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, February 25, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: Out of ruined lands and cities, a star of hope arises

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Part seven of Blogging the Silmarillion concludes the Quenta Silmarillion with a look at Chapters 22-24. —- No careful reader of Tolkien’s...
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: Of Túrin Turambar and the sightless dark of Tolkien’s vision

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Thus was the fate of Túrin woven, which is foretold in that lay that is called Narn i Hîn Húrin, the Tale of the Children of Húrin, and is t...
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

A recap of Boskone 47: Talking Tolkien with Tom Shippey

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Tom Shippey might be the closest connection we have to J.R.R. Tolkien himself, save for Tolkien’s son Christopher. Shippey met Tolkien and h...
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Thursday, February 11, 2010

A date with Tom Shippey at Boskone 47

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This week I signed up for a one-day pass to attend Boskone . It's a regional convention put on by the New England Science Fiction Associ...
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Blogging The Silmarillion: Of Blind Guardian’s Nightfall in Middle-earth

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In this week’s Blogging the Silmarillion , I’ve decided to take a temporary detour into two tastes that taste great together: Heavy metal a...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: The breaking of the siege of Angband and other (myth) busting

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Part five of Blogging the Silmarillion continues with chapters 16-20 of the Quenta Silmarillion . — By the command of Morgoth the Orcs wit...
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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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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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