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, August 27, 2010

Cameron wants Avatar to compete with Tolkien and Star Wars? Pfft.

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From The Los Angeles Times : Cameron admires the universes created by George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry and the man who now has the two high...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge, a review

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As the summer begins to draw to a close and the cooling night air brings with it thoughts of fall and of Halloween, inevitably I’m stricken ...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

Tolkien feature on the BBC, circa 1968

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I came across a great video feature on Tolkien circa 1968, courtesy of the BBC. I've never seen most of this footage. Tolkien walking th...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Toy Story 3: Genre fiction writers take heed

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Warning: This essay contains some spoilers. If fairy-story as a kind is worth reading at all it is worthy to be written for and read by adul...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

A Princess of Mars, a review

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A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs In 1917 World War I was in the midst of its savage throes, and suspended over its torn battlefields ...
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Saturday, August 7, 2010

20 years of KISS—and counting

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What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And j...
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Thursday, August 5, 2010

On Stories: Discovering a kindred spirit in C.S. Lewis

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Though he’s best known as the author of the Chronicles of Narnia , C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) was also a prolific essayist and an ardent defende...
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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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