Season 9 Story List - The Road of Revisions

The planning is finished and it is time to walk down another road!

Here we go!

Season 9 – The Road of Revisions: An exploration of Robert E. Howard’s revised works, as edited by him and others.

• The Initiation – "By This Axe I Rule!" vs "The Phoenix on the Sword" by Robert E. Howard
• The Extension – "The God in the Bowl" by RE Howard vs "The God in the Bowl" by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Inspiration – "The Striking of the Gong" by RE Howard vs "The Striking of the Gong" amended by Lin Carter
• The Adaptation – Representations of "Queen of the Black Coast" in Comics
• The Transformation – "The Black Stranger" by RE Howard to "Swords of the Red Brotherhood" by RE Howard  to "The Treasure of Tranicos" by L. Sprague de Camp.
• The Progression – "The Spears of Clontarf" to "The Grey God Passes" to "The Cairn on the Headland", all by Robert E. Howard
• The Weirdification – The Weird/Mundane Dichotomy of "The Fire of Asshurbanpal" by Robert E. Howard
• The Expansion – "Nekht Semerkhet" by RE Howard vs "Nekht Semerkhet" expanded by Andrew J. Offutt
• The Recapitulation – What can we learn from exploring the revisions of Howard’s work and comparing them to the original stories and fragments?

Oh, the places we'll go!

As you can see, our path takes us back through the Hyborian Age kingdoms, to the headland near Clontarf, and into territories yet unexplored by our merry band of pulp podcasters! We hope to learn more about Howard's writing process via his editorial efforts on his own writings, and the approach that others have taken to expand upon his ideas. 

We hope you'll join us! 

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Season 8, Episode 8: The Sowers of the Thunder with Rusty Burke!

This week, we reach the end of The Road East with Robert E. Howard's "The Sowers of the Thunder" (Read it on Project Gutenberg Australia). But we're not facing the end of another season alone! Our friend, Howard fan, and pulp scholar Rusty Burke joins us for this adventure! Get yourselves ready for the season finale!

One Things
Jon: The Dr. Death podcast.
Josh: Pandemic: The Board Game (continuing the medical theme)
Luke: Yes - Relayer (another record in the ever-growing vinyl library!)
Rusty: The Books of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin with art by Charles Vess.


Where do we go from here? Keep watch - another road is just over that horizon!


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Legal Mumbo-Jumbo

Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. 

Outro: A selection from "Gates of Delirium" by Yes.  All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Season 8, Episode 7: The Blood of the Gods by Robert E. Howard

Welcome adventurers to the latest Cromcast! Today, we join el Borak as he searches a creepy cave for his friend Al Wazir. It's never that simple when it involves Borak though! There are raiders, greedy Brits, and a cave demon to stand in his way. Oh yeah, and the blistering heat of the desert!

This one has it all, revenge, madness, and camels! Tune in!!

One Things

Josh: The heavy metal band Hermodr 

Luke: The Joaquin Phoenix vehicle, "You Were Never Really Here" 

Jon: The DC Comics mini-series "Electric Warriors"

Next time: One last stop on the road east, read along as we cover "The Sowers of Thunder"! Plus... a special guest? Tune in to find out!!

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Legal Mumbo-Jumbo

Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Themes by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. 

Outro: "El Paso" by Marty Robbins (a tip of the cap to el Borak's hometown).  All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

Bourbon & Barbarians, Season 3 Episode 1: A Bildungsroman Begins in the Borderlands

Greetings, adventurers! Herein, we meet new characters, revisit familiar environs, and set a proper beginning for a derivation of "I6: Ravenloft" in coming episodes.

Check out this map for reference points / locations mentioned in the recording!

In terms of the immediate sessions, we're going to play through this mini-module, entitled "Into the Lair of the Slobbertooth Kobolds," as a way for our party to build rapport and establish some bonds. A low-res image of the dungeon is below; download the free pdf here! If you are interested otherwise, check out the "One Page Dungeon Compendium 2018 Tenth Anniversary Edition." You can get our module as well 160 other dungeons for a meager $3!

Our episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. "Gnarled Situation" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Likewise Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Our final track is "Warrior" by Wishbone Ash from the Argus album. All music was obtained legally; we hope our discussion of this content makes you want to go out and purchase the work!

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