Answers
- What does the E stand for in Robert E. Howard's name? Ervin
- What was Robert Enders Allen's real name? (Howard rewrote Allen's story, "The Last Ride.") Chandler Whipple
- Who published volume one of Amra? George Heap
- Howard was born in (a) Cross Plains, (b) Peaster, (c) New Orleans, or (d) Brownsville
- Which of the following did not like the Conan stories? H.P. Lovecraft, L. Sprague de Camp, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch, J.R.R. Tolkien
- What was the identity of the apparation in "Delenda Est"? Hannibal
- According to Howard, not Marvel Comics, who was Zukala? A pre-historic pagan god, the disposer of souls
- Did Howard ever attempt to write a play? Yes.
- What city does "The Shadow of Doom" take place in? Austin, TX
- What were the original titles of the stories de Camp rewote for Tales of Conan? "The Blood-Stained God"/"The Curse of the Blood-Stained God" - "Hawks Over Shem"/"Hawks Over Egypt" - "The Road of Eagles"/The Road of Eagles - "The Flame Knife"/"Three-Bladed Doom
- Who did Delcardes want to marry in the Kull story, "The Cat and the Skull" (a.k.a. "Delcardes' Cat")? Kulra Thoom
- According to Howard's letters, at least one Cimmerian roamed the Hyborian world before Conan. Who? Conan's grandfather
- Name an Earthman who goes to Almuric. Esau Cairn
- Who are the antagonists in the story, "The Little People"? The Picts
- In what century does "The People of the Black Coast" take place? The 20th Century
- Can the Kull and Conan stories be considered part of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos? Yes, if you want to stretch a point
- Where and when did the Conan vignette that begins "Know O prince..." first appear? Weird Tales, December 1932 (as a prologue to "The Phoenix on the Sword")
- Who or what saves the protagonist in "Dermod's Bane"? The ghost of his sister, Moira Kirowan
- In Howard's unedited draft of "The Tower of the Elephant" does he say in what city the story takes place? No.
- What was the name of Howard's high school newspaper? The Tattler
- What were the orginal titles of the stories Farnsworth Wright retitled prior to their publication in Weird Tales? "Shadows in the Moonlight"/"Iron Shadows in the Moon" - "Shadows in Zamboula"/"The Man-Eaters of Zamboula" - "The Slithering Shadow"/"Xuthal of the Dusk" - "Red Shadows"/"Solomon Kane" - "Jewels of Gwahlur"/"Teeth of Gwahlur" - "The Grisley Horror"/"Moon of Zembabwei"
- Are there any major differences in the published versions of the poem, "Cimmeria"? Yes, the last stanza is usually missing.
- Lin Carter has completed stories in how many Howard series? Three -- Conan, Kull, James Allison's Incarnations
- What was Tevis Clyde Smith's part in the collaborative effort "Red Blades of Black Cathay"? He did the historical research.
- Did Robert E. Howard ever ride in a boat? Yes.
- In "The Haunter of the Ring" whose ring was it originally? Thoth Amon
- What does Conan do to the Frost-Giant's sons? He kills them (of course)
- According to Howard, where does "The Hall of the Dead" occur? In the foothills of Zamora.
- Two Conan stories have action taking place in Nemedia. What are they? "The God in the Bowl" and The Hour of the Dragon
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