The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 34 - Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp

We close the book on the tales of Conan the Wanderer! Join us for our discussion of the final three tales ever written by Robert E. Howard about his famous character, including one of his finest stories, Red Nails.

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“Beyond the Black River”
published May - June 1935 in Weird Tales
Fort Tuscan
Balthus
Zogar Sag, Pictish Wizard
Cult of Jhebbal Sag

“Shadows in Zamboula” (original title “The Man-Eaters of Zamboula”)
published in Weird Tales in 1935
Zamboula
black Darfarian cannibals
Baal-pteor

“Red Nails”
published in Weird Tales from July to October 1936
Valeria of the Red Brotherhood
cover illustration by Margaret Brundage

Robert E. Howard died June 11, 1936
H. P. Lovecraft died March 15, 1937

My guest:
Peter Foxhoven
website - http://www.cromcountthedead.com

Co-hosts:
Jeffrey Wikstrom
website - jeffwik.com
email - jeffwik@gmail.com

Geoffrey Winn
twitter - @geoffreydwinn

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The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 32 - Selected Works by H. P. Lovecraft, Part 5
Three chilling tales from H. P. Lovecraft written in the last years of his life.
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“The Thing on the Doorstep”
written August 1933; published January 1937 in Weird Tales
Edward Pickman Derby
Daniel Upton
Asenath Waite
“The Shadow Out of Time”
written November - February 1935; published June 1936 in Astounding Stories
Nathaniel Wingate Peaslee
Great Race of Yith
Berkeley Square (1933 film)
“The Haunter of the Dark”
written November 1935; published December 1936 in Weird Tales
sequel to “The Shambler from the Stars” (1935) by Robert Bloch
Robert Harrison Blake
H. P. Lovecraft died March 15, 1937
My guests:
Peter Foxhoven
website - http://www.cromcountthedead.com
Louis Brenton
twitter - @revlouisbrenton
Co-hosts:
Jeffrey Wikstrom
website - jeffwik.com
email - jeffwik@gmail.com
Geoffrey Winn
twitter - @geoffreydwinn
Email us with your comments!

The Appendix N Podcast - Episode 31 - The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, Part 3
In this episode, we discuss the short story “Farmer Giles of Ham" and finish our discussion of “The Hobbit."
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Farmer Giles of Ham
written 1947; published 1949
The Hobbit
written mostly during the 1920’s and 1930’s; first draft finished by January 1933
published September 21, 1937 by George Allen & Unwin.
My guests:
Chris Constantin
Dark Revelations the Roleplaying Game - http://drevrpg.com
Peter Foxhoven
website - http://www.cromcountthedead.com
Jeremiah McCoy
websites - http://jeremiahmccoy.com & http://thebasicsofthegame.wordpress.com
Robert Wolfe
Twitter - @WolfeRJ
Co-host:
Jeffrey Wikstrom
website - jeffwik.com
email - jeffwik@gmail.com
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In this episode, we begin by discussing the essay “On Fair-Stories” and move on to the second part of “The Hobbit,” Chapters 7 through 11.

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“On Fairy-Stories”
written for the Andrew Lang lecture at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, 1939

The Hobbit
written mostly during the 1920’s and 1930’s; first draft finished by January 1933
published September 21, 1937 by George Allen & Unwin.

My guests:
Peter Foxhoven
website - http://www.cromcountthedead.com

Louis Brenton
twitter - @revlouisbrenton

Co-host:
Jeffrey Wikstrom
website - jeffwik.com
email - jeffwik@gmail.com

Email us with your comments!
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