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    <body><![CDATA[I first read Howard's Kull stories on a trip home from college one Christmas. My brother had picked up a used copy (a <em>very</em> used copy) of a paperback collection, which was falling apart in my hands as I read.<br/><br/>My initial reaction was one of disappointment. Perhaps, at that time, I was looki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23718950">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[While some view Kull as a precursor to Conan, it is clear from these stories that he is very different from Howard's later creation. Although a barbarian by birth, Kull is more brooding, more troubled by the immortal questions of man. These stories are also more experimental than the Conan stories, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72601739">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Kull: Exile of Atlantis]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I still think of Kull as being somewhat superior to Conan, though the brevity of Howard's output makes the comparison difficult.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kull is probably my least favorite Howard character.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Howard was a true master of his craft - this volume contains the tales of Kull of Atlantis, predecessor to Howard's more famous creation, Conan. Although I do enjoy the movie loosly based on these stories (&quot;Kull the Conqueror&quot; starring Kevin Sorbo), one is much better off reading this book...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Kull was the prototype for Conan, that much is clear.  What this volume elaborates on is the philosophical depth Howard desired from his characters, as Kull was as introspective as they could be.  It's a shame that he lessened that trait in Conan.  Fantastic book.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[As some cover blurbs so rightly state, &quot;Before Conan--there was Kull!&quot; The warrior Kull was yet another popular creation of pulp writer Robert E. Howard (1906-1936), generally credited as the originator of the subgenre heroic fantasy. Yet Kull should not be dismissed as second-rate Conan. (Although Howard did transform a few unsold Kull adventures into those of Conan the Cimmerian when the later series took off with the public.) Set in ancient, lost Atlantis, the Kull stories take place mostly after the barbarian has already come to power as King Kull of Valusia. What makes these scant dozen stories most memorable is Howard's heightened style of mystical decadence, similar here to his <em>Weird Tales</em> contemporary,  Clark Ashton Smith. Rest assured there's enough gruesome bloodletting and wanton savagery to satisfy the most ardent Howard reader. (Variant  editions of this collection have been published over the years, with the uncompleted stories finished posthumously by Lin Carter. Other editions have simply presented the few story fragments as untouched--and unadulterated--Robert E. Howard.) <em>--Stanley Wiater</em><br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>&quot;Artist's Forward&quot; by Justin Sweet<br/> <br/>&quot;Introduction&quot; by Steve Tompkins<br/> <br/>Untitled Story &quot;The sun was setting. A last crimson . . .&quot;<br/>[Previously published as &quot;Exile of Atlantis&quot;] <br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune&quot;<br/> <br/>Untitled Draft &quot;'Thus,' said Tu, chief councillor, ...&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Cat and the Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Screaming Skull of Silence&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Striking of the Gong&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Altar and the Scorpion&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Curse of the Golden Skull&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Black City&quot; [Unfinished Fragment]<br/> <br/>Untitled fragment &quot;Three men sat at a . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;By This Axe I Rule&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;Swords of the Purple Kingdom&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; (poem)<br/> <br/>&quot;Kings of the Night&quot;<br/> <br/>Miscellanea<br/> <br/>The &quot;Am-ra of the Ta-an&quot; Fragments<br/>  &quot;Summer Morn&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;Am-ra the Ta-an&quot; (poem)<br/>  &quot;The Tale of Am-ra&quot;<br/>  Untitled and unfinished fragment <br/>      &quot;A land of wild fantastic beauty . . . &quot;<br/>  Untitled and incomplete fragment <br/>      &quot;determined. So I set out up the hill . . .&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The Shadow Kingdom&quot; [Draft]<br/> <br/>&quot;Delcardes' Cat&quot;<br/> <br/>&quot;The King and the Oak&quot; [Draft] (poem)<br/> <br/>Appendices<br/> <br/>Atlantean Genesis <br/> <br/>Notes on the original Howard texts]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad character, sort of the &quot;proto-Conan&quot;. Howard created Kull but didn't get the sales he wanted. Still the stories are still around and they are quite good. I found them years ago and enjoyed them. So I like this new collection to.]]></body>
    
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