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    The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies
    The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies
    The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies
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    The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies

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    The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2. Articles by Lee Breakiron (The Cromlechers, on the fanzine the Cromlech), and Jeffrey Shanks on theosophy in the works of Robert E. Howard. The journal ends with a book review by Mark Finn.
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    PublisherLulu.com
    Release dateDec 24, 2014
    ISBN9781312780118
    The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies

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      The Dark Man - Lee Breakiron

      The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies

      The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies

      Editors:

      Charles Gramlich, Xavier University

      Mark E. Hall, Bureau of Land Management

      Jeffrey Kahan, University of La Verne

      Gene Melton II, North Carolina State University

      Review Board:

      Patrick Burger, John Abbot College

      Rusty Burke, Independent Scholar

      Mark Finn, Independent Scholar

      Chris Gruber, Independent Scholar

      Scotty Henderson, University of British Columbia

      Patrice Louinet, Independent Scholar

      ISBN 978-1-312-78011-8 (ePub)

      The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies (ISSN 1537-0496) is an academic journal devoted to the life and works of Robert E. Howard. The journal also welcomes articles on Howard’s contemporaries, particularly H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith. Cover art copyright © 2014 Scotty Henderson. All other contents copyright © 2014 The Dark Man. All rights reserved.

      All submissions should be sent to: Mark Hall (PO Box 349, Winnemucca, NV 89446), or mhall940@yahoo.com. Please follow the MLA Style Sheet. E-mail submissions as a Word document preferred.

      The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies, Vol. 7, No. 2, December 2014

      Editorials

      Prefatory Remarks

      By Mark E. Hall

      In Memoriam: Larry Richter (1949–2014)

      By Rusty Burke

      The Least of Bob Howard

      By Larry Richter

      Articles

      Theosophy and the Thurian Age: Addendum

      By Jeffrey Shanks

      The Cromlechers: The Story of the First Scholarly

      Robert E. Howard Journal

      By Lee A. Breakiron

      Book Review

      Less an Archive, More an Agenda

      By Mark Finn

      Editorials

      Prefatory Remarks

      By Mark E. Hall (Bureau of Land Management)

      Welcome to Volume 7, Number 2 of The Dark Man. In this issue we have a contribution by Jeffrey Shanks on Robert Howard and theosophy, and another solid bibliographic essay on the fanzine Cromlech by Lee Breakiron. The issue is rounded out with a review of the anthology The Weird by Mark Finn. 

      While this issue was being prepared, news came to us that Larry Richter, a former member of the Review Board, had passed away. Although he was not trained as a literary scholar, Larry was always perceptive and insightful when reviewing submissions, and he was adamant that jargon and fluff be excised. Additionally, Larry was the creator of our journal logo and produced cover art for two issues.

      In the pages that follow, Rusty Burke pays tribute to Larry, and then we present the latest version of Larry’s essay entitled The Least of Bob Howard. This essay has not been formally peer-reviewed, but Larry had been sharing it with many in Howard scholarship and had kept revising it as he received comments. Even in its unfinished form, the review board felt, this essay should be shared with a larger reading audience.

      REHupa196 ZineCov by Larry Richter 40pct REHupa196 RC by Larry Richter 40pct

      A small sample of artwork created by Larry Richter for his contribution to the Robert E. Howard United Press Association.

      In Memoriam: Larry Richter (1949–2014)

      By Rusty Burke (Independent Scholar)

      I

      t is with profound sadness that we report that Larry Richter, long-time member of the Review Board for The Dark Man, passed away on 3 July 2014. Larry was one of the most perceptive Robert E. Howard analysts and critics of the past twenty years, though he himself would have argued that he was no such thing. His intelligent commentary and ready wit will be greatly missed. His cogent observation on one submission, for example: If it’s a genuine current technique to ship a bag of words and ask you to rebuild a poem with them, the article may be of use to someone out there.

      In addition to his role with The Dark Man, Larry was a long-time member of the Robert E. Howard United Press Association (REHupa), and played a prominent role for a number of years on the online Robert E. Howard Forum (at conan.com) as theGrayMan. Larry was also a very fine artist, and produced the covers for our ninth and tenth issues. Much more of his art, including his terrific sketch work, graced his REHupa zines.

      For me personally, Larry was a wonderful, caring friend, an industrious helper on many projects, a person I turned to frequently for insight. We talked on the phone a lot, pretty much always initiated by him. He might call me at work or at home, any time of day or night, whenever inspiration struck him, a question nagged at him, or he just felt like chewing the rag with someone who was likely to understand what he wanted to say. Sometimes we’d talk for just 10 or 15 minutes and then he’d say, Well, I know you’re busy so I’ll talk to you later, even if I protested that in fact I had some time to talk; other times he’d go on for an hour with me punctuating it with Look, I’ve gotta go. The conversations could go anywhere, and he talked just exactly the way he wrote. It could seem circumlocutory, but embedded within were generally some quite astute and even pithy observations. Even when I really did need to get back to work, it was hard to just say goodbye and hang up, because what he had to say was always interesting.

      When I was trying to track down copies of, or at least solid information on, all the books in the REH Bookshelf, Larry did a lot of searching on the internet, calling librarians or book dealers, and so forth. He was pretty much responsible for introducing me to the wonders of Bookfinder, ABE, and WorldCat. He even tracked down and sent me copies of some of the more obscure books, like Henry Ansley’s I Like the Depression. I have a photocopy of the entirety of P. W. Joyce’s Short History of Gaelic Ireland thanks to Larry. He’d made a cover page for it with a skull and crossbones and the words Har Har. (Pirate edition, see?) The REH Bookshelf really owes a great deal to Larry’s efforts.

      I don’t remember how the subject of Howard’s stay in New Orleans came up, but some time thereafter I received a fat envelope with copies of documents from Tulane University related to Dr. Isaac Howard’s tenure there. Larry also included a copy of the letter he had written to the man he had spoken with at Tulane. Larry had sent them a $10 check and written, "Your fees are so small as to make me sad. Information should

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