Oh ho ho ho

Oct 20, 2010 10:57

S.T. Joshi once made the remark that Robert E. Howard studies/fandom is about twenty years behind Lovecraft studies/fandom in that the Howardians are still going nuts whenever anyone does a little biocrit or mentions Howard's racism or even points out that some of Howard's stuff wasn't so great ( Read more... )

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vschanoes October 20 2010, 18:03:24 UTC
We expect you to accord Robert E. Howard the same respect as any other 20th century American author with continued and perennial popularity.

So, none, then?

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nihilistic_kid October 20 2010, 18:06:28 UTC
*GASP!*

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mr_earbrass October 20 2010, 18:09:03 UTC
Heh, beat me to it.

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pomo_drunkard October 20 2010, 18:50:23 UTC
As much respect as you give Ayn Rand!

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jonquil October 20 2010, 19:03:29 UTC
Barbara Cartland-level, at the very least.

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pixelfish October 20 2010, 19:17:34 UTC
Barbara Cartland taught me to abuse and overuse ellipses! Oh, Barbara, your gasping heroines and their inability to speak in full sentences!

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jeriendhal October 20 2010, 19:47:09 UTC
"Ah, the giants."

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sacredchao23 October 20 2010, 19:38:37 UTC
Clearly we just to ignore all of the nasty stuff, never mentioning it ever . . . Just like we do with T.S. Eliot.

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