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Il dio nell'urna
Titolo originale	The God in the Bowl
Altri titoli	Il dio nel sarcofago
1ª ed. originale	1952
Genere	Racconto
Sottogenere	Heroic fantasy, Sword and sorcery
Lingua originale	inglese
Protagonisti	Conan il barbaro
Serie	Conan il barbaro
Preceduto da	L'era hyboriana
Seguito da	Il tesoro di Tranicos

Il dio nell'urna, intitolato anche Il dio nel sarcofago (The God in the Bowl), è un racconto fantasy facente parte del ciclo di Conan il barbaro dello scrittore Robert Ervin Howard.

"The God in the Bowl" is one of the original short stories featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian, written by American author Robert E. Howard but not published during his lifetime. Set during the fictional Hyborian Age, the plot sees Conan robbing a temple museum only to become the prime suspect in a murder mystery. The story first saw publication in September 1952 in Space Science Fiction and has been reprinted many times since.

Storia editoriale

https://hyperborea.live/2017/11/08/7151/

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Conan_the_Barbarian_Vol_1_7

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Savage_Sword_of_Conan_Vol_1_191

https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Sschaaronn_(Earth-616)

https://conan.fandom.com/wiki/The_God_in_the_Bowl

https://www.trueachievements.com/a251771/the-god-in-the-bowl-achievement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conan_and_the_Grim_Grey_God

https://web.archive.org/web/20070817034200/http://rehupa.com/rippke_stygia.htm

"Il Dio nella ciotola" è stata una delle prime avventure di Conan. In esso Conan è descritto come un giovane e, come in "La Torre dell'Elefante", si guadagna da vivere come un ladro. Questa storia, insieme a "La figlia del gigante di ghiaccio" e "La fenice sulla spada", fu sottoposta a Farnsworth Wright, editore di Weird Tales , nel 1932. Wright rifiutò due delle tre storie, accettando solo "La fenice sulla spada". "per la pubblicazione. (https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/13/hither-came-conan-mark-finn-on-the-god-in-the-bowl/, https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1501131h.html)

The original version was rejected by pulp magazine Weird Tales in Howard's lifetime and only rediscovered in 1951. It was then edited by L. Sprague de Camp for publication, and this edited version was the first version to see print. Several other differently-edited versions followed. The unedited, original version was only printed in 2002 with Conan of Cimmeria: Volume One (1932-1933).

Many of de Camp's edits were slight. They have been characterized as technically correct and more precise but at the expense of losing some of the richness and energy of Howard's original.

Here is an example of the differences in texts. The first is by Howard, the second by de Camp:

«Arus stood in a vast corridor, lighted by huge candles in nitches along the walls. These walls were hung with black velvet tapestries, and between the tapestries hung shields and crossed weapons of fantastic make.»

«The watchman stood in a vast corridor lighted by huge candles set in niches along the walls. Between the niches, these walls were covered with black velvet wall-hangings, and between the hangings hung shields and crossed weapons of fantastic make.»

Purists decry De Camp's editorial work on both this and other Howard Conan stories. He reportedly substantially altered and rewrote whole sections, often to include references to his own work.

Everett F. Bleiler, commenting on the edited text, described "The God in the Bowl" as "a primitive detective story" and found it to be "not very good".

Carson Ward commented further: "A more fitting term would be an anti detective story- since it turns upside down the basic conventions of the genre. It begins in normal detective story fashion - a murder is discovered, the police arrives, a rationalist detective (Dionus) starts a thorough investigation, discards red herrings, and looks for the real culprit. But in total opposition to the conventional ending of a detective story - i.e, the detective solving the mystery and triumphantly apprehending the culprit - 'God in Bowl' ends with the forces of law and order totally routed, detective and constables fleeing the scene in panic. The stage is left to the clash of primeval forces, the barbarian from the north against the sinister magic from the south. The outcome is entirely due to Conan's sword-arm. The laws and criminal procedures of the surrounding city and kingdom are effectively nullified." (Ward probably meant Demetrio, not Dionus, given the roles played by both characters in the story. Demetrio plays the more rational and evidence-oriented authority.)

Critica

https://www.blackgate.com/2019/05/13/hither-came-conan-mark-finn-on-the-god-in-the-bowl/

Wandrei e io abbiamo letto questi racconti con vivo interesse e apprezzamento. I migliori auguri per la loro pubblicazione definitiva! Sembra che anche Dwyer li abbia apprezzati molto. Il climax di "The God in the Bowl" è splendidamente vivido. —HPL. (https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks15/1501131h.html)

Altri media

Fumetti

Nel corso degli anni Il dio nell'urna ha ricevuto tre adattamenti a fumetti per conto di Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics e Glénat.

https://hyperborea.live/2021/11/26/recensione-conan-il-cimmero-il-dio-nellurna/amp/

Data	Edizione	Titolo	Titolo italiano	Sceneggiatura	Disegni	Colori	Copertina	Prima edizione italiana	Data italiana
Luglio 1971	Conan the Barbarian 7 (Marvel Comics)	The Lurker Within!	Il dio nell'urna!	Roy Thomas	Barry Windsor-Smith	Mimi Gold	Barry Windsor-Smith	Albi dei Super-Eroi 22 (Editoriale Corno)	Febbraio 1974
Novembre 2004	Conan 10 (Dark Horse)	The Temple of Kallian Publico	Il tempio di Kallian Publico	Kurt Busiek	Cary Nord e Thomas Yeates	Dave Stewart	Leinil Francis Yu	100% Cult Comics 9 (Panini Comics)	Ottobre 2006
Dicembre 2004	Conan 11 (Dark Horse)	The God in the Bowl	Il dio nell'urna
Gennaio 2021	Conan le Cimmérien n.11 (Glénat)	Le dieu dans le sarcophage	Il dio nell'urna	Doug Headline	Emmanuel Civiello			Conan il cimmero n.11 (Star Comics)	Settembre 2021

https://officinameningi.ecwid.com/IL-SANGUE-DEL-BARBARO-p331929195

Collegamenti esterni

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