jonathanhelland's review
5.0
Robert E. Howard's Steve Costigan boxing stories are among my favorites in the entire annals of short fiction.
This is the perfect collection to introduce someone to REH's boxing stories, both humorous and dramatic _Waterfront Fists and Other Stories_ is just as good, and well edited, but this one made slightly better choices in the stories to include. This book is probably responsible for setting me down the path to Pulp Scholarship, without it I probably would have focused my academic energies on comics and SF.
This is the perfect collection to introduce someone to REH's boxing stories, both humorous and dramatic _Waterfront Fists and Other Stories_ is just as good, and well edited, but this one made slightly better choices in the stories to include. This book is probably responsible for setting me down the path to Pulp Scholarship, without it I probably would have focused my academic energies on comics and SF.
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