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, May 27, 2010

Fantasy subgenres: Helpful or needlessly divisive?

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Sword and sorcery? Epic fantasy? Sword and planet? Sword and sandal? Does anyone really care about these delineations? Do they serve any pur...
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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Remembering Ronnie James Dio, grandfather of heavy metal

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This is your life This is your time What if the flame won’t last forever This is your here This is your now Let it be magical Who cares what...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The Eyes of the Dragon--a review

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After writing his magnum opus IT , Stephen King briefly stepped away from the genre that defined his career. The result was The Eyes of the ...
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Ronnie James Dio passes

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I've just learned that heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio passed away today at age 67. Terrible news. Back in March I had written a pos...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

A final Frazetta tribute

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This week over at The Cimmerian I join my fellow bloggers in praising the life and art of the late, great Frank Frazetta. It's my secon...
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Monday, May 10, 2010

Remembering Frank Frazetta

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Today I join a host of fantasy fans pausing for a moment to mourn and remember the life and works of brilliant fantasy artist Frank Frazetta...
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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Rediscovering the real Robert E. Howard in Collected Letters

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We know a lot more about Robert E. Howard these days, and in particular we know a lot more truths about the man from Cross Plains than ever ...
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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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