Kull (short story collection)

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Template otherTemplate:Wikidata image Kull is a collection of Fantasy short stories by Robert E. Howard. It was first published in 1967 by Lancer Books under the title King Kull. This edition included three stories completed by Lin Carter from unfinished fragments and drafts by Howard. Later editions, retitled as Kull, replaced the stories with the uncompleted fragments. Two of the stories, and the poem, "The King and the Oak", originally appeared in the magazine Weird Tales.

Contents (1967 edition)

• Prologue
• "Exile of Atlantis"
• "The Shadow Kingdom"
• "The Altar and the Scorpion"
• "Black Abyss" (completed by Lin Carter from an unfinished draft entitled "The Black City")
• "Delcardes’ Cat"
• "The Skull of Silence"
• "Riders Beyond the Sunrise" (completed by Lin Carter from an untitled fragment)
• "By This Axe I Rule!"
• "The Striking of the Gong"
• "Swords of the Purple Kingdom"
• "Wizard and Warrior" (completed by Lin Carter from an untitled fragment)
• "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
• "The King and the Oak"

Reception

Algis Budrys reviewed the collection favorably, describing Howard's writing as "combining a masochistic megalomania with a strong streak of horror writing." He noted that Carter's pastiche-completion of "Black Abyss" was surprisingly successful.

Publication history

• 1967, US, Lancer Books 73-650 Template:Catalog lookup link, Pub date 1967, Paperback, as King Kull by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
• 1976, UK, Sphere Books Template:ISBN, Pub date 1976, Paperback, as King Kull
• 1978, US, Bantam Books Template:ISBN, Pub date September 1978, as Kull, removes Carter edits
• 1985, US, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. Template:ISBN, Pub date November 1985, Hardcover, as Kull, removes Carter edits
• 1995, US, Baen Books Template:ISBN, Pub date July 1995, Paperback, as Kull, removes Carter edits, adds story "The Curse of Golden Skull"
• 2006, US. Del Rey Template:ISBN, Pub. date 2006, Trade paperback, as "Kull, Exile of Atlantis", includes early non-Kull work from 1924, as well as biographical essays detailing Kull's creation.

Further reading

"Lin Carter on Kull". Savage Sword of Conan No 3 (Dec 1974). Online at: [1] Template:Robert E. Howard Template:Lin Carter (books)