tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post1212832094055698658..comments2024-02-20T10:12:20.623+00:00Comments on The Blog That Time Forgot: Howard: What He Really Thought of Women.Taranaichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-85237189605722744422010-06-25T04:37:49.390+01:002010-06-25T04:37:49.390+01:00Thanks, Tex! I need to stop procrastinating and o...Thanks, Tex! I need to stop procrastinating and order The Collected Letters.G Matthew Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-73111532728426042642010-06-24T22:02:10.238+01:002010-06-24T22:02:10.238+01:00Hey Matthew, Tex is correct (and saved me the both...Hey Matthew, Tex is correct (and saved me the bother of running it up!)Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-8703464878702912312010-06-24T05:34:48.037+01:002010-06-24T05:34:48.037+01:00It's from The Collected Letters Vol.1, P287, l...It's from The Collected Letters Vol.1, P287, letter #083.<br /><br />Tex<br />(any excuse to go through the Collected Letters for funsies)Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514613848519711342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-67384776391268184582010-06-24T00:17:58.352+01:002010-06-24T00:17:58.352+01:00correction: "available from the Robert E. Ho...correction: "available from the Robert E. Howard Foundation?"G. Matthew Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-36379491527641900612010-06-24T00:15:35.712+01:002010-06-24T00:15:35.712+01:00Al,
Thanks for the post. Where exactly did you f...Al,<br /><br />Thanks for the post. Where exactly did you find the Howard passage? Is it in the Collected Letters available from the REH Society?G Matthew Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-40958747133676454292010-06-21T19:15:59.348+01:002010-06-21T19:15:59.348+01:00Francisco, you're correct: no mention of Hypat...Francisco, you're correct: no mention of Hypatia. Very strange, since Howard mentions a number of women I hadn't even heard of. Can't see any sign of her in the other letters either. However, Harold Preece said in his piece "Robert E. Howard and Women" this:<br /><br /><i>I could wish that Bob, so born out of his time, might have found his Hypatia or Sappho—or just an intelligent, understanding wife who could have seen to his survival following the death of his mother.</i><br /><br />This indicates that while Howard might not have written of Hypatia in the letters, it's possible - likely even - that he talked to Preece about her.<br /><br />Andy, took the words outta my mouth, dudemeister! Radical!Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-64748949936232654132010-06-21T15:29:24.573+01:002010-06-21T15:29:24.573+01:00Must be totally way-cool to be Aaron Dembski-Bowde...Must be totally way-cool to be Aaron Dembski-Bowden! I could only wish to be so self-righteous as he is! Awesome!Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624614486574035692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-13424949079335114472010-06-21T14:59:20.468+01:002010-06-21T14:59:20.468+01:00Woman is the future of mankind, man is the future ...Woman is the future of mankind, man is the future of nothing... Boris Vian<br />I dont know if he wrote mankind or humankind... but the sentence is absolutely right...<br />by the way Howard don't mention Hipatia de Alejandria... have you seen Agora? or Cosmos by Carl Sagan?<br />Francisco...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-10175333606694340342010-06-19T22:21:41.185+01:002010-06-19T22:21:41.185+01:00I figured as such: I can't remember you talkin...I figured as such: I can't remember you talking about him on your blog, though...Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-63537074910001118732010-06-19T22:02:16.424+01:002010-06-19T22:02:16.424+01:00In a good way or a bad way, James?
Words rarely fa...<i>In a good way or a bad way, James?</i><br /><br>Words rarely fail me when it comes to situation about which I am pleased. I can almost always rhapsodize but I am not so good at laments. :)James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-41544402844847706262010-06-19T19:45:02.151+01:002010-06-19T19:45:02.151+01:00Tex: I get the distinct impression many refuse to ...Tex: I get the distinct impression many refuse to actually read the Howard stories, or just go through an entirely cursory read.<br /><br />Anon: what really impressed me about Yasmina is how she recovered that unspeakable horror. Just a short while after suffering unimaginable torment, she started to speak with "a touch of her old imperiousness." By the end of the story she was on the road to her old commanding presence. Not all strong women are warriors in the Conan stories.<br /><br />Spider: Indeed, it's an unfortunate state of affairs that people take the easy way out. I guess AD-B just couldn't resist the money, but lack of respect he shows Howard for the sin of not conforming to 2000s' standards is, frankly, sickening. I wonder what he'd make of Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on black people?Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-88222759664014531782010-06-19T16:44:50.239+01:002010-06-19T16:44:50.239+01:00Great post.
It's easy to ignore evidence that...Great post.<br /><br />It's easy to ignore evidence that disagrees with one's point of view - and lots of people like to take the easy way out. <br /><br />And if AD-B hates Howard so much, why is he the dialog writer? Pah.Long Haired Spiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606752907299539959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-2837933615997422022010-06-19T16:18:47.677+01:002010-06-19T16:18:47.677+01:00Rereading the Conan stories to the wife I was impr...Rereading the Conan stories to the wife I was impressed by the passage in People of the Black Circle wherein Yasmina is made to relive her past lives. You'll know which section I mean. It includes the lines, "She suffered all the woes and wrongs and brutalities that man has inflicted on woman throughout the eons...".<br /><br />Obviously Howard was an insensitive brute and only wrote those lines to fool people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-66657518270045035202010-06-19T04:25:34.426+01:002010-06-19T04:25:34.426+01:00Howard a sexist? What Howard stories were those r...Howard a sexist? What Howard stories were those retarded monkeys reading?<br /><br />Oh wait, I forgot. Those two-digits can't read.<br /><br />I'm sooo sorry for insulting the illiterate.<br /><br />Tex<br />(Crom blast the illiterati!)Texhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16514613848519711342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-76026666689590242182010-06-19T03:05:45.062+01:002010-06-19T03:05:45.062+01:00In a good way or a bad way, James?In a good way or a bad way, James?Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-22606307662023025962010-06-19T02:51:53.955+01:002010-06-19T02:51:53.955+01:00Aaron Dembski-Bowden is chief dialog writer for Ag...Aaron Dembski-Bowden is chief dialog writer for <i>Age of Conan</i>? Words fail me.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-62472292309252778742010-06-19T02:18:53.283+01:002010-06-19T02:18:53.283+01:00Thanks, all. There are many examples in Howard...Thanks, all. There are many examples in Howard's letters where he puts across this egalitarian attitude, and discusses it elsewhere: this just happens to be the most striking of all.<br /><br />There's one letter where he's so disgusted by a court case, he says that women should just take control, since "they're the only sex with any guts left." He dedicates Dark Agnes to "all Sword Women past and present, gay or bold, good or bad." There's a pretty savage rant in one letter about the injustices meted out to women. I might put them up in a future post, too.Taranaichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02176999342965850175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-73963259094772119412010-06-19T01:48:55.162+01:002010-06-19T01:48:55.162+01:00I thank you, too. Also, I love reading your blog. ...I thank you, too. Also, I love reading your blog. Thank you for your efforts.sandySTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10648039575104173815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7177193073415704349.post-69578872614653469712010-06-18T22:10:09.019+01:002010-06-18T22:10:09.019+01:00Absolutely wonderful post. Thanks for posting thi...Absolutely wonderful post. Thanks for posting this.Neil Sarverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02832804229444976459noreply@blogger.com