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Riders Beyond the Sunrise — Draft 1

Part of Riders Beyond the Sunrise

StateDraft 1Surviving witnesses1TSS catalogue units18
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Characters in this exact text

BruleBrule the Spear-slayer — Pictish warrior of Kull’s age and ancestor of BranOn Pagefirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 66FelgarFelgar — Farsunian adventurer who elopes with Lala-ahMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 65Gaar the ConquerorGaar the Conqueror — ancient king whose army Karon ferried beyond the StagusMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 80HelfaraHelfara — divine/occult name invoked by Kull in an oathMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 68HolgarHolgar — divine name invoked by Kull; not the existing human Viking HolgarMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 66HonenHonen — deity of ancient Atlantis invoked by the last high priestMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 66HotathHotath — deity repeatedly invoked in Kull textsMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 66Ka-yannaKa-yanna — Valusian nobleman deserted by Lala-ah and participant in the pursuitOn Pagefirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 65KaronKaron — ancient ferryman of the River StagusOn Pagefirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 80KelkorKelkor — second commander of the Red Slayers who rides with KullOn Pagefirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 67KullKull — Atlantean king of Valusia summoned into Bran’s ageOn Pagefirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 65Lala-ahLala-ah — countess of Fanara who elopes with FelgarMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 65TuTu — chief councillor of Valusia under KullOn Pagefirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 65ValkaValka — deity of ancient Atlantis invoked by the last high priestMentionedfirst: Kull: Exile of Atlantis, p. 65

Surviving manuscript evidence

The records below describe surviving physical typescripts, carbons, manuscript material and documentary catalogue evidence for this exact textual state. TSS numbers identify physical catalogue units; they are not story or draft IDs.

Draft 1 — surviving Howard typescriptHoward typescript
Extent18 pagesCompletenessPossibly incomplete

Physical extent: 18 pages / 18 TSS catalogue units

TSS: 62672–62689

Original Robert E. Howard typescript.

Additional documentary notes

  • Untitled Witness: The spreadsheet records this surviving Howard manuscript as untitled. (witness level)

Source: 000 TSS of REH moving towards final.xls · Complete List · Riders Beyond The Sunrise (d1) · TSS 62672–62689 · spreadsheet rows 12875–12892

Textual witnesses & editorial mediation

These records describe how this textual state is known or represented. A witness may be authorial, editorially mediated, restored, transcribed or otherwise derived without becoming a new Howard-authored textual state.

Kull: Exile of Atlantis (supplied Del Rey edition, 2006)Restored reading editionAuthority basis: Restoration toward authorial text · Treatment: Restored toward authorial wording

Kull: Exile of Atlantis, supplied Del Rey edition, PDF pp. 64–81.