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

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Confess, Rob Halford (2020), a review

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The Metal God tells all... I’m a raging Judas Priest fan, and chances are you are too, if you like metal. I frequently vacillate between Pri...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy

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KEW? Is that you? Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy (2020, Parallel Universe Publications) was for most of its 219 pages an en...
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Sunday, March 7, 2021

A review of Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road (Neil Peart)

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Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road (2002) did not quite meet my expectations, both the book itself and in a larger sense who I believ...
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Friday, March 5, 2021

Should readers of pulp sword-and-sorcery be worried about McElligot's Pool?

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What are we to do with books from a bygone era that contain stereotypes or racist or sexist attitudes deemed harmful today? I was admitted...
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Monday, February 22, 2021

A Fitting, Final Honor for Charles Saunders, Author of Imaro

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My latest post for DMR Books is up: A Fitting, Final Honor for Charles Saunders, Author of Imaro .  Check it out for my thoughts on the late...
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Friday, February 19, 2021

Up the Irons and eff the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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The Boys from Britain don't need no stinking HOF! Iron Maiden has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. My reaction? Who ...
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Friday, February 12, 2021

Parasite, "Night Winds"

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  The first 1:02 of "Nightwinds," an obscure song by an obscure Swedish metal band named Parasite, encompasses everything I love a...
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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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