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, April 27, 2012

Metal Friday: "NM156" by Queensryche

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All this talk of the Singularity and out of control technology got me thinking of one of my favorite metal bands from back in the day: Queen...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

33 years to immortality. Maybe.

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In 2045 we will reach Event Horizon, aka the Singularity. In that year we will transcend biology and our bodies will meld with machines. ...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

Metal Friday: "Falling off the Edge of the World" by Black Sabbath

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Black Sabbath's wheelhouse years were roughly 1980-1981, when it released Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules back-to-back with Ronnie James...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Robert E. Howard “Red Nails” podcast Saturday

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“Five dead dogs!” exclaimed Techotl, his flaming eyes reflecting a ghastly exultation. “Five slain! Five crimson nails for the black pilla...
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Review of Richard Morgan's The Cold Commands on Mythopoeic Society

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I've written the piece many (some? none?) of you have been waiting for: a review of Richard Morgan's The Cold Commands , book two of...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Metal Friday: "Jerusalem" by Bruce Dickinson

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Someone recently forwarded me a link to an article listing the top 10 heavy metal albums of the 1990s. They asked for my comment. That lis...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

An Ode to the Berkley Medallion Conans

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...in all their tattered glory Karl Edward Wagner was and remains the most qualified individual to weigh in on the issue of Conan stor...
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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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