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

Monday, March 31, 2008

Bernard Cornwell: A Man's writer

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The cover blurbs on Bernard Cornwell’s books read “Perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today,” and frankly, you’ll g...
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Friday, March 28, 2008

Some scenes I'm looking forward to in The Hobbit

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The recent news that Ian McKellen definitely wants to reprise his role as Gandalf in The Hobbit got me all excited again about the possibi...
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Friday, March 21, 2008

Iron Maiden--the true kings of metal

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Heavy metal as I see it: An irregular series about the highest form of music known to man. In a heavy metal steel-cage death match involving...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Cormac McCarthy's The Road: A grim yet rewarding journey

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As I've mentioned in past posts, I'm a fan of the post-apocalyptic genre, but not for any perverse voyeurism derived from watching t...
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Sunday, March 16, 2008

The Rime of the Aging Metalhead: A review of Iron Maiden in East Rutherford, 3/14/08

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(Photo caption: From left to right, Dan, 29, Scott, 36, and 34-year-old me flash devil horns and metal faces while carrying home-baked muffi...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

...things are awful quiet around here

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So in case you've noticed I haven't been posting much on The Silver Key the last couple days. It's not because I've lost in...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

A legend is gone

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T'was a sad day for me and the roleplaying community in general: Gary Gygax, co-founder of Dungeons and Dragons and the father of role-...
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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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