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Graveyard Rats and Others Paperback – November 16, 2004

by Robert E Howard (Author), Paul Herman (Editor)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
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Robert E. Howard came into the fiction magazine scene virtually on Dashell Hammett's heels. By that time Howard was a full-fledged professional writer; he was willing to try any marketplace to make a living. Despite an aversion to the detective formula, he wrote the tales in Graveyard Rats during the same years he chronicled the adventures of Conan. This collection features a new introduction by scholar Don Herron, editor of "The Dark Barbarian," the definitive look at the life and work of Robert E. Howard.
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    196 pages
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    English
  3. Publisher
    Wildside Press
  4. Publication date
    November 16, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.45 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    159224145X
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1592241453
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wildside Press (November 16, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 196 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 159224145X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1592241453
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.45 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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Robert E. Howard

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(1906-1936) Robert Erwin Howard was born and rasied in rural Texas, where he lived all his life. The son of a pioneer physician, he began writing professionally at the age of fifteen. Howard killed himself in June 1936 when he learned that his beloved mother had fallen into a coma.

Photo by English: Studio photograph commisioned by Robert E. Howard [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Christian Hartman
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice collection of REH detective/horror/action stories.
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2019
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REH was NOT a fan of the detective genre & it shows. However these stories pack the usual Howard PUNCH! Also has a touch of Rohmer's Fu Manchu style so if you like those, you may like these as well!
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Chris Jarocha-Ernst
3.0 out of 5 stars Detectives in the Pines
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2004
This is an incomplete collection of Howard's detective and weird menace stories. The contents are
Black Talons / Fangs of Gold / The Tomb's Secret / Names in the Black Book / Graveyard Rats / Black Wind Blowing
About half of these have appeared in other, mass-market books; the others have been hard to come by, so the collection is welcome for that reason.
However, the price is pretty steep for 6 stories, and lesser Howard ones at that. Can the rights to these stories have been that expensive? Baen managed to publish 7 mass-market paperback Howard collections, each of which has about twice as many stories as this, for about $6-7 per book. Wandering Star also publishes expensive Howard collections, but those are of the widely known characters, in deluxe editions with illustrations. No illustrations here, aside from the generic, apparently public-domain cover illo.
There's also an introduction by Howard scholar Don Herron, but it doesn't add much, if any, value.
If you're a Howard fan, you'll want this book. Even lesser Howard is better than some other people. But I can't see the general public wanting to spend this much money for so little.
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Kokopelli
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Robert E. Howard
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2017
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I have been a fan of his for more than 45 years. Probably read these stories sometime in those years but still an enjoyable read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not Free SF Reader
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2007
Generally some detective types dealing with weird stuff.

Graveyard Rats and Others : BLACK TALONS - Robert E. Howard
Graveyard Rats and Others : FANGS OF GOLD - Robert E. Howard
Graveyard Rats and Others : THE TOMB'S SECRET - Robert E. Howard
Graveyard Rats and Others : NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK - Robert E. Howard
Graveyard Rats and Others : GRAVEYARD RATS - Robert E. Howard
Graveyard Rats and Others : BLACK WIND BLOWING - Robert E. Howard

Brill's execution murder postponed by leopard man.

3 out of 5

Swamp Cat more voodoo than tiger Steve Harrison finds, knife work here.

3 out of 5

Murdered men, murdered Mongol murderers, and more. What else could it be but a secret Oriental formula plot? Or so Brock Rollins discovers, among other strange things.

3 out of 5

Harrison has a few problems on river street. There are bad Khans around. Ok, how many stories are the Khans the good guys? No, female drummers don't count, sorry. The odd scary publication and object to go along with it.

3.5 out of 5

Rodents start at the head, not the knees, as far as human bodies go, as scared men have Harrison on the trail of a murderer.

3.5 out of 5

Devil cult's family reduction attempt.

3.5 out of 5
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S. L. Shrewsbury
5.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2004
Certainly incomplete, but a great thumping read for fans and folks unfamiliar with Robert E. Howard. Black talons and others are terrific tales of the era. A tad pricey, but a durable volume of tales.
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J. Deckard
3.0 out of 5 stars Graveyard Rats and others
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2008
Howard sold these stories to the detective pulps, but there isnt much detectin' going on. With some minor changes the heros could be any of Howard's big beefy characters.All of the stories have some supernatural elements, african ju-ju men,or evil orential Fu Manchu types."The Tombs Secret" is pretty good,as not too many stories revolve around dental work. "Graveyard Rats is fairly creepy, but the biggest mystery is what the title "Fangs of Gold" has to do with that story. The other four stories are pretty standard pulp fare. Howard's detective stories are hard to come by, so if you are a fan its worth it, even if its kind of pricey.If you are just getting interested in R.E.H., start elsewhere.
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