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

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, a review

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Warning: Spoilers follow. As I left an IMAX 3D showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey early Saturday evening, I struggled at firs...
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Friday, November 9, 2012

Just where is this guy?

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Readers the world round are surely wondering w hat happened to that guy who writes The Silver Key blog?  I wish I had something really cool ...
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Friday, September 28, 2012

The Zombie Survival Guide, a review

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The next time a Class 2 zombie outbreak occurs in my neighborhood, I’ll be well-prepared to deal with the shambling corpses of hungry un...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Last Call by Tim Powers, a review

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Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player twenty years ago and hasn’t returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards...
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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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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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