Dark Valley Destiny (61 page)

50. 
Ibid.,
p. 49.

51. 
Ibid.,
p. 52.

Chapter X, SERPENTS, SWORDS, AND SUPERMEN.

1. REH:
The Heart of the Sea's Desire,
in
Always Comes Evening
(1977), p. 99.

2. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.

3. Locally pronounced DELL-high.

4. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 6 May 1979.

5. Rudyard Kipling:
The Winners.

6. Interview with R. B. Browning, 16 Apr. 1978.

7. REH to H. Preece, c. 1930; Preece (1975), p. 21.

8. REH:
Etchings in Ivory,
p. 5.

9. Dr. J. S. F. to I. M. Howard, 23 Oct. 1930.

10. Interview with P. Bond, 13 Aug. 1977.

11. A. W. Derleth to G. Lord, 25 Sep. 1961; in
The Howard Collector,
No. 15, Aut. 1971, p. 20.

12. Letter from E. H. Price, 20 Nov. 1979.

13. Letter from T. Vinson, 20 Nov. 1979.

14. Interview with F. T. Torbett, 9 Mar. 1978.

15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 28 Feb. 1935.

16. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. 6 Aug. 1930.

17. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 19 Feb. 1931; 7 Aug. 1932.

18. REH:
The Dark Man and Others,
p. 69.

19. 
Ibid.,
p. 135.

20. REH to H. Preece, c. Nov. 1930.

21. REH:
Hawks of Outremer,
p. 21.

22. 
Ibid.,
p. 106.

23. REH:
The Dark Man and Others,
p. 184.

24. REH:
Skull-Face and Others,
p. 34.

Chapter XI, THE TRANSCENDENT BARBARIAN.

1. REH:
The Road of Kings
(chapter heading for "The Phoenix on the Sword"), in
King Conan,
p. 204;
Always Comes Evening
(1977), p. 67.

2. REH to C. A. Smith, 14 Dec. 1933.

3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 1 May 1932.

4. Interview with E. Bryant, 18 Oct. 1978.

5. Smith (1963), p. 10.

6. REH to W. B. Talman, c. Mar. 1932.

7. REH to C. A. Smith, c. Mar. 1934.

8. H. P. Lovecraft to D. Wollheim, 1936; in REH:
The Coming of Conan,
pp. 13f.

9. REH to C. A. Smith, 14 Dec. 1933.

10. REH to P. S. Miller, 10 Mar. 1936; in
The Coming of Conan,
p. 10.

11. REH:
The Sword of Conan,
p. 128.

12. REH:
The Coming of Conan,
p. 195.

13. P. B. Ellis; REH:
The Sword of Conan,
pp. 5f.

14. REH:
Conan the Barbarian,
p. 144.

15. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct. 1932.

16. REH:
King Conan,
p. 13.

17. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct. 1934.

18. REH to A. W. Derleth, Aut. 1934.

19. REH:
King Conan,
pp. HOf.

20. REH:
Conan the Barbarian,
p. 162.

21. REH:
Conan the Conqueror,
p. 15.

22. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec. 1935.

23. REH to C. A. Smith, 23 Jul. 1935.

24. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 11 Feb. 1936; to E. H. Price, 15 Feb. 1936.

25. John Watson in
Weird Tales
for Feb. 1933, p. 262; G. W. Hockley,
WT
for Jun. 1933, p. 786; Jack Darrow,
WT
for Dec.

1933, p. 775; A. E. Perry,
WT
for Jun.

1934, p. 778.

26. Sylvia Bennett,
WT
for Oct. 1933, p. 518.

27. Robert Bloch,
WT
for Nov. 1934, p. 651.

28. Kirk Mashburn,
WT
for Mar. 1935, p. 396.

29. Robert Bloch,
WT
for May 1935, p. 651.

30. REH:
King Conan,
p. 202.

31. 
Ibid.,
p. 19.

32. 
Ibid.,
p. 24.

33. REH:
The Dark Man and Others,
p. 73;
King Conan,
p. 230;
Conan the Barbarian,
p. 1.

34. REH:
Conan the Conqueror,
p. 137.

35. REH:
Conan the Barbarian,
p. 14.

36. REH:
The Dark,Man and Others,
p. 99.

37. REH:
The Coming of Conan,
pp. 185f.

38. REH:
King Conan,
p. 232.

39. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jul. 1931.

Chapter XII, LOVE AND THE LONER.

1. REH:
A Song out of Midian,
in
Always Comes Evening
(1977), p. 44.

2. H. P. Lovecraft to J. V. Shea, 13 Oct. 1932.

3. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Jun. 1932.

4. Interviews with L. Tyson, 23 Jun. 1977; J. Scott, 19 Jul. 1977; letters from L. Tyson, 18 Feb. 1977; T. Vinson, 20 Nov. 1979.

5. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jan. 1934; Feb. 1934; to C. A. Smith, Feb. 1934.

6. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978.

7. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, late Jan. 1932; late Jun. 1932; Jun. 1933.

8. H. P. Lovecraft to REH, 3 Oct. 1932; 7 Nov. 1932; 25 Mar. 1933.

9. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct.

1932.

10. 
Ibid.

11. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Sep. 1933; Jan. 1934.

12. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1933.

13. Price (1975), p. 6; (1961), p. 8.

14. Price (1945), p. 42; (1975), p. 6.

15. Price (1945), p. 41; (1975), p. 6.

16. Price (1975), p. 6; (1945), p. 41.

17. Price (1945), p. 42.

18. Price (1961), p. 9.

19. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1934.

20. Price (1975), p. 6.

21. 
Ibid.,
p. 8.

22. 
Ibid., loc. cit.;
(1945), p. 42.

23. Price (1975), p. 8.

24. E. H. Price to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jun. 1936; in
The Howard Collector,
no. 3 (Aut. 1962), p. 7.

25.1. M. Howard to E. H. Price, 21 Jun. 1944; in
The Howard Collector,
No. 14 (Spr. 1971), p. 17.

26. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, Jun. 1934.

27. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. May 1934.

28. REH:
A Gent from Bear Creek,
pp. 72, 79.

29. REH:
The Pride of Bear Creek,
pp. 7 If.

30. 
Ibid.,
pp. 166f.

31. REH to A. W. Derleth, Mar. 1935; to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 May 1936.

32. REH to A. W. Derleth, c. Dec.

1933.

33. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978.

34. 
Ibid.
The moon reached full the night of the 22d.

35. Letter from N. P. Ellis, 8 Jun. 1978.

36. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978.

37. 
Ibid.

38. 
Ibid.

39. Edward Fitzgerald:
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,
xciv.

40. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 15 Oct. 1932.

41. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov.

1977.

42. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May

1978.

43. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov.

1977.

44. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May

1978.

45. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, c. Oct.

1934.

46. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 28 Feb.

1935.

47. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 10 Dec. 1978.

48. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May

1978.

49. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov.

1977.

50. REH to F. Wright, 1931.

51. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 6 May

1979.

52. Interviews with N. P. Ellis, 27 May 1978; 15 Jun. 1979.

53. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 27 May

1978.

54. 
Ibid.

55. 
Ibid.

4. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec. 1935.

5. I. M. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft, 29 Jun. 1936; in
The Howard Collector,
no. 13 (Aut. 1970), p. 10.

6. REH to F. Wright, 6 May 1935.

7. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 31 May 1935.

8. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec.

1935.

9. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 11 Feb.

1936.

10. Glenn Lord:
Ultima Thule
no. 4, in
The Hyperborean League
no. 5, Oct. 1976. Records for 1935 are incomplete. REH is known to have received checks totaling $829.75, but his total earnings may have been over $2,000.

11. REH to H. Preece, 20 Oct. 1928.

12. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 5 Dec.

1935.

13. 
Ibid.

14. 0. A. Kline to REH, 8 Oct. 1935.

15. Interview with N. P. Ellis, 24 Nov. 1977.

16. REH to N. Price, 9 Jul. 1935.

17. N. Price to REH, 12 Jul. 1935.

18. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 May

1936.

19. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 25 Jul.

1935.

20. 
Ibid.

21. 
Ibid.

22. 
Ibid.

23. Letter from T. Vinson, 20 Nov.

1979.

24. REH to A. W. Derleth, Mar. 1935.

25. Interviews with Mrs. M. Oliver, 28 Aug. 1979; with K. Merryman, 21 Feb.

1980.

26. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 11 Feb.

1936.

27. REH to H. P. Lovecraft, 13 May 1936.

28. 
Ibid.

29. REH:
Almuric,
pp. lOf.

30. 
Ibid.,
p. 155; Coulson, p. 13.

31. REH & Andrew J. Offutt (1977), pp. 20f. Ellipses Howard's.

32. REH to P. S. Miller, 10 Mar. 1936.

33. REH:
Echoes from an Iron Harp,
p. 10;
Always Comes Evening,
p. 82.

34. REH:
The Tempter,
in
Always Comes Evening,
p. 79.

35. T. C. Smith (1963), p. 7; interviews with K. Merryman, 18 Jul. 1977 & 7 Mar. 1978.

36. 
Fantasy Magazine,
no. 38 (Sep. 1936), p. 31.