Three-Bladed Doom

Three-Bladed Doom

Infobox short story
name = Three-Bladed Doom
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author = Robert E. Howard
country = United States
language = English
series = El Borak
genre = Adventure
published_in = REH Lone Star Fictioneer #4
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pub_date = Spring 1976
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"Three-Bladed Doom" is an El Borak short story by Robert E. Howard. It was not published within Howard's lifetime.

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).cite web |url=http://www.howardworks.com/storyt.htm#thre2 |title=Publication History |accessdate=2008-02-11 |work=Howard Works] . The long version was printed the following year in the Zebra paperback "Three-Bladed Doom" (July 1977). 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).

Other versions

This story was re-written by L. Sprague DeCamp into the Conan story "The Flame Knife". This was first printed in the hardback "Tales of Conan" (1955). [cite web |url=http://www.howardworks.com/storyf.htm#flam1 |title=Publication History |accessdate=2008-02-11 |work=Howard Works]

References

External links

* [http://www.howardworks.com/subject.htm#elborak List of stories and publication details at Howard Works]


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