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

Saturday, November 29, 2008

On the trail of the Grail: A review of Over Sea, Under Stone

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So therefore, I trust it to this land, over sea and under stone, and I mark here the signs by which the proper man in the proper place, may ...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Over Sea, Under Stone

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"You remember the fairy stories you were told when you were very small--'once upon a time . . .' Why do you think they always b...
Tuesday, November 25, 2008

The Halloween Tree: Illuminating death's great mystery

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What is Halloween? How did it start? Where, why, what for? Witches, cats, mummy dust, haunts… it’s all there in the country from which no o...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Delinquent posting

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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I haven't been slain in a viking raid, butchered by an orc chieftain on the Pelennor Fields, or had ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Fantasy films update: Conan gets a director; A Song of Ice and Fire pilot gets green-lighted

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Following are two news items that should be of interest to any fantasy fan. I'm not sure if these qualify as old news, but they're n...
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Saturday, November 8, 2008

Mourning the passing of Michael Crichton

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Lo, I see here my father and mother Lo, now I see all my deceased relatives sitting Lo, there is my master, who is sitting in paradise. --Fr...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008

The Land that Time Forgot: A tale best left forgotten

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Repeat after me: Pulp is a great genre, but not all pulp is great. And some of it isn't very good at all, I'm afraid. I lead with t...
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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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