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Here's what is so great about REH's boxing stories: he really did them. Howard was a lifelong enthusiast of The Squared Circle and he often stepped into the ring down at the local icehouse--and sometimes he fought bare-knuckled! So, these stories bristle with a certain authenticity, a grounding in the familiar, whether REH was borrowing from his own experiences, or re-interpreting ring-lore to create his outlandish plots.
And then there's the fact that his funny boxer, Steve Costigan, is about as ...more
And then there's the fact that his funny boxer, Steve Costigan, is about as ...more
Perhaps Robert E. Howard’s strong output of boxing tales (some sixty eight, based on titles listed on HowardWorks) is best known to die-hard REH fans. However, it need not be. Wildside Press has produced books such as Waterfront Fists and The Complete Action Stories (replete with fistic exploits), the University of Nebraska saw fit to devote an entire volume to REH’s boxing stories as part of its series of Howard anthologies.
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This is a top-notch collection of Robert E. Howard's boxing fiction. It features all of Howard's ability to capture brutal combat, and many of the stories feature his sense of humor. I liked the way many of the stories referenced characters from other stories, as though they all lived in the same universe and were not just one-shots.
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Robert E. Howard's Steve Costigan boxing stories are among my favorites in the entire annals of short fiction.
This is the perfect collection to introduce someone to REH's boxing stories, both humorous and dramatic _Waterfront Fists and Other Stories_ is just as good, and well edited, but this one made slightly better choices in the stories to include. This book is probably responsible for setting me down the path to Pulp Scholarship, without it I probably would have focused my academic energies ...more
This is the perfect collection to introduce someone to REH's boxing stories, both humorous and dramatic _Waterfront Fists and Other Stories_ is just as good, and well edited, but this one made slightly better choices in the stories to include. This book is probably responsible for setting me down the path to Pulp Scholarship, without it I probably would have focused my academic energies ...more
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