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, October 9, 2008

Some final thoughts on The Lord of the Rings

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As I finish re-reading The Lord of the Rings , I'm reminded that, as an adult, I continue to enjoy this book as much as or even more th...
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Monday, October 6, 2008

"The Scouring of the Shire": Accounting for the price of victory

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“There is no real going back. Though I may come to the Shire, it will not seem the same; for I shall not be the same. I am wounded with knif...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

"And the joy of battle was upon me": My favorite moments from the battle of the Pelennor Fields

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Peter Jackson once said that he agreed to make The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers solely for the opportunity to make The Retur...
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

A review of Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

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As a heavy metal fan I found it a real pleasure to watch Metal: A Headbanger's Journey . Sam Dunn's 2005 documentary is a fun, insi...
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Friday, September 26, 2008

Samwise the Brave: Examining the central hero of The Lord of the Rings

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I have something to do before the end. I must see it through, sir, if you understand. --Sam Gamgee, The Lord of the Rings You don’t have to ...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

Sanitized fairy tales: News story exposes modern trend of bland safeness

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The Boston Globe published a great article on Sunday that I felt compelled to share. The title of this piece by Joanna Weiss says it all: F...
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Saturday, September 20, 2008

Shelob: A frightening, ancient evil

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He may not be Steven King or Edgar Allen Poe, but J.R.R. Tolkien manages to pack a couple scares into The Lord of the Rings . Two chapters i...
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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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