RexMundi Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 So, Kull, Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, El Borak, and Sailor Steve Costigan all walk into a Bar. Who's the last one standing at the end of the inevitable Brawl? ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... That's a classic set-up to have a large group of bad guys attack, and Conan et al end up fighting back-to-back after recognizing kindred spirits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Except Sailor Steve Costigan gets pwned in Round 1 'cos he's too dumb to realise he's at least a handful of leagues out of his depth. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Head of wood....Fists of STEEL though.....Sailor Steve Costigan doesn't get pwned in one Round by Anybody...... ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevenall Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... I say they fight to a draw after several minutes and then decide to pool there forces and take over the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... the gentleman [and i use the tern loosly]from cimmeria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... i'm going to go out on a limb and say probably not the bar, the village or the kingdom it resides in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Normally I wouldn't get into this discussion because it reinforces the mistaken idea that Howard's work is all blood and guts without any brains. But then I realized something: you left out the most destructive of Howard's characters - Breckenridge Elkins. The others, with the possible exception of Steve Costigan, aren't likely to start a brawl just for the hell of it. Breck Elkins would, even if only by accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... SHHHHHHH........Don't say HIS name to loud......the Idea....is to have a Brawl, not a War. heh. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... In all seriousness? Kull or Conan. Both are huge men, stronger even by Howard standards, and Conan is used to fighting groups (he's really, really fast). For a more flippant answer... "Who ever wins, the bar looses." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... *Works in the corner with Sailor Steve...* "S'allright Steve....Ya can take the Bums! .....Ones gotta Pilgrim hat on fer Christs sakes, an them other three are ah' wearin Fur jockstraps. Hammer 'im both Stevie, work yer combos, an drop 'em like Dempsey in the ninth, afta that's, goin after the one dressed like an Aay-rab, should be easy as puddin!" ~Rex....Rings the Bell sends Steve back into the fray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted February 17, 2010 Report Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... *Works in the corner with Sailor Steve...* "S'allright Steve....Ya can take the Bums! .....Ones gotta Pilgrim hat on fer Christs sakes, an them other three are ah' wearin Fur jockstraps. Hammer 'im both Stevie, work yer combos, an drop 'em like Dempsey in the ninth, afta that's, goin after the one dressed like an Aay-rab, should be easy as puddin!" ~Rex....Rings the Bell sends Steve back into the fray. true the sailor knows awesome boxing science, that counts for a lot with weapons out of the picture.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Sailor Steve falls to no man wearing Fur Loincloths, silks, or Pilgrim gear. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... First let me say that I haven't got to read any Steve Costigan. Nor have I even heard of Breck Elkins. But I can confidently say that the final brawl would be between Kull the Conquer and Conan the Cimmerian. Why? Because Howard has explicitly stated that Barabarians are better than Civilised man. So it would be down these two. Though I just remebered that Kull has come to the aide of Bran Mak Morn, so that could throw a monkey wrench in the bar fight. But considering everything that Conan survived, he would be the winner, unless he was drunk. Could any of the other characters survive an attack by the vicous man-eater gray ape, or could cut giant snakes in twain? But I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... *Is shocked, and speechless even that someone would not know, the amazing stories of Sailor Steve Costigan, or the even far more amazing unstoppable force of nature, that was Breck Elkins....* .....Air......need air......and......a beer.....can't believe it......oh the Humanity! Quick, Emergency Robert E. Howard Moment!, someone send this guy a collected works! ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... *Is shocked, and speechless even that someone would not know, the amazing stories of Sailor Steve Costigan, or the even far more amazing unstoppable force of nature, that was Breck Elkins....* .....Air......need air......and......a beer.....can't believe it......oh the Humanity! Quick, Emergency Robert E. Howard Moment!, someone send this guy a collected works! ~Rex Well hopefully there in the new anthalogy series by Del Rey Books. I'm collecting them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Eventually they will get around to it. They're just not sure, what genre to sell those under, heh. ~Rex....points out, Howard also wrote Horror. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... And they'd already released a volume of REH Horror through Del Ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... And they'd already released a volume of REH Horror through Del Ray. I have read a book with several stories of REH's horror stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... I just got my copy of Del Rey's "Kull: Exile of Atlantis". Teh awesomesauce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted February 20, 2010 Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... I have the full run of Del Rey REH releases. I won't start on El Borak until sometime in March, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Yeah I've got to give Del Rey credit for bringing the trades in for the Howard Material. Keeps me from having to loan out the really OLD stuff, heh. And since I just had a friend of mines little uncontrolled Demon Spawn destroy one of my treasured old collectors items ( Still....angry about that....made sure Demon Spawns father understood that in the ring this morning when we went sparring...), the Del Rey Trades are a nice thing to have on the book shelf. ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... I've read the Solomon Kane collection, a few of the Conan stories. right now I'm kinda bummed. An english prof. friend recommended an old(1944) pulpy mystery to me. "Rim of the Pit" by "Hake Talbott" which is a pen name. I found a copy on Amazon of the 1996 or so reprint for about $18. Add shipping, and that is just too much for a book right at the moment. Tried to get it through inter-library loan. Stanford and Carlsbad have it as "non circulating" the only other library that came up was in Germany... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Rex - I shaw that REH wrote a story about elves? Is that true? What's the deal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RexMundi Posted February 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Re: A Robert E. Howard moment..... Rex - I shaw that REH wrote a story about elves? Is that true? What's the deal? Heh.....That's like saying, Poul Anderson wrote about Elves, in the Novel "The Broken Sword." .......These ain't your fanboy elves here..... ~Rex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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