An interesting item, new from Hippocampus. Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look, this being the old Starmont Reader’s Guide for Howard, but overhauled and updated for 2020. Done by the original authors too, which is nice…

“the authors have now prepared a radically expanded and updated version of their monograph, taking account of these new discoveries” [by Howard scholars]

The book is structured by character rather than by date, which makes sense for a Reader Guide. The book also surveys his poetry and other work. So it all looks very useful as an introductory guide. Amazon UK has no listing for it yet, but let’s hope it gets on there and perhaps also has a Kindle ebook edition in due course.