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, December 31, 2009

Williamson’s reading of The Hobbit available on Youtube

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If there was ever a story meant to be read aloud, it’s J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit . Tolkien intended the tale to be delivered orally, and i...
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Sunday, December 27, 2009

The War of Art: Striking a blow against creative blocks

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Anyone who has tried their hand at creative writing knows how daunting it is to face a blank computer screen or an empty notebook. Fear of f...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: My top five reads of 2009

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Merry Christmas! With the end of the year approaching I thought I would put together one of those ever-popular “best-of” lists for your cons...
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Monday, December 21, 2009

Master storytelling at work in Lansdale's Mucho Mojo

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Today I’m here to sing the praises of one Joe R. Lansdale. I consider him to be one of the finest storytellers of this, and perhaps any, gen...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: High hopes and black fears for Del Toro's The Hobbit

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Casting for The Hobbit has apparently begun , the news of which means that I’m back to split feelings of incredible exhilaration, and a ter...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Tolkien: Man and Myth, a review

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One cannot afford to ignore Tolkien’s philosophical and theological beliefs, central as they are to his whole conception of Middle Earth and...
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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: "Fantasy” a worthy entry in Anderson’s canon

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While others seek the passageway to elven realms in vain, Poul Anderson throws wide the gate to let his readers enter into wonder … Anderson...
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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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