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The Temple of Abomination

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Genre
Historical Adventures

Introduction

The Temple of Abomination. Unpublished and unfinished during Howard's lifetime. Featuring Cormac Mac Art is an outlawed Gael, a pirate, and a Reiver. There is both an early draft and a later draft of this story.

Textual states

Shown in a practical developmental order where possible: synopsis/outline, numbered drafts, submission states, then published or posthumous states. This display order does not itself assert exact chronology or textual authority.

Draft 1The Temple of Abomination — Draft 1
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Draft 2The Temple of Abomination — Draft 2
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Primary textThe Temple of Abomination
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Characters in this Work

Counts are across exact Textual Versions currently represented. Additional textual research may add further appearances.

Arthur PendragonArthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple drafts2 textual statesBlack HrothgarViking in The Temple of Abomination drafts2 textual statesCormac Mac ArtGaelic reaver and recurring Cormac Mac Art protagonist2 textual statesEricViking explicitly indicated in the later draft1 textual stateFabricussurvivor discovered in the later Temple of Abomination draft1 textual stateGawaineArthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple drafts2 textual statesHakon Snorri's sonViking in The Temple of Abomination drafts2 textual statesJulius Caesarhistorical Roman conqueror mentioned by comparison in AiSF texts.2 textual statesLancelotArthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple drafts2 textual statesLokiNorse deity invoked in the Cormac Mac Art stories1 textual stateThorNorse deity repeatedly invoked by Viking and Saxon characters2 textual statesThorfinn Jarl's-baneViking in The Temple of Abomination drafts2 textual statesUther PendragonArthurian/late-Roman British figure invoked in the Temple drafts2 textual statesWulfhereWulfhere Hausakliufr / Skull-splitter, Cormac Mac Art’s recurring Danish chief2 textual states

Publication appearances

Tigers of the SeaDonald M. Grant1974↗Tigers of the SeaZebraMay 1975↗The Year's Best Fantasy StoriesDAW BooksOctober 1975↗Terra Fantasy 23: Krieger des Nordens (Warrior of the North)Erich Pabel Verlag KGJuly 1976 March 1979 (2nd printing)↗Savage Heroes, Tales of Sorcery & Black MagicStar (UK)1977↗Tigers of the SeaSphere1977↗Tigers of the SeaAceJune 1979 (first) | April 1984 (second printing)↗Savage Heroes, Tales of Magical FantasyTaplingerMarch 1980↗Savage Heroes, Tales of Magical FantasyTaplingerMarch 1980↗Terra Fantasy 81: Tempel des Grauens (Temple of Horror)Erich Pabel Verlag KGJanuary 1981↗Cormac Mac ArtNeOJanuary 1983 April 1985 (2nd printing)↗Terra Fantasy 81: Tempel des Grauens (Temple of Horror)Arthur Moewig Verlag GmbHFebruary 1985↗Tygrysy morskieKlubowe1986↗Die Besten Fantasy-Stories 1Arthur Moewig Verlag GmbHMay 1987↗Die Tiger der SeeWilhelm Heyne VerlagJune 1987↗Conan i inniKlubowe1988↗Aréna #2Galaktika Baráti Kör Óbudai Aréna klubAugust 1988↗A tenger tigriseiCharta Lap- És Könyvkiadó1990↗Cormac Mac Art #1 (of 4)Dark Horse Comics1990↗Svatyně odpornosti a jiné povídky (Shrine of Repugnance and other stories)Laser Books1990↗Tygrysy morza (Sea Tigers)Pomorze (Pomerania)1990↗Возвращение Конана (Vozvrashchenie Konana) (Return of Conan) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Эридан (Eridan) ЭКАМ (EKAM) (See Notes)1992 1993 (Second edition)↗Cormac Mac ArtFleuve NoirJune 1992↗Tygř i moře (Tigers of the Sea)Laser Books1993 1996 (2nd printing)↗Короли ночи (Koroli nochi) (Kings of the Night) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Сталкер (Stalker)1993↗I signori della spadaNewton Compton Editori / Compagnia del Fantastico, Gruppo NewtonMarch 1994↗Ανθολογία Επιστημονικής Φαντασίας: Ιστορίες με βάρβαρους ήρωες, Τόμος 43 Antholoyía Epistimonikís Phantasías: Istoríes me várvarous íroes; Tómos 43 Anthology of Science Fiction: Stories with Barbarian Heroes, Volume 43Ωρόρα (Oróra) (Aurora)1995↗Cormac Mac ArtBaen BooksMarch 1995↗Tutti i cicli fantastici - I Cicli Celta e di Faccia di TeschioNewton Compton EditoriApril 1995↗Το ἀντρο της φρίκης To ἀntro tis phríkis The Den of HorrorAlien1996↗Lhork 16Círculo de Lhork (Spain)1997↗Ночь волка (Noch volka) (The Night of the Wolf) P ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)1997↗Svatyně odpornosti (Shrine of Repugnance)Laser Books1999↗Cormac Mac ArtLaser Books2003↗Cormac. Rey de los MaresANS (Spain)January 2006↗Тигры морей (Tigry morei) (Tigers of the Sea) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Книжный Клуб Книговек (Knizhnyi Klub Knigovek) (Book Club Knigovek ) Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)2010↗Остров смерти (Ostrov smerti) (Death Island) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Книжный Клуб Книговек (Knizhnyi Klub Knigovek) (Book Club Knigovek ) Северо-Запад (Severo-Zapad) (North-West)2011↗I signori della spadaNewton Compton EditoriMay 2012↗Gli avventurieri del mareElaraAugust 2012↗Cormac Mac Art és a vikingek (Cormac Mac Art and the Vikings)Delta Vision Kft.September 2012 (Trade paperback) December 2012 (eBook)↗Agnès la NoireBragelonneJune 2014↗Swords of the NorthREH Foundation PressDecember 2014↗Cormac Mac Art: Tigres del marKelonia (Spain)April 2017↗Альмарик (Al-marik) (Almuric) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Подсолнухи (Sunflowers)2020↗Barsoom número 41La Hermandad del Enmascarado (Spain)December 2020↗Кормак. Повелитель Дракона (Kormak. Povelitel- Drakona) (Cormac. The Dragon Lord) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently PublishedDecember 2020↗Il Ciclo CeltaGM LibriFebruary 2021↗Тёмные аллеи 2.3: Аколиты и Ктулху (Temnye allei 2.3: Akolity i Ktulkhu) (Dark Alleys 2.3: Acolytes and Cthulhu) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently PublishedMay 2021↗Tiger Der See (Tigers of the Sea)Apex VerlagSeptember 2021↗Кормак. Тигры моря (Kormak. Tigry moria) (Cormac. Tigers of the Sea) Cover and p ublication information courtesy of the Russian website Laboratory of Fantasy .Independently PublishedOctober 2021↗Swords of the NorthREH Foundation PressMay 2024↗