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href="/wiki/LCC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCC (identifier)"><abbr title="Library of Congress Classification">LC Class</abbr></a></th><td class="infobox-data">PS3569.I472 G5 1984</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Gilgamesh the King</b></i> is a 1984 <a href="/wiki/Historical_novel" class="mw-redirect" title="Historical novel">historical novel</a> by American writer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Silverberg" title="Robert Silverberg">Robert Silverberg</a>, presenting the <i><a href="/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh" title="Epic of Gilgamesh">Epic of Gilgamesh</a></i> as a novel. In the afterword the author wrote "at all times I have attempted to interpret the fanciful and fantastic events of these poems in a realistic way, that is, to tell the story of Gilgamesh as though he were writing his own memoirs, and to that end I have introduced many interpretations of my own devising which for better or for worse are in no way to be ascribed to the scholars". </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_introduction">Plot introduction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilgamesh_the_King&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot introduction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The novel is told from the point of view of Gilgamesh, and is primarily ambivalent about the supernatural elements of the epic. But the events are portrayed in a fairly realistic manner. Gilgamesh is a giant among men and an amazing warrior, even since he was very young. When the king of Uruk (his father) dies, Gilgamesh is exiled by the recently crowned Dumuzi, jealous of his skills and power. When in time Dumuzi dies, Gilgamesh comes back to the kingdom to be proclaimed. </p><p>Silverberg afterwards wrote a number of stories for the <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a> anthology series <i><a href="/wiki/Heroes_in_Hell" title="Heroes in Hell">Heroes in Hell</a></i> describing <a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh" title="Gilgamesh">Gilgamesh</a>'s posthumous adventures in the <a href="/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld">underworld</a>, including the award-winning novella <i><a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh_in_the_Outback" title="Gilgamesh in the Outback">Gilgamesh in the Outback</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilgamesh_the_King&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Neil_Gaiman" title="Neil Gaiman">Neil Gaiman</a> reviewed <i>Gilgamesh the King</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/Imagine_(game_magazine)" title="Imagine (game magazine)">Imagine</a></i> magazine, and stated that "A fascinating look at a long-gone culture, with a magnificent <a href="/wiki/Jim_Burns" title="Jim Burns">Jim Burns</a> cover."<sup id="cite_ref-Imagine29_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Imagine29-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">Dave Langford</a> reviewed <i>Gilgamesh the King</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a></i> #69, and stated that "Silverberg's version is laudable, essential reading [...] but his realistic approach weakens (I think) the theme of immortality. Compare his amazing fantasy <i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Skulls" title="The Book of Skulls">The Book of Skulls</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-WD69_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD69-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reviews">Reviews</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gilgamesh_the_King&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Review by Faren Miller (1984) in <i><a href="/wiki/Locus_(magazine)" title="Locus (magazine)">Locus</a></i>, #287 December 1984<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Review by Lynn F. 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"Fantasy Media". <i><a href="/wiki/Imagine_(AD%26D_magazine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Imagine (AD&D magazine)">Imagine</a></i> (review) (29). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 45.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Imagine&rft.atitle=Fantasy+Media&rft.issue=29&rft.pages=45&rft.date=1985-08&rft.aulast=Gaiman&rft.aufirst=Neil&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgamesh+the+King" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WD69-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WD69_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLangford1985" class="citation magazine cs1"><a href="/wiki/David_Langford" title="David Langford">Langford, Dave</a> (September 1985). "Critical Mass". <i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a></i>. 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Humans</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh" title="Gilgamesh">Gilgamesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aga_of_Kish" title="Aga of Kish">Aga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enmebaragesi" title="Enmebaragesi">Enmebaragesi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Enkidu" title="Enkidu">Enkidu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamhat" title="Shamhat">Shamhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urshanabi" title="Urshanabi">Urshanabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utnapishtim" title="Utnapishtim">Utnapishtim</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adad" class="mw-redirect" title="Adad">Adad</a></li> <li><a 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Genesys</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Slaves_of_the_Shinar" title="Slaves of the Shinar">Slaves of the Shinar</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sorceress:_The_Secrets_of_the_Immortal_Nicholas_Flamel" title="The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel">The Sorceress: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel</a></i> (2009)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Classical music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Epic_of_Gilgamesh_(Martin%C5%AF)" title="The Epic of Gilgamesh (Martinů)">The Epic of Gilgamesh</a></i> (1955 Czech oratorio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh_(Kodall%C4%B1_opera)" title="Gilgamesh (Kodallı opera)"><i>Gilgamesh</i> (Kodallı)</a> (1964 Turkish opera)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgamesh_(Saygun_opera)" title="Gilgamesh (Saygun opera)"><i>Gilgamesh</i> (Saygun)</a> 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