Robert E. Howard autistic?

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http://raphordo.blogspot.com/2016/01/wa ... istic.html

I've long suspected that one of my favorite authors, Robert E. Howard, the father of American Heroic Fantasy, and especially that of Conan the Barbarian, had been on the autistic spectrum. This article makes a good case for it, I think. Any thoughts?

That was a great read. Thanks!

Probably. He was good friends with Lovecraft, wasn't he? I'm pretty sure HPL was on the spectrum.

We will never know.

"In the years since his suicide, there has been a lot of speculation about Robert E. Howard's mental health. Even during his life, others in Cross Plains thought of him as crazy or odd. Some have suggested that he had an Oedipus complex, others have found evidence for clinical depression, and others still have diagnosed him as being mentally healthy. His act of suicide is often the basis of these opinions. Almost all speculation is in the form of amateur-psychoanalysis from people with no qualifications in the field." -- Source: This Article.

He had a lot of pen pals (HPL did). I wouldn't mind getting one of the books with his letters. There are snippets of some of his letters in the annotated books I have.