tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post9149197043250280010..comments2024-03-18T19:26:44.878-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: A few closing thoughts on Literary Swordsmen and SorcerersBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-89604753773229077332012-02-24T07:52:00.609-05:002012-02-24T07:52:00.609-05:00Thanks Brer, and I'm glad I inspired you to se...Thanks Brer, and I'm glad I inspired you to seek out the book again! I wish there were more like it. Fantasy seems to lack much in the way of critical analysis.<br /><br /> I'll have to track down the Warner bio; again I'm not sure why she would characterize White that way.<br /><br />Will do Keith.Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-83459771214733566532012-02-23T10:57:27.169-05:002012-02-23T10:57:27.169-05:00Let us know what you think of The Well of the Unic...Let us know what you think of The Well of the Unicorn. It's been on my I Really Need to Read This list for years.<br /><br />And I agree with you completely about Howard.Adventuresfantastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16907562789681407416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-77380528878681209172012-02-23T07:32:49.693-05:002012-02-23T07:32:49.693-05:00Thanks, Brian, for drawing attention to this book,...Thanks, Brian, for drawing attention to this book, which I had read back in college but had somehow misplaced in my memory. Since your first review I have got my own copy and am re-reading it again.<br /><br />I know what you mean by what can only be termed de Camp's hubris, his general air of "Here's what these great writers did wrong." I particularly noted it in his biography of Lovecraft. He also tends to go off on a tangent to give his personal views of history, theology, or philosophy. But to be fair, he is quoting T. H. White's biographer (Sylvia Townsend Warner) as to his supposed "second-rate intellect," albeit perhaps with a little too much relish.<br /><br />LSAS is a fun read, and, as Lin Carter pointed out in the introduction, one of the few early works to completely devote itself to the genre; as such it is interesting as a snapshot of the fandom and scholarship of the time. This descendant of those Texas Bohemians thanks you again for restoring it to him.Brerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14429065718316352989noreply@blogger.com