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, November 26, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Knocking some stuffing out of Moorcock's "Epic Pooh"

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According to Michael Moorcock, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has endured solely because it’s comfort food. So proclaimeth the autho...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Burning Land set to reignite the Saxon Stories

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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 ge...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

My top 5 Stephen King novels

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While surfing the internet recently I encountered something quite surprising: A post from a well-read genre fan who had just experienced Ste...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Best battle-speeches

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I’m no war-monger, nor do I make light of real battles and their terrible cost. But there’s no doubt that mass-combats make for great cinema...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Thanks to the vets

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I came across a great video today, courtesy of MSN.com/The History Channel : colorized footage of just-restored footage from Okinawa , origi...
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: The Book of Merlyn and its Howardian connection

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A good man’s example always does instruct the ignorant and lessens their rage, little by little through the ages, until the spirit of the wa...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Of used book fairs and old King Arthur

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I love used book fairs. I find them irresistible, like a dish of peanut M&Ms placed on my desk while I’m trying to work. A local library...
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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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