Kull (collection)

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Kull
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Cover of the first edition
Author Robert E. Howard
Cover artist Roy Krenkel
Country United States
Language English
Series Kull of Atlantis
Genre Fantasy short stories
Publisher Lancer Books
Publication date 1967
Media type Print (Hardback)
Pages 223 pp
ISBN NA
OCLC Number 426080

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[edit | edit source]

Reception[edit | edit source]

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.[1]

Further reading[edit | edit source]

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

Publication history[edit | edit source]

  • 1967, USA, Lancer Books 73-650 Template:OCLC, 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 0553120190, 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, Hardcover, 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"
  • 2006, USA. Del Rey ISBN 0-345-49017-7, 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.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Galaxy Bookshelf", Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1968, p.158-59.

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