“"If that's true, then answer this priest, why are we in these pits, hiding from some animal?" Conan asked "Someday, when all your civilization and science are likewise swept away, your kind will pray for a man with a sword."”

— Robert E. Howard

"Rogues in the House" (1934)

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American author 1906–1936

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