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"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, November 26, 2020

Bloodstone and The Lord of the Rings post up on DMR blog

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During a recent re-read of Karl Edward Wagner's Bloodstone I was struck by what appears to be some parallels and similarities to certai...
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Saturday, November 14, 2020

Love it or hate it (I have done both)—a re-examination of Judas Priest’s Turbo

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Better run for cover... Back in the mid-1980s a civil war was brewing in heavy metal. On one side were the standard bearers of “true metal,”...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Some thoughts on Jack Vance's "Liane The Wayfarer"

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There wasn't a whole lot going on in the 1940s for sword-and-sorcery. You had Skull Face and Others by Arkham House, published in 1946,...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Stephen King, Halloween, and the joy of reading

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I own this edition, just a lot more beat up. Yesterday evening I experienced an unmitigated pleasure. The nonsense and hard work of the day ...
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Saturday, October 24, 2020

Some new sword-and-sorcery titles worth a look

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Here at The Silver Key I spend most of my time talking classic sword-and-sorcery, but I’ve been keeping track of some new releases that I th...
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Saturday, October 17, 2020

Recording of "The Best Sword & Sorcery of the 20th Century" panel now available

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Last night I spent the better part of 2 1/2 hours in an interesting, rambling discussion about sword-and-sorcery with the likes of Howard An...
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Friday, October 9, 2020

Upcoming panel session: "The Best Sword & Sorcery Stories of the 20th Century"

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On Friday Oct. 16 I'll be taking part in an S&S panel session, part of the (wonderfully named) Bride of Cyclops Con , an online conv...
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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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