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, March 25, 2010

Ronnie James Dio: Putting the sword to the dragon of cancer, still defying the ravages of time

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—The best steel goes through the fire Ronnie James Dio, Hide in the Rainbow If you’re a fan of heavy metal music, you’re probably aware that...
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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Closing the book on The Silmarillion

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Re-reading The Silmarillion was a lot of fun—as I knew it would be. From the Dagor Brallogach to the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, from The Fall of G...
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Thursday, March 18, 2010

REH and other omissions aside, Rings, Swords, and Monsters: Exploring Fantasy Literature a worthy listen

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Slowly—too slowly and decades overdue, in my opinion—fantasy literature is gaining a foothold in colleges and universities. Long ignored and...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: Closing the book on the Third Age

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Part nine of Blogging The Silmarillion concludes with Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age “Many are the strange chances of the world,” ...
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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Blogging The Silmarillion: A straight road is bent and Men suffer punishment divine

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Part eight of Blogging the Silmarillion continues with the Akallabêth . According to scholar Tom Shippey, J.R.R. Tolkien struggled to recon...
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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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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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