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

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Brak vs. the Sorceress: A really bad read

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Ever the optimist, I managed to find a silver lining in the extreme suckiness of John Jakes’ 1977 novel Brak vs. the Sorceress , though ...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

Metal Friday: "Beyond the Realms of Death" by Judas Priest

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All right, I probably could have picked a slightly more upbeat song headed into the much-needed Memorial Day weekend. But I had this one on ...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Of Red Moon and Black Mountain and the anxiety of Tolkien’s influence

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The shadow of The Lord of the Rings is long, indeed. In the 1960s Frodo lived and the reading public was hungry for more, and derivativ...
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Friday, May 18, 2012

Metal Friday: "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" by Metallica

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Remember when Metallica was a good--pardon me, a great band? Arguably the best metal band on the planet? I do. From roughly 1981-90 Metallic...
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The Avengers: That's entertainment

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After much anticipation and delay I finally got to see The Avengers on Wednesday night. While I wouldn't quite put it up for a best pict...
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

A memorable Midway meeting: Bob Watson, veteran of Omaha Beach

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While walking through the interior of the massive USS Midway this past weekend in all its stunning glory, admiring the vintage and modern...
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Monday, May 14, 2012

Back, and with more Red Nails

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Whew, I'm back from a week-long, stressful business trip to San Diego during which I had no time to blog. But now that I'm home agai...
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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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