Kull (collection)

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name = Kull
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image_caption = Cover of the first edition
author = Robert E. Howard
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cover_artist = Roy Krenkel
country = United States
language = English
series = Kull of Atlantis
genre = Fantasy short stories
publisher = Lancer Books
release_date = 1967
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 223 pp
isbn = NA
oclc = 426080
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"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

* 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 from an untitled fragment by Lin Carter
* "By This Axe I Rule!"
* "The Striking of the Gong"
* "Swords of the Purple Kingdom"
* "Wizard and Warrior", completed from an untitled fragment by Lin Carter
* "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune"
* "The King and the Oak"

Publication history

*1967, USA, Lancer Books 73-650 OCLC|426080, Pub date 1967, Paperback, as "King Kull" by Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter
*1976, UK, Sphere Books ISBN 0-7221-4716-3, Pub date 1976, Paperback, as "King Kull"
*1978, USA, Bantam Books ISBN 0-553-12019-0-1, Pub date September 1978, as "Kull", removes Carter edits
*1985, USA, Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. ISBN 0-937986-75-5, Pub date November 1985, Hardback, as "Kull", removes Carter edits
*1995, USA, Baen Books ISBN 0-671-87673-2, Pub date July 1995, Paperback, as "Kull", removes Carter edits, adds story "The Curse of Golden Skull"

References

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