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Revision as of 06:16, 19 July 2010
Robert E. Howard was a SF writer best-known for his character Conan the Barbarian (aka "Conan the Cimmerian). As such, he was influential in the development of the sword and sorcery genre.
Howard committed suicide in 1936, after battling lifelong depression.
Major female characters included:
- Red Sonya of Rogatino - female warrior, the prototype for Marvel's Red Sonja
- Dark Agnes de la Fere - female warrior
- Bêlit - a female pirate in Queen of the Black Coast
Further reading
- wikipedia entry
- Dark Valley Destiny by L. Sprague de Camp
- One Who Walked Alone by Novalyne Price Ellis, Howard's partner for a few years
- "The Whole Wide World" (1996 film based on biography by Novalyne Price Ellis)
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