Three-Bladed Doom

"Three-Bladed Doom" is an adventure short story by American writer Robert E. Howard, featuring his character El Borak. It was not published within Howard's lifetime.

"Three-Bladed Doom"
AuthorRobert E. Howard
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEl Borak
Genre(s)Adventure
Published inREH Lone Star Fictioneer #4
Publication dateSpring 1976

There are two different versions of this story. The first is shorter (24,000 words) than the second (42,000) words. The short version was printed first, in issue #4 of the magazine REH Lone Star Fictioneer (Spring 1976).[1] The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback Three-Bladed Doom (July 1977).[1] Both of these versions, however, had their beginning and ending substantially re-written by Byron Roark, editor of REH Lone Star Fictioneer. The restored version was printed in issue #10 of the fanzine REH: Two-Gun Raconteur (Winter 2006).[1]

Other versions

This story was re-written by L. Sprague de Camp into the Conan story The Flame Knife. This was first printed in the hardback Tales of Conan (1955).[2]

gollark: So that gets to be the most *annoying*, but spaghet is the *worst*, then? Hmm.
gollark: https://discordapp.com/channels/379850656191741952/392746465375551489/627276672718340106
gollark: I thought that was nano[LAST PART OF WORD REDACTED FOR RULES REASONS] or something.
gollark: "Unfortunately, a motor in your iLeg has failed. We'll need to remove and replace your leg. Since our diagnostics data says it was at one point repaired by an unauthorized provider, we'll be billing you the full £$10000."
gollark: I'll try imagemagicking it.

References

  1. "Publication History". Howard Works. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
  2. "Publication History". Howard Works. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
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