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    "Beyond the Black River" is one of the original short stories about Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard and first published...
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  • Gwahlur", "Beyond the Black River", or "Rogues in the House"). His skin is frequently characterized as bronzed from constant exposure to the sun. In his...
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    Robert E. Howard (category Conan the Barbarian novelists)
    in "Beyond the Black River", "The Black Stranger", and the unfinished "Wolves Beyond the Border". By 1934 some of the markets killed off by the Depression...
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  • Conan chronologies (category Conan the Barbarian)
    the chronologically wide gap between "Beyond the Black River" and "Wolves Beyond the Border" he admits to being indicated by Howard's version of "The...
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  • is based on Howard's short story by the same name and "The Black River" was inspired by "Beyond the Black River", while "How Heavy This Axe" makes references...
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    (310 km) long. During the 19th century, pine logs were rafted down the Black, heading for sawmills at La Crosse and points beyond. The river begins in central...
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    Solomon Kane (category Fictional characters from the 16th century)
    (ISBN 978-0-8095-1135-8) The Garden of Fear: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume Six, 2006. (ISBN 978-0-8095-1136-5) Beyond the Black River: The Weird Works...
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  • in Black) (John Brunner) "The People of the Summit" (Conan) (Björn Nyberg) "The Flame Bringers" (Elric) (Michael Moorcock) "Beyond the Black River" (Conan)...
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    point is that, in the Hyborian age stories such as "Beyond the Black River", when they populated the western edge of Europe and share a border with Aquilonia...
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  • Gwahlur", "Beyond the Black River", "The Scarlet Citadel", "The Flame Knife", "Hawks Over Shem", "The Treasure of Tranicos", and "Wolves Beyond the Border"...
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  • Gutenberg of Australia Afterword by Stephen Jones; The Conan Chronicles Volume 1: The People of the Black Circle; 2000; ISBN 1-85798-996-1 An omnibus of Howard's...
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  • and is joined by the Weißer Regen ('White Regen') in Bad Kötzting. Beyond this confluence, the river is called Regen. The river's total length, including...
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  • Iron" "The People of the Black Circle" "A Witch Shall Be Born" "Jewels of Gwahlur" "Beyond the Black River" "Shadows in Zamboula" "Red Nails" "The Hour...
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    Danube (redirect from The Danube River)
    from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea. A large and historically important river, it was once a frontier of the Roman Empire. In the 21st century...
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    of the Persian word Parsīāb (from Sogdian Paršvāb), meaning "beyond the black river", the river being Sīāhāb or Sīāb, which bounds the site to the north...
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    The Black Sea is supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper and Dniester. Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea...
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  • King Conan (category Conan the Barbarian books by Robert E. Howard)
    "Beyond the Black River" "The Treasure of Tranicos" (edited/rewritten by de Camp from Howard's "The Black Stranger") "The Phoenix on the Sword" "The Scarlet...
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  • illustrated by Greg Manchess. "The Servants of Bit-Yakin" (also published as "Jewels of Gwahlur") "Beyond the Black River" "The Black Stranger" "Man-Eaters of...
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    stereotype - blacks as cannibals - though Howard strove to lessen this by making it clear that the cannibals in Zamboula are only the specific blacks from Darfar...
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    Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", is an archaeological World Heritage Site in Jordan, on the east bank of the Jordan River, reputed to be the original location...
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    Black Mirror is a British science fiction anthology series created by Charlie Brooker. The programme was inspired by The Twilight Zone and explores technology...
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  • of the Hyborian Age, by Dave Senior Notes on Various Peoples of the Hyborian Age "Red Nails" "Jewels of Gwahlur" "Beyond the Black River" "The Black Stranger"...
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    The Black Paintings (Spanish: Pinturas negras) is the name given to a group of 14 paintings by Francisco Goya from the later years of his life, likely...
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    The Black River is a tributary of the Cape Fear River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in southeastern North Carolina in the United States. It is formed...
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    The River Usk (/ʌsk/; Welsh: Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon...
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  • people near the Paraná River in Paraguay. In 2004, a female black jaguar was recorded in Mexico's Sierra Madre Occidental. In 2009, a black jaguar was...
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  • The Black Taj Mahal is a legendary black marble mausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal...
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    Chinese authorities, the Black Flags joined the Vietnamese irregular forces, stemming French encroachment beyond the Red River Delta. In 1857, Liu Yongfu...
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    Saturday as "a tragedy beyond belief, beyond precedent and beyond words … one of the darkest days in Australia’s peacetime history." The 2009 Victorian Bushfires...
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  • "Jewels of Gwahlur" "Beyond the Black River" In these stories from Conan's late thirties, the Cimmerian becomes involved in the civil wars of a lost city...
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