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| Gli specchi di Tuzun Thune | |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune |
| 1ª ed. originale | Settembre 1929, Weird Tales, Popular Fiction Publishing Co. |
| 1ª ed. italiana | Settembre 1975, Collana Fantacollana 9, Editrice Nord |
| Genere | Racconto |
| Lingua originale | inglese |
| Ambientazione | Valusia, Era Thuriana |
| Protagonisti | Kull di Valusia |
| Antagonisti | Tuzun Thune |
| Serie | Ciclo di Kull di Valusia |
Storia editoriale
modificaThe Mirrors of Tuzun Thune/Gli specchi di Tuzun Thune - September 1929 - Published in Howard's lifetime
Along with some minor punctuation changes, I noticed a textual change in the first paragraph.
Lancer: The gems in the diadem sparkle drearily like the ice of the white seas …
Del Rey: The gems in the diadem and upon the fingers of the women sparkle drearily like the ice of the white seas …
“The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” is a fantasy short story by American author Robert E. Howard, one of his original short stories about Kull of Atlantis, first published in Weird Tales magazine in September 1929. It is one of only three Kull stories to be published in Howard’s lifetime. The story was submitted to Weird Tales in 1927 and accepted in the fall of that year. He got $20 on publication two years later.
Set in the fictional Prehistoric Thurian Age, it deals with a disillusioned King Kull questioning the meaning of existence, leading him to seek the assistance of a two-faced wizard.
Howard commented on this story in a letter (#101) to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa February 1929:
more of the Shadow Kingdom, occult and mystical, vague and badly written; this is the deepest story I ever tried to write and I got out of my depth
In a letter (#107) to Tevis Clyde Smith, circa April 1929 we learn:
On my return here I found a returned mss. from Adventure, with a line or two from the assistant editor, telling me to submit some more of my work, and soon after returning I got a letter from Argosy, accepting that story that I told you about. They said it was still far too long but they’d cut it down and make the necessary changes themselves. The day after getting that letter I got a check from them for $100. Also a letter from Weird Tales with the advance sheets of a story appearing in the next issue. Farnsworth said he intended publishing a sonnet in the next issue after that and then “The Shadow Kingdom” which is a $100 story, and after that a shorter story. I believe he’s paving the way to publish the serial I sold him,4 but of course I may be wrong. He may not publish that for years, if at all.
The shorter story mentioned is ‘The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune’.
https://reh.world/stories/the-mirrors-of-tuzun-thune/
https://www.fantascienza.com/catalogo/opere/NILF1039362/gli-specchi-di-tuzun-thune/
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modificahttps://darkworldsquarterly.gwthomas.org/the-many-mirrors-of-tuzun-thune/
Marvel Comics adapted the story within a Conan adventure in Conan the Barbarian #25. Marvel Comics adapted the story a second time in The Savage Sword of Conan #34. Roy Thomas provided the script and Mike Ploog did the art.
Below are some unpublished notes L. Sprague de Camp made on this story when preparing Dark Valley Destiny, Bluejay Books, 1983. The notes are very astute.
Albo 223, The Many Mirrors Of Tuzun Thune
In 2017, IDW Publishing got the license and began publishing Kull Eternal, using "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" as a story foundation of Kull in a modern setting.
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