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

Thursday, May 29, 2008

The glory that was The Savage Sword of Conan

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As a kid I used to take weekly walks to a local comic shop to blow my allowance. It was there in this dusty, creaky old store on the edge o...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Del Toro, Jackson talk The Hobbit

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Okay, so I'm a day late and a dollar short on this one (blame the long weekend and a lack of internet access), but the WetaHolics Web si...
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Friday, May 23, 2008

The swords and sorcery debt owed to Lin Carter

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The name of Lin Carter, widely reviled in fantasy fiction circles, deserves some reconsideration. Nowadays Carter is regarded as a hack wh...
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Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Hobbit: A fun and worthy film, warts and all

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Confession: I like The Hobbit . The 1977 Rankin/Bass animated film, that is. I'm interested to know if anyone else holds this film in h...
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Saturday, May 17, 2008

You're one of us now

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A review of Invasion of the Body Snatchers , by Jack Finney, read by Kristoffer Tabori The image of Donald Sutherland at the end of the 197...
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Spamalot--the bright side of life

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During a business trip to Las Vegas last week I managed to catch a showing of Spamalot . It was hilarious and worth every penny. If you have...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Exploring the wondrous myth of King Arthur

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I’m not a monarchist, but on some level I find the prospect of being ruled by a kind and just king comforting. Living the life of a noble k...
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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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