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 31, 2011

LA Times brings the snark to A Game of Thrones preview

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Every time I think I’ve moved on from the fantasy/realism debate, someone drops the gauntlet and I find myself back in the thick of the fray...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Steve Tompkins, still missed

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Today marks the second anniversary of the death of Steve Tompkins . Every so often I catch myself wondering "what would Steve have thou...
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Friday, March 18, 2011

Falling for the allegory trap: Why J.R.R. Tolkien was not a technophobe

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It’s a curious but real phenomenon that the very mention of J.R.R. Tolkien causes the Black Gate to open and the critics to issue forth, wie...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011

The Desert of Souls, a review

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“We should talk more, you and I,” he said, “about storytelling.” –Howard Andrew Jones, The Desert of Souls The Desert of Souls is the debut...
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Ten years of Dungeons and Dragons, Mach II

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This May will mark the 10th anniversary of my return to Dungeons and Dragons, all with the same group. I’m not sure how we’ll celebrate the ...
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Forth now, and fear no darkness! Tolkien in his own words

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Courtesy of Miguel, former co-blogger on The Cimmerian , this amazing find from HarperAudio: Four audio clips of J.R.R. Tolkien reading sele...
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Thursday, March 3, 2011

Drinking in the demonic energy of Tolkien’s The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun

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If you like the sound and rhythm of words — and if you’re a hopeless J.R.R. Tolkien junkie — you’ll like The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun (2...
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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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