{"id":166,"date":"2006-07-19T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2006-07-19T23:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/?p=166"},"modified":"2007-07-22T02:59:19","modified_gmt":"2007-07-22T09:59:19","slug":"reh-at-project-gutenberg-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/reh-at-project-gutenberg-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"REH at Project Gutenberg Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/07\/project_gutenberg_australia.jpg\" alt=\"project_gutenberg_australia.jpg\" id=\"image165\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nREH fan Kent Matthewson recently alerted me to the fact that, since Australia&#8217;s copyright protection equals the author&#8217;s death date plus fifty years, many of Howard&#8217;s stories are in the public domain there. Browsing over to <a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/plusfifty.html#letterH\">Project Gutenberg Australia<\/a> nets you the following list:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Ervin HOWARD (1906-1936)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pigeons from Hell (1938)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600721.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600721h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Valley of the Worm (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600731.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600731h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Purple Heart of Erlik (Nothing              to Lose) (1936)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601381.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601381h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black Canaan &#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601641.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601641h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black Talons&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601651.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601651h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black Vulmea&#8217;s Vengeance&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601661.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601661h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fangs of Gold&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601671.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601671h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Graveyard Rats&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601681.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601681h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Moon of Zambebwei&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601691.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601691h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Names in The Black Book&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601701.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601701h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Black Stone&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601711.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601711h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Cairn on the Headland&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601721.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601721h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sea Curse&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601731.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601731h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Fire of Asshurbanipal&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601741.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601741h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Haunter of the Ring&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601751.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601751h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Horror From The Mound&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601761.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601761h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The House of Arabu&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601771.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601771h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Tomb&#8217;s Secret&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601781.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601781h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Valley of the Worm&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601791.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601791h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wolfshead&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601801.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601801h.html\" target=\" _blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>     THE &#8216;SOLOMON KANE&#8217; STORIES:&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Skulls in the Stars (1929)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600851.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600851h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Footfalls Within (1931)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600861.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600861h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Moon of Skulls (1930)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600841.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600841h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Hills of the Dead (1930)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600871.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600871h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wings in the Night (1932)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600881.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600881h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>     THE &#8216;EL BORAK&#8217; STORIES:&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Daughter of Erlik Khan (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600991.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600991h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hawk of the Hills (1935)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601001.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601001h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Blood of the Gods (1935)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601041.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601041h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Son Of The White Wolf (1936)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601081.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601081h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Country of The Knife (1937)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601091.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601091h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>     THE &#8216;CONAN&#8217; STORIES:&#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Phoenix on the Sword (1932)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600811.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600811h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Scarlet Citadel (1933)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600821.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600821h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Tower of the Elephant (1933)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600831.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600831h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Black Colossus (1933)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600931.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600931h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Slithering Shadow (1933)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601051.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0601051h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Pool of the Black One (1933)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600951.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600951h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Rogues in the House (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600781.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600781h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shadows in the Moonlight (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600971.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600971h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Queen of the Black Coast (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600961.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600961h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Devil in Iron (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600801.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600801h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The People of the Black Circle (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600941.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600941h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A Witch Shall be Born(1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600921.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600921h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Jewels of Gwahlur (1935)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600761.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600761h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Beyond the Black River (1935)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600741.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600741h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shadows in Zamboula (1935)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600791.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600791h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Hour of the Dragon (1936)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600981.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600981h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Red Nails (1936)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600771.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600771h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Gods of the North (1934)&#8211;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600751.txt\" target=\" _blank\">Text<\/a>&#8212;<a href=\"http:\/\/gutenberg.net.au\/ebooks06\/0600751h.html\" target=\"_blank\">HTML<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Doubtless more will be added as time goes on. One problem with Project Gutenberg over Wikipedia is that the general reader can&#8217;t easily edit the text as they find typos and errors. Still, it is a valuable resource for when you need to search a text for scholarly purposes, or when your trusty book collection isn&#8217;t handy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REH fan Kent Matthewson recently alerted me to the fact that, since Australia&#8217;s copyright protection equals the author&#8217;s death date plus fifty years, many of Howard&#8217;s stories are in the public domain there. Browsing over to Project Gutenberg Australia nets you the following list: Robert Ervin HOWARD (1906-1936) Pigeons from Hell (1938)&#8211;Text&#8212;HTML The Valley of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/leogrin.com\/CimmerianBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}