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[billy beach ball]

The Secret History of The World by Johnathan Black

Ah, yes! The worst book ever published! I cannot say that I have read it, really, as it is unreadable.

A bold statement, although it has thus far been a bit odd.

I would recommend The Illuminatis trilogy for a much better read than this effort.

[timeless]

'Crazy Horse and Custer' by Stephen Ambrose.

Interesting read. I visited the Little Bighorn/Greasy Grass a few years back. Have always been fascinated by the events of that day. Tashunka Witco, the Oglala's 'Strange Man,' and G. A. Custer were both warriors born and destined to clash. Weird fact...the Cheyenne and Sioux and Blackfeet hated Custer but didn't know until after the battle that it was he they were facing. Also, the entire battle lasted perhaps twenty minutes, half an hour.

Custer got 'Siouxed.' And I don't mean by lawyers.

[billy beach ball]

'Crazy Horse and Custer' by Stephen Ambrose.

Interesting read. I visited the Little Bighorn/Greasy Grass a few years back. Have always been fascinated by the events of that day. Tashunka Witco, the Oglala's 'Strange Man,' and G. A. Custer were both warriors born and destined to clash. Weird fact...the Cheyenne and Sioux and Blackfeet hated Custer but didn't know until after the battle that it was he they were facing. Also, the entire battle lasted perhaps twenty minutes, half an hour.

Custer got 'Siouxed.' And I don't mean by lawyers.

you read Flashman and The Redskins? Classic.

[timeless]

No, I'm dying to though.

Loved Thomas Berger's 'Little Big Man.' Hilarious book. laugh-out-loud. Highly recommend it.

Edited by timeless, 12 August 2008 - 08:31 PM.

[Lord Bear Valentine]

Just finished:

EE Knight's Fall With Honor
&
SM Stirling's Conquistador

Now reading:

Scott Oden's Men of Bronze
&
SM Stirling's Ice, Iron, & Gold

[darthgall]

Just finished King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard, and have just started "She"... found a combo, two-in-one edition at the Milwaukee Library...

Does anyone know if REH read these? Did he ever comment on them? I'd imagine he'd like them; it's early indiana jones stuff, similar to some Howard stories...

[billy beach ball]

Just finished King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard, and have just started "She"... found a combo, two-in-one edition at the Milwaukee Library...

Does anyone know if REH read these? Did he ever comment on them? I'd imagine he'd like them; it's early indiana jones stuff, similar to some Howard stories...

I'll eat my kex if he didn't.

[Reaver]

Reading Swords of Sharhazar and Baen's Cormac Mac Art.

[deuce]

'Crazy Horse and Custer' by Stephen Ambrose.

Interesting read. I visited the Little Bighorn/Greasy Grass a few years back. Have always been fascinated by the events of that day. Tashunka Witco, the Oglala's 'Strange Man,' and G. A. Custer were both warriors born and destined to clash. Weird fact...the Cheyenne and Sioux and Blackfeet hated Custer but didn't know until after the battle that it was he they were facing. Also, the entire battle lasted perhaps twenty minutes, half an hour.

Custer got 'Siouxed.' And I don't mean by lawyers.

you read Flashman and The Redskins? Classic.

Hell yeah!

SPOILER
Flash makes it out alive.

[deuce]

Just finished King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard, and have just started "She"... found a combo, two-in-one edition at the Milwaukee Library...

Does anyone know if REH read these? Did he ever comment on them? I'd imagine he'd like them; it's early indiana jones stuff, similar to some Howard stories...

I'll eat my kex if he didn't.

REH stated at least once that HRH was one of his "favorite writers". Check this out:
http://www.rehupa.com/bookshelf_h.htm

[deuce]

Reading Swords of Sharhazar and Baen's Cormac Mac Art.

Can't go wrong with THAT twofer.

[Scott Oden]

Now reading:

Scott Oden's Men of Bronze
&
SM Stirling's Ice, Iron, & Gold

I hope you enjoy it, Lord Bear!


Best,

Scott

[Baphomet]

A bold statement, although it has thus far been a bit odd.

Fortean Times had a very amusing review of the book. Alas! it was too late, as I had already bought it and discovered its "secrets" for myself.

[Cap'n Kidd]

The Count of Monte Cristo

I recently "won" "Revolt in the Desert" by T E Lawrence on ebay. I've always loved the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" and knew that REH got his inspiration for El Borak from him (and from the Jimgrim stories by Talbot Mundy as well).
This past June I went to "Howard Days" in Cross Plains and saw the book in the Howard Museum as part of REH's library. I had to have it!

Right on, Cap'n! I've got the first American edition. An excellent, influential book. BTW, Girasol is publishing Mundy's King -- of the Khyber Rifles in facsimile with ALL of the Joseph Clement Coll artwork. Woohoo!

Thanks. I have the Donald M Grant edition of Kyber Rifles. I love the Jimgrim stories. Of course I read a review on a website by a person who enjoyed Talbot Mundy and Harold Lamb better than REH because they were more restrained. That's what I love about REH....he took inspiration from these authors, put himself in the stories and was less restrained!!! As a matter of fact he completely let loose!

[Cap'n Kidd]

I recently "won" "Revolt in the Desert" by T E Lawrence on ebay. I've always loved the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" and knew that REH got his inspiration for El Borak from him (and from the Jimgrim stories by Talbot Mundy as well).
This past June I went to "Howard Days" in Cross Plains and saw the book in the Howard Museum as part of REH's library. I had to have it!

Its good, but its also an Abridgment.. if you want the whole thing its called " Seven Pillars of Wisdom " and is about 600 pages longer than Revolt.. Just make sure its the 1922 oxford manuscript.. otherwise it could still be an abridgment.. Try and get a hold of his book ' The Mint ' as well.. its highly entertaining.

Thanks for the info. I've see a paperback version of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" at a used book store and wondered about that.

[rabbits]

I recently "won" "Revolt in the Desert" by T E Lawrence on ebay. I've always loved the movie "Lawrence of Arabia" and knew that REH got his inspiration for El Borak from him (and from the Jimgrim stories by Talbot Mundy as well).
This past June I went to "Howard Days" in Cross Plains and saw the book in the Howard Museum as part of REH's library. I had to have it!

Its good, but its also an Abridgment.. if you want the whole thing its called " Seven Pillars of Wisdom " and is about 600 pages longer than Revolt.. Just make sure its the 1922 oxford manuscript.. otherwise it could still be an abridgment.. Try and get a hold of his book ' The Mint ' as well.. its highly entertaining.

Thanks for the info. I've see a paperback version of "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" at a used book store and wondered about that.

No problems.. if you have any questions feel free to ask.. I won't promise to be able to answer with anything approaching authority.. but I've got about a dozen books written by or about Lawrence .. though I find his archeology work far more interesting than his work for the Arab bureau.. and Especially his mis adventures when trying to simply be left alone.. Punching a paparazzi and hiding in a London Hostel for a week tops the list..

[Lord Bear Valentine]

Now reading:

Scott Oden's Men of Bronze
&
SM Stirling's Ice, Iron, & Gold

I hope you enjoy it, Lord Bear!


Best,

Scott

Thanks!

So far, it's quite good.

[Axerules]

I've reread The Hashish Eater -or- the Apocalypse of Evil and a few other poems by CAS.

I just started The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

[Rusty Burke]

Just finished King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard, and have just started "She"... found a combo, two-in-one edition at the Milwaukee Library...

Does anyone know if REH read these? Did he ever comment on them? I'd imagine he'd like them; it's early indiana jones stuff, similar to some Howard stories...

The closest Howard comes to mentioning either of those is in a list of parodic book titles, which includes "King Solomon's Shines." But he said Haggard was one of his favorite authors, and we know that he owned Allan Quatermain, The Ancient Allan, and The People of the Mist, so I find it very hard to imagine that he did not read King Solomon's Mines and She.

Rusty

[El Borak's Li'l Brother]

I'm about to dive into Bram Stoker's The Lair of the White Worm...uh, under the title The Garden of Fear.

I've been wanting to read this for a long time, but hadn't found a copy of it 'til now. I hope it stands up to the long wait...