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

Friday, January 27, 2023

RUSH--Show Don't Tell (Live)

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Today's Metal Friday is not really metal... but close enough, and IDGAF. It's Rush, and they get to call the shots. This choice is d...
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Thursday, January 26, 2023

The subjectivity of star ratings

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What do you consider to be a five-star book (on a rating of 1-5 stars)? Or a one star book? Is the former a book that you couldn’t put down?...
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Monday, January 23, 2023

Blood of the Serpent: Is the New Conan Novel Really Conan?

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This past weekend I finished the new Conan novel, S.M. Stirling's Blood of the Serpent . And wrote a brief review which you can find on ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2023

Top 5 Manowar Songs

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Metal Friday is a day late this week but coming in hot, ready to smash your face in with the death tone of amplified guitars and massive ham...
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Thursday, January 19, 2023

New Edge Magazine kickstarter--get in on it

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The sword-and-sorcery renaissance/modest revival continues. There is a lot going on in S&S circles these days, and I admit I'm beh...
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Saturday, January 14, 2023

The big Excalibur post

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Up on the blog of DMR Books is the big Excalibur post I've been meaning to write for years. 2K words about not just one of my favorite f...
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Friday, January 13, 2023

Bible Black, Heaven and Hell

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The late Ronnie James Dio pulled off something of a miracle with the release of The Devil You Know in 2009. Dio was 66 years old, had only...
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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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