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The Gods of Bal-Sagoth

Ace

1979
Edition format
Paperback
Contains
Stories

Publication date: April 1979

Introduction

Shipwrecked on a mysterious island, two sailors find traces of a lost civilization – and memories of their own impossible part in it! ...The „last words” of an operatic tenor bring the music of hell to the man who destroyed him....Turlogh O’Brien, mighty Gaelic warrior who serves no master but gold and blood, battles for a kingdom against the fearful ancient gods of Bal-Sagoth. All together for the first time in The Gods of Bal-Sagoth.

The Gods of Bal-Sagoth appeared in Weird Tales October 1931.

Notes

First appearance: "The Isle of the Eons"
"Nekht Semerkeht" is supposedly the last story REH ever worked on.
First Ace printing: April 1979

Source: Wikipedia

Edition and production details

Language
English
Edition
1st
Edition format
Paperback
Publication date
April 1979
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0441295258
Pages
235
Publisher / imprint
Ace
Cover art
Sanjulian
Illustrations
None

9 linked Howard works

19 contents entries

  1. "The Gods of Bal-Sagoth"
  2. The Gods of Bal-Sagoth • [Turlogh O'Brien] • (1931) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 1 · novelette
  3. "Casonetto's Last Song"
  4. Casonetto's Last Song • (1973) • short story by Robert E. Howard 53 · story
  5. "King of the Forgotten People"
  6. King of the Forgotten People • (1966) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 59 · novelette
  7. "Usurp the Night"
  8. Usurp the Night • [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] • (1970) • novelette by Robert E. Howard 87 · novelette
  9. "Curse of the Golden Skull"
  10. The Curse of the Golden Skull • [Kull of Valusia] • (1967) • short story by Robert E. Howard 113 · story
  11. "The Shadow of the Beast"
  12. The Shadow of the Beast • non-genre • (1977) • short story by Robert E. Howard 119 · story
  13. "Nekht Semerkeht" (Completed by Andrew J. Offutt )
  14. Nekht Semerkeht • (1977) • novelette by Robert E. Howard and Andrew J. Offutt 135 · novelette
  15. "Restless Waters"
  16. Restless Waters • (1974) • short story by Robert E. Howard 169 · story
  17. "The Isle of the Eons" (unfinished)
  18. The Isle of the Eons • novelette by Robert E. Howard 179 · novelette
  19. "Afterword" by Glenn Lord

Contributors

Glenn Lord
Afterword author
Sanjulian
Cover artist

Additional related terms

Preserved from the former REH World tagging system; these terms have not yet been assigned as contributors, characters or subjects.

Cthulhu MythosKing KullRobert E. HowardTurlogh O'Brien

Bibliographic and editorial layers

Bibliographic source layer

Title
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Publisher
Ace
Date
April 1979
Source file
balsag.htm

REH World editorial layer

Title
The Gods of Bal-Sagoth
Publisher
Ace
Date
April 1979
Source provenance

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