Vondy Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Robert E Howard's works are no longer under copyright in the US and Europe as of January 2006. Most of his stories are available on Wikisource. You can find them via this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Thanks for the notification. I wasn't aware of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Awesome. Thank you Von D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted March 24, 2007 Report Share Posted March 24, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online That's fantastic, thanks for letting us know about that stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Doctor Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online And there was much rejoicing!!! Thanks!! repped! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltraRob Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online That explains the sudden rush of Conan books in the past few years as they tried to milk it while they still could. Excellent news! Thanks for letting us know Von D-Man! Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted March 25, 2007 Report Share Posted March 25, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Yay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phookz Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Cool! Rep'ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryallenuk Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Not all of Howard's work is PD , this article http://www.robert-e-howard.org/AnotherThought4revised.html might be of interest to some who are into the in's and out's of that. The on-line stories are generally thought to be versions that have been badly edited in parts though to the casual reader they are probably fine . If , however , any of you are interested in getting the books I recommend the Del Rey series of Conan , Kull , Solomon Kane and Bran Mak Morn . Many of the stories have been reproduced from Howard's manuscripts or pulp appearances without the editing / re-writing etc. especially on the Conan stories by DeCamp etc. See http://www.randomhouse.com/author/results.pperl?authorid=52853 Many of Howard's other stories have been reprinted in the last few years by Bison Books and Wildside Press also. Terry The Robert E Howard Comics Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ READ THE CONAN NEWSPAPER STRIP AT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryallenuk Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online That explains the sudden rush of Conan books in the past few years as they tried to milk it while they still could. Excellent news! Thanks for letting us know Von D-Man! Rob Not really , the recent books are the first for many years to feature _only_Howard's stories as the prevous owners of Conan were more interested in producing their own inferior pastiches than promoting Howard sadly. Terry The Robert E Howard Comics Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ READ THE CONAN NEWSPAPER STRIP AT http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyzo Posted March 26, 2007 Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Shouldn't The God in the Bowl be there in the Conan stories? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted March 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Shouldn't The God in the Bowl be there in the Conan stories? The article you linked to was originally sourced from wikisource, so they know it exists. At the same time, there may not be an e-copy available for them to snag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Ohh... fodder for conversion into HERO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online ^ | | Huge REH fan, here. Huge. Shouldn't The God in the Bowl be there in the Conan stories? "God in the Bowl," wasn't published within REH's lifetime, so I it doesn't benefit from the opened coyright. There are a bunch of stories like this... like "Frost Giant's Daughter," though you can find the same story in the version titled, "Gods of the North," which was publish, but had it's character's names changed. Likewise, you can not get the classic Kull story, "By this Axe I Rule," but you can read the Conan rewrite, "Phoenix on the Sword." All of these stories have been open copyrighted in Australia for some time now, btw. The ABSOLUTE best thing about the opened copywrites, is that you now have access to stuff (big obscure stuff) that will probably never see the light of day in published compilations. Specifically, neat stuff that should be in Conan compilations, but aren't... like, "People of the Dark," the first REH story to feature a reaver named Conan (a Gael if I recall) who swears by a god named Crom... and "Haunter of the Ring," which features the serpent ring of Thoth-Amon in the hands of a modern-day sorcerer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online "People of the Dark' date='" [/quote'] I'm pretty sure this is in the Bran Mak Morn collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online I'm pretty sure this is in the Bran Mak Morn collection. I don't have it so I wouldn't know. However, it doesn't fall under the 'Bran' lists in either D-Man's above link or the Gutenburg-Australia site. More importantly, it's not in the newest 'comprehensive' Conan compilation, which is otherwise pretty darn complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online I'm pretty sure this is in the Bran Mak Morn collection. It is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted March 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online I don't have it so I wouldn't know. However' date=' it doesn't fall under the 'Bran' lists in either D-Man's above link or the Gutenburg-Australia site. More importantly, it's not in the newest 'comprehensive' Conan compilation, which is otherwise pretty darn complete.[/quote'] Well, both wikisource and gutenburg rely on people to type them out in e-format and submit them. Until someone does... they don't have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online It is. Well that's pretty sweet then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword-dancer Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online ^ | and "Haunter of the Ring," which features the serpent ring of Thoth-Amon in the hands of a modern-day sorcerer. read in the german translation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online read in the german translation. But I understand to get all the subtle nuances, you really need to read it in the original Klingon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sword-dancer Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Re: REH Out of Copyright and Online Not that all this klingon versions of camp or carter were so full of the nuances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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