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, January 31, 2009

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Battle at Leidhra

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The ‘battle piece’, as a historical construction, is as old as Herodotus; as a subject of myth and saga it is even more antique. It is an ev...
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Celebrating REH with some comic-book savagery

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As usual, I'm a day late on the news: Yesterday marked what would have been the 103rd birthday of Robert E. Howard, founder and reigning...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Ranking on Rankin and Bass, and rating Poe's best

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Not much to add today, just a few links to point out that I've found interesting. Over at Black Gate , Ryan Harvey posted a very thoroug...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

A berserk bit of history: The Battle of Stamford Bridge

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With my interest piqued by the recent news that HarperCollins will be publishing The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien in May 2...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

300: Sound and pectorals and fury, signifying nothing

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As someone who loves books by Bernard Cornwell and Vikings and war in general in all its many forms, 300 appears to be right up my alley. I...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

More on Tolkien and RPGs

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I’d like to take a moment to comment on a great post over at Grognardia which celebrates the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien and explains some ...
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Praising Middle-Earth's darkest hour: A review of the Children of Hurin

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Warning—some spoilers follow . Although critical appreciation for J.R.R. Tolkien has increased over the years, fantasy's greatest author...
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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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