with two animated and one live action series. Multiple audio dramas have been adapted, from professional audio books and plays to LibriVox recordings of works in the public domain. Computer games have focussed on Conan, beginning with Conan: Hall of Volta (1984) and continuing on to the MMO Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (2008). The first table-top roleplaying game based on Howard's works was TSR's "Conan Unchained!" (1984) for their game Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The first comic book adaptation was in the Mexican Cuentos de Abuelito – La Reina de la Costa Negra No. 17 (1952). Howard-related comic books continued to be published to the present day. Howard is an ongoing inspiration for and influence on heavy metal music. Several bands have adapted Howard's works to tracks or entire albums. The British metal band Bal-Sagoth is named after Howard's story "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth". Bibliography Robert E. Howard bibliography (prose) List of poems by Robert E. Howard (verse) See also List of horror fiction writers List of people from Texas List of poets from the United States Reptilian conspiracy theoryRobert E. Howard's short story "The Shadow Kingdom" from Weird Tales magazine is the origin of both the sword and sorcery subgenre of fantasy fiction and the conspiracy theory concerning a hidden species of advanced reptilian beings disguised among us while covertly controlling the levers of power, which has been a recurring theme in fiction and conspiracy since the story's publication. Notes Footnotes Citations References Further reading . Chapbook. Later expanded into Dark Valley Destiny. Hoffman. Charles, Cerasini, Marc (2020) Robert E. Howard: A Closer Look, (Basis for the movie The Whole Wide World) External links The Official Robert E. Howard Website The Robert E. Howard Foundation Robert E. Howard Directory – Online directory for the life and works of Robert E. Howard. Robert E. Howard at the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Robert E. Howard at the Encyclopedia of Fantasy Online editions Biography – a film relating to his relationship with Novalyne Price Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas Scholarly sources The Robert E. Howard United Press Association (includes an attached blog) Scholar tools Criticism Scholar tools at The Robert E. Howard Foundation The Dark Man: The Journal of Robert E. Howard Studies REH: Two-Gun Raconteur: The Definitive Robert E. Howard Journal 1906 births 1936 deaths 1936 suicides American fantasy writers American feminist writers Male feminists American horror writers American