The Silver Key

"Wonder had gone away, and he had forgotten that all life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." --H.P. Lovecraft, The Silver Key

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Unforgiven: A cold-blooded killer of a movie

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Part 6 of a 10-part series in which I examine my favorite films, and the reasons why I love them so. If you take a look at my top 10 list of...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

Gates of Fire: What 300 should have been

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Do you want to know why ancient Sparta had the most feared warriors of their (and possibly any) era? Look no further than Steven Pressfield...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

In which I argue the reasons why Conan the Barbarian crushes other films, drives them before it

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Part 5 of a 10-part series in which I examine my favorite films, and the reasons why I love them so. Director John Milius' Conan ...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Broken Sword: A masterpiece from the fantasy forge

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Poul Anderson is an author who seems to be largely ignored and unappreciated these days, save for those who are true fans of the fantasy an...
Monday, November 12, 2007

Hail to The Cimmerian

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Blogs are a funny business. There's millions of them all over the Web, each an expression of their author's particular interests. Gi...
Sunday, November 11, 2007

Heavy metal fantasy: The wonderful music of Blind Guardian

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As a life-long heavy metal fan who writes a blog that celebrates all things fantastic, it was only a matter of time before I got to the sub...
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Thursday, November 8, 2007

By Crom, Robert E. Howard could write

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“Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there w...
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Brian Murphy
Marketing professional by day; skald in the Hall of Fire by night; and member of the S.H.I.E.L.D.W.A.L.L. Author of Flame and Crimson: A History of Sword-and-Sorcery (2020, Pulp Hero Press). Essayist and reviewer for numerous web and print-based fantasy and sword-and-sorcery publications, including The Cimmerian, Black Gate, Tales from the Magician's Skull, Mythprint, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, The Dark Man, DMR Blog, Skelos, and SFFaudio.com. Two-time Robert E. Howard Foundation award winner: The Atlantean (Outstanding Achievement/Book for Flame and Crimson) and The Venarium (emerging scholar in REH studies).
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