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, September 30, 2010

Back with some Blind Guardian

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Whew, it's been a long week-plus. I just returned from a business trip to Orlando. Prior to that I was banging out yet another high scho...
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Dealing with contextless, inflammatory claims of Howard's racism

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So in the end, Robert E. Howard was a racist. When my kids are old enough, I will not recommend his fiction to them. I'll also explain h...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Finding Deliverance in a dearth of heroic fantasy

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I lay with the flashlight still in one hand, and tried to shape the day. The river ran through it, but before we got back into the current o...
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Thursday, September 9, 2010

B-slapping a random Epic Pooh/Moorcock supporter

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Typically I stay away from engaging in debate on sites like Youtube , knowing the caliber of response I'm likely to get. But in this cas...
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

In the grip of “The Northern Thing:” My top 10 northern inspired stories

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Let us die in the doing of deeds for his sake; let fright itself run afraid from our shouts; let weapons measure the warrior’s worth. Thoug...
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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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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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