
Kull
Exile of Atlantis
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Narrated by:
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Todd McLaren
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By:
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Robert E. Howard
In a meteoric career that spanned a mere 12 years, Robert E. Howard single-handedly invented the genre that came to be called sword and sorcery. From his fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's most enduring heroes. Yet while Conan the Cimmerian is indisputably Howard's greatest creation, it was in his earlier sequence of tales featuring Kull, a fearless warrior with the brooding intellect of a philosopher, that Howard began to develop the distinctive themes and the richly evocative blend of history and mythology that would distinguish his later tales of the Hyborian Age. Much more than simply the prototype for Conan, Kull is a fascinating character in his own right: an exile from fabled Atlantis who wins the crown of Valusia, only to find it as much a burden as a prize.
This groundbreaking collection brings together all of Howard's stories featuring Kull: "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."
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It's apparent that Howard was brimming with ideas at this point in his career so even if this work doesn't always hold together (and sometimes even contains laughably awkward moments), there's a certain joy in the sheer imagination at work here.
Kull is an intriguing character, a barbarian (like Howard's most famous creation, Conan) but far more philosophical and introspective. I can even see the genesis of a character like Michael Moorcock's Elric in some of this work.
Overall, this is an enjoyable read but other than a handful of stories, it's definitely for Howard fans and purists.
The Origins of Sword and Sorcery
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Loved it!
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EPIC!!!
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Kull The Awesome!!!!
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If you love Conan and Robert E. Howard's other characters, and are of the 'completionist' ilk, you will want to pick up this collection of Kull stories. The great thing about these collections are that they present Howard's stories unedited, in their original forms -- many of his stories were changed for publication or completed by lesser authors posthumously. Unfortunately, the collection's greatest strength is also its weakness. Its authenticity means that we are presented, especially in this collection, with only a few complete stories. The rest are sketches and fragments of varying entertainment value. It's a confusing soup. As you eat it you will find bites of fantastic flavor and potency, but they come at unpredictable times and only after/between many unsatisfying bites. It should also be noted that the character of Kull and the stories themselves vary a lot; for this reason, it's hard to get a sense of a singular protagonist.Glimpses of Brilliance
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there's also a lack of leading explanation before each story or fragment to let you know what to expect. several stories that turned out to be nothing more than fragments would just end and because there was no explanation to begin with I would get several minutes into the next story before I realized it was a completely separate story.
poorly narrated
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