Marchers of Valhalla
by Robert E. Howard 
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"I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing." --- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale Moby-Dick is an 1851 novel by Herman Melville. It describes the ill-fated voyage of the whaling ship Pequod to find and destroy the eponymous white whale, driven by the obsessive Captain Ahab. The language is highly symbolic and many themes run throughout the work. The narrator's reflections, along with complex descriptions of the grueling work of whaling and show more personalities of his shipmates, are woven into a profound meditation on hubris, providence, nature, society, and the human struggle for meaning, happiness and salvation. Moby-Dick is often considered the epitome of American Romanticism. show lessTags
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This collection of early Robert E. Howard tales shows the development of REH as a sword & sorcery writer. In the introduction, Fritz Leiber describes them as a cross-section of REH’s interests, a sampler of the obsessions that were the foundation of his most successful work.
This collection of early Robert E. Howard tales shows the development of REH as a sword & sorcery writer. In the introduction, Fritz Leiber describes them as a cross-section of REH’s interests, a sampler of the obsessions that were the foundation of his most successful work.
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Robert E. Howard was born in Peaster, Texas on January 22, 1906. At the beginning of his writing career, he primarily wrote pulp fiction and had numerous stories published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales including Spear and Fang, The Hyena, Wolfshead, Red Shadows, and The Shadow Kingdom. He created the character of Conan the Barbarian in the show more pages of Weird Tales. By 1936, almost all of his fiction writing was in the western genre and his first novel, A Gent from Bear Creek, was about to be published. He committed suicide on June 11, 1936 at the age of 30. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1972 (collection) (collection); 1966 (For the Love of Barbara Allen) (For the Love of Barbara Allen); 1962 (The Grey God Passes) (The Grey God Passes); 1972 (Marchers of Valhalla) (Marchers of Valhalla); 1967 (Out of the Deep) (Out of the Deep); 1928 (Sea Curse) (Sea Curse) (show all 9); 1938 (A Thunder of Trumpets) (A Thunder of Trumpets); 1972 (the Thunder-Rider) (the Thunder-Rider); 1967 (The Valley of the Lost) (The Valley of the Lost)
- People/Characters
- Conn (the thrall of Wolfgar Snorri's son); Odin (The Grey God); Dunlang O'Hartigan; Brian Boru; Eevin of Craglea; Murrogh O'Brien (show all 53); Turlogh Dubh O'Brien; Sitric Silkbeard; Brodir of Man; Kormlada (Gormlaith); Thorwald Raven; Bernice Andover; Ranjit Bhatarka; Jhundra Singh; Hugh Bradberry; James Allison; Hialmar (James Allison); Asgrimm; Kelka; Shakkaru; Akkheba; Aluna; Ishtar; John Kulrek; Lie-lip Canool; Moll Farrell; Adam Falcon; Margaret Deveral; John Harper; John Gower; Tom Leary; Michael Hansen; Esatema (Iron Heart, the Thunder-Ridet); John Garfield; Eagle Feather; Quanah Parker; Red Knife; Conchita; Cotopah; Tezcatlipoca; Xototl; Rachel Ormond; Joel Grimes; Bedford Forrest; John Grimes; Doc Blaine; John Reynolds; Esau Reynolds; Jonas McCrill; Saul Fletcher; Bill Ord; Peter Ord; Jack Solomon
- Important places
- Torka, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK; Erin; Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland; Faring; Sawlpore, India; Texas, USA (show all 10); Khemu; Brazos River, Texas, USA; Ghost Cave, Lost Valley, Texas, USA; Antelope Wells, Texas, USA
- Important events
- Battle of Clontarf; Ragnarok
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English
- Media
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- ISBNs
- 5
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