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

Friday, January 29, 2010

Epic battles of Middle-earth in miniature

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I'd like to offer a half-hearted apology to readers of The Silver Key who don't care much for Middle-earth. Until I get through Blo...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: Of northern-ness, the death of Fëanor and the creep of doom

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Part four of Blogging the Silmarillion continues with chapters 10-15 of the Quenta Silmarillion. —–--- “If we insist on asking for the moral...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: Melkor strikes back, and the pride and exile of Fëanor

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Part three of Blogging The Silmarillion continues with chapters 6-9 of the Quenta Silmarillion . ——– Say farewell to bondage! But say fare...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: Of the coming of elves, and several degrees of separation

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Part two of Blogging the Silmarillion picks up with the end of chapter 1of the Quenta Silmarillion (“Of the Beginning of Days”) and continu...
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Thursday, January 7, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: The creation of Arda and myth-making

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Blogging The Silmarillion: Series introduction In part one of Blogging the Silmarillion , I’m sharing my thoughts on the first two sections...
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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Cimmerian sighting: Blogging The Silmarillion

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Love this image of Maglor, hurling a Silmaril. Nevertheless it was the work of his heart, which occupied him for far longer than The Hobbit ...
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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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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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