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, August 30, 2012

Plethora of Howard Days Panels on Youtube

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If you didn’t make it out to Cross Plains Texas for Robert E. Howard Days this past June (I didn’t, and have not yet made the trip, though ...
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Monday, August 27, 2012

Some thoughts on the purpose of fantasy fiction

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The author of another blog I discovered recently, Everything is Nice , recently chose to describe a quote by George R.R. Martin as represent...
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Thursday, August 16, 2012

A Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore Score

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Brick and mortar bookstores are as rare as hen’s teeth these days, it seems, and that’s a shame. I enjoy the instantaneous convenience an...
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Thursday, August 2, 2012

Three Hobbit Films for the LOTR Fans = Trouble

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Fans of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings should be thrilled that The Hobbit , originally planned as two feature films, is now slated...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

The Silmarillion: Thirty Years On, a review

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The 1977 publication of The Silmarillion was a singular event in fantasy fiction. I’m happy to stand corrected, but I can’t think of an...
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Thursday, July 19, 2012

Six Sought Adventure: A Half-Dozen Swords And Sorcery Short Stories Worth Your Summer Reading Time

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I’ve always enjoyed fantasy fiction in the short form. In an age when a typical series stretches seven-plus doorstopper sized volumes with...
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Monday, July 16, 2012

A holy grail (of sorts) for fans of Tolkien and King Arthur

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Sorry for the lack of posts of late, I sincerely hope to get back on a more regular schedule. But here is a bit of news worth sharing: Accor...
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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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