Go the Civilizations - essay by Mark Hall
• 94 - Return to Xuthal - essay by Charles Hoffman
• 114 - Howard's Oriental Stories - essay by Don D'Ammassa
• 125 - King Kull as a Prototype of Conan - (2006) - essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 133 - How Pure a Puritan Was Solomon Kane? - essay by Robert M. Price
• 139 - Balthus of Cross Plains - (1959) - essay by George H. Scithers
• 143 - Fictionalizing Howard - essay by Gary Romeo
• 155 - A Journey to Cross Plains - (1984) - essay by Howard Waldrop
• 162 - Weird Tales and the Great Depression - essay by Scott Connors
• 179 - After Aquilonia, and Having Left Lankhmar...: Sword & Sorcery Since the 1980s - (2007) - essay by Steve Tompkins
• 195 - About the Contributors (The Robert E. Howard Reader) - essay by uncredited