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

Monday, July 25, 2011

Four part Conan movie history on Youtube

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Fans (and detractors) of the two 1980s Conan films should find these interesting: A four part history of the movies recently posted to Youtu...
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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Encouraging production video of The Hobbit released

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I’m officially Much More Encouraged about The Hobbit now that I’ve seen the latest production video released today. You can view it here on...
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Monday, July 18, 2011

Some recent book finds

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Courtesy of a recent town fair, I now have in my possession the following books, each purchased for the princely sum of $1: Bulfinch's M...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

The day I went a-viking

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How many people can say they sailed in a viking ship of their own making? So what if the mast was made of PVC pipe, and the planking and...
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Saturday, July 9, 2011

Those dwarf pictures…

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…I must say my reaction is a mixed bag, a fair bit of “meh,” to be honest. First what I like. The proportions seem great. The faces, excelle...
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Thursday, July 7, 2011

A (very) guilty pleasure: Dennis McKiernan’s The Iron Tower Trilogy

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The publication of Terry Brooks’ Sword of Shannara in 1977 was a watershed moment in fantasy literature. The success of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Th...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Johann Hari—hypocrite

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The same brilliant award-winning young journalist who once demonized J.R.R. Tolkien for daring to oppose unbridled modernity has since turn...
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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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