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Glenn Lord's Ultima Thule

Publication type

Edition format

Publication date: October 2000

Introduction

Ultima Thule was Glenn Lord's apazine in the short-lived The Hyperborean League. It collects all of Glenn Lord's contributions to The Hyperborean League, even including one that did not include the Ultima Thule masthead.The Hyperborean League was an Amateur Press Association dedicated to serious discussion of the authors Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith. The REH letters appeared in Ultima Thule #1.

Notes

Saddle-stapled, wraps.
Ultima Thule was Glenn Lord's apazine in "The Hyborian League" which later merged with REHupa in the 1970s. This publication contains all of Lord's contributions.
15 copies were produced. Later (second printing) it was 'print on demand' from Lulu.com by Rob Roehm.

Edition and production details

Language: English

Edition: 1st
Edition format: Magazine size chapbook (saddle-stapled)
Publication date: October 2000
Pages: 52 including covers
Publisher / imprint: Joe & Mona Marek
Cover art: Rafael Kayanan
Illustrations: None

3 Letters in this publication

Letter from John F. Byrne to Robert E. Howard, April 10, 1931 Complete Transcription · p. 40
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Letter from Desmond Hall to Robert E. Howard, November 16, 1933 Complete Transcription · p. 29
View Letter
Letter from Leo Margulies to Robert E. Howard, October 14, 1935 Complete Transcription · p. 30
View Letter

38 contents entries

Letter to Hugh G. Schoenfield, June 15, 1933 ("As I promised, …")
Ultima Thule, Number 1, October 1975 • essay by Glenn Lord 3 · essay
Letter to Denis Archer, May 20, 1934 ("As you doubtless remember, …")
Letter to Hugh G. Schonfield, June 15, 1933 • essay by Robert E. Howard 3 · essay
Non-REH Content
Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 9, 1934 • essay by Hugh G. Schonfield 4 · essay
Ultima Thule #1, October 1975 This issue recounts Robert E. Howard's original efforts to market "The Hour of the Dragon" to British publisher, Denis Archer.
Letter to Managing Editor Denis Archer Publisher, May 20, 1934 • essay by Robert E. Howard 5 · essay
Ultima Thule #2, April 1976 Typically, book and magazine editors used printed rejection slips, but occasionally the editor would write a personal letter instead. This issule contains examples of some of these rejection letters.
Ultima Thule, Numer 2, April 1976 • essay by Glenn Lord 7 · essay
Ultima Thule #3, July 1976 Letters between Oscar J. Friend and Dr. P.M. Kuykendall in which Dr. Kuykendall nearly sells all rights to Robert E. Howard's work to Mr. Friend.
Letter to Robert E. Howard, April 26, 1928 • essay by Albert Boni 9 · essay
Ultima Thule #4, October 1976 A listing of the actual sales that Howard made in his lifetime, with the amounts that he and his agent earned on those sales.
Letter to Robert E. Howard, September 13, 1928 • (1976) • essay by Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. 10 · essay
Ultima Thule #5, July 1977 More personal rejection letters (and requests for rewrites) from Howard's files. Plus, the first attempt by Glenn Lord to update the "Translations" section of The Last Celt past its original December 1973 cut-off date.
Letter to Robert E. Howard, August 15, 1929 • (1976) • essay by Macfadden Publications, Inc. 11 · essay
Ultima Thule #6, January 1978 Further updates of the "Translations" section of The Last Celt , some publishing news, and the last of the personal rejection letters that were to run in this fine apazine.
Letter to Robert E. Howard, June 3, 1930 • (1976) • essay by Wayne Rogers [as by A. H. Bittner] 12 · essay
Robert E. Howard's Library An attempt to try to catalogue the Howard Library that had been donated to the Memorial Collection at Howard Payne College.
Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 29, 1931 • (1976) • essay by Harry Bates 13 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, June 1, 1932 • (1976) • essay by John F. Byrne 14 · essay
Letter to Viola Irene Cooper, March 1, 1935 • (1976) • essay by John F. Byrne 15 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 9, 1936 • (1976) • essay by John F. Byrne 16 · essay
Ultima Thule, Number 3, July 1976 • essay by Glenn Lord 17 · essay
Letter to Oscar J. Friend, March 8, 1954 • (1976) • essay by P. M. Kuykendall 19 · essay
Letter to Oscar J. Friend, March 23, 1954 • (1976) • essay by P. M. Kuykendall 20 · essay
Ultima Thule, Number 4, October 1976 • essay by Glenn Lord 21 · essay
Ultima Thule, Number 5, July 1977 • essay by Glenn Lord 27 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, June 31, 1932 • essay by Farnsworth Wright 28 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, November 16, 1933 • essay by Desmond Hall 29 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, October 14, 1935 • essay by Leo Margulies 30 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, November 15, 1935 • essay by Rogers Terrill 31 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, January 6, 1936 • essay by Leo Margulies 32 · essay
The Last Celt: Addenda to the Bibliography • essay by Glenn Lord 33 · essay
Ultima Thule, Number 6, January 1978 • essay by Glenn Lord 39 · essay
Letter to Robert E. Howard, April 10, 1931 • essay by John F. Byrne 40 · essay
The Last Celt: Addenda to the Bibliography [2] • essay by Glenn Lord 41 · essay
Robert E. Howard's Library • essay by Glenn Lord 45 · essay

Contributors

Rafael Kayanan: Cover artist
Glenn Lord: Essayist
Harry Bates: Essayist
John F. Byrne: Essayist
P. M. Kuykendall: Essayist
Farnsworth Wright: Essayist
Robert E. Howard: Essayist, Editor
Desmond Hall: Essayist
Leo Margulies: Essayist
Rogers Terrill: Essayist
Hugh G. Schonfield: Essayist
Albert Boni: Essayist
Dodd: Essayist
Inc.: Essayist
Macfadden Publications: Essayist
Wayne Rogers: Essayist

Characters / Featuring

El Borak

Additional related terms

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Bob Barger Breckinridge Elkins Byron Roark Dave Gentzel Joe Marek Kevin Cook Novalyne Price Paul Herman Rusty Burke Steve Trout