I do know that nearly all of these tales went unpublished until long after Howard’s death. I honestly don’t know if this collection was sanitized for modern readers or if that is how Howard truly wrote them. I was very surprised to see that there were no racial slurs as I have seen in the Conan stories. Since most of the tales follow chronologically one after the other, they almost read like one big novel when strung together. I was ready to jump into the Kull tales right away, so I skipped ahead and came back to the opening essay later. So much of the references to the Kull stories were completely lost on me. I personally have only read one collection of Conan stories plus Wolfshead. This essay refers to things a newbie wouldn’t know about – like specific imagery in the Kull and Conan stories. The opening essay on the magnificence of REH lasts about half the first CD. I think this book would be great for REH enthusiasts but perhaps not for the REH beginner. In this book are the following stories: “Exile of Atlantis,” “The Shadow Kingdom,” “The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune,” “The Cat and the Skull,” “The Screaming Skull of Silence,” “The Striking of the Gong,” “The Altar and the Scorpion,” “The Curse of the Golden Skull,” “By This Axe I Rule!” “Swords of the Purple Kingdom,” “The King and the Oak,” and “Kings of the Night.” Additionally, there are two essays by Robert E.

This book comprises the previously published and unpublished Kull stories and poems. However, before there was Conan, there was Kull from Atlantis, a mere man who won the crown of Valusia.

Howard for his sword & sorcery character Conan.

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