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I finished this, №4 in @cstross’s #LaundryFiles series a few days ago.
It’s extremely good. Mr. Stross’ control of action, description of setting, inner monologue, and narrative thread continue to improve and are increasingly excellent. The pages practically turn themselves. The characters continue to mystify, as further details of their past are revealed and the hero moves up the job ladder.
Nothing in this ages badly.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
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I finished this, №4 in @cstross’s #LaundryFiles series a few days ago.
It’s extremely good. Mr. Stross’ control of action, description of setting, inner monologue, and narrative thread continue to improve and are increasingly excellent. The pages practically turn themselves. The characters continue to mystify, as further details of their past are revealed and the hero moves up the job ladder.
Nothing in this ages badly.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
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@sleepy62 I would say that the first four #LaundryFiles stand up great today, as I’ve just read the first three and am reading №4 now. In order would probably help greatly to follow @cstross’s wonderful character development and world building, but isn’t 100% necessary. I’m reading them in order because that’s my SOP. YMMV, but I get more out of it by doing it that way. Most of the tech is Ancient Majik-based, so timeliness is less of a concern.
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@sleepy62 I would say that the first four #LaundryFiles stand up great today, as I’ve just read the first three and am reading №4 now. In order would probably help greatly to follow @cstross’s wonderful character development and world building, but isn’t 100% necessary. I’m reading them in order because that’s my SOP. YMMV, but I get more out of it by doing it that way. Most of the tech is Ancient Majik-based, so timeliness is less of a concern.
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Finished this the other night. Excellent 3rd entry in the #LaundryFiles series by @cstross.
Comparisons to John le Carré’s work are justified by content — book №2 was Bond-themed — but this is Stross’ own work throughout. We learn so much more about characters’ reality and histories than one might in others’ works. As well, this is now a team of Bob and Mo.
Mr Stross is clearly hitting his authorial stride with confidence at this point.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
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Finished this the other night. Excellent 3rd entry in the #LaundryFiles series by @cstross.
Comparisons to John le Carré’s work are justified by content — book №2 was Bond-themed — but this is Stross’ own work throughout. We learn so much more about characters’ reality and histories than one might in others’ works. As well, this is now a team of Bob and Mo.
Mr Stross is clearly hitting his authorial stride with confidence at this point.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
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#TIL that Arthur Ransome — illustrator of “Swallows & Amazons” — was also an intelligence agent in pre- and post-revolutionary Russia.
Why?
Because I’m reading @cstross’s “The Fuller Memorandum,” have got about half-way through it, and am enjoying it immensely. I’ve also learned that Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was (in every sense) an ugly mo-fo, been reminded of Helena Blavatsky’s life, and learned a Soviet agronomist believed in genetics.
#BooksTodon #LaundryFiles
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#TIL that Arthur Ransome — illustrator of “Swallows & Amazons” — was also an intelligence agent in pre- and post-revolutionary Russia.
Why?
Because I’m reading @cstross’s “The Fuller Memorandum,” have got about half-way through it, and am enjoying it immensely. I’ve also learned that Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was (in every sense) an ugly mo-fo, been reminded of Helena Blavatsky’s life, and learned a Soviet agronomist believed in genetics.
#BooksTodon #LaundryFiles
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Here’s my problem with the art.
I do not wish to see what @cstross’s protagonist looks like, I want to imagine it in my head. That way, unless the person is specifically described in exquisite detail, I — like any other reader — can make them look like me. Equally, I do not wish to see exactly what the Evil Dæmon™ looks like, because I can make them far uglier in my mind than what you see there.
Symbolic, expressionist, impressionist, even (bleah) fauvist art is preferable.
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Here’s my problem with the art.
I do not wish to see what @cstross’s protagonist looks like, I want to imagine it in my head. That way, unless the person is specifically described in exquisite detail, I — like any other reader — can make them look like me. Equally, I do not wish to see exactly what the Evil Dæmon™ looks like, because I can make them far uglier in my mind than what you see there.
Symbolic, expressionist, impressionist, even (bleah) fauvist art is preferable.
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While not microfiche, as the Memex in @cstross’s book used, it’s analogous to it. PDFs are electronic versions of physical documents, as microfiche are photographic representations of paper documents. The Memex system then links between points in the documents to allow the reader to go back and forth, akin to looking up a word’s definition in a glossary or other reference, like HTML.
I look forward to further learning how the #LaundryFiles are my biographical records.
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While not microfiche, as the Memex in @cstross’s book used, it’s analogous to it. PDFs are electronic versions of physical documents, as microfiche are photographic representations of paper documents. The Memex system then links between points in the documents to allow the reader to go back and forth, akin to looking up a word’s definition in a glossary or other reference, like HTML.
I look forward to further learning how the #LaundryFiles are my biographical records.
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Having read the prior two #LaundryFiles books by @cstross, I finally looked into what a Memex device was / is / could have been. The funniest thing is I can say that I have played a part in creating a database analogous to one in function.
For a year I worked for minimum wage for a company that created fully-cross-indexed blocks of PDFs for various legal cases. If a document referred to a specific river, we created a link to the index’s notation of that river.
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Having read the prior two #LaundryFiles books by @cstross, I finally looked into what a Memex device was / is / could have been. The funniest thing is I can say that I have played a part in creating a database analogous to one in function.
For a year I worked for minimum wage for a company that created fully-cross-indexed blocks of PDFs for various legal cases. If a document referred to a specific river, we created a link to the index’s notation of that river.
… / 1 of 2
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I have now completed @cstross’s “The Jennifer Morgue.” I see now the purpose of the James Bond Trope structure, and it is perfect. Sending it up, certainly, but also pointing out its class- and gender-based weaknesses.
I do worry about the characters, given the end of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.’
I also wonder about @Menhit’s reaction to the climactic scene.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
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I have now completed @cstross’s “The Jennifer Morgue.” I see now the purpose of the James Bond Trope structure, and it is perfect. Sending it up, certainly, but also pointing out its class- and gender-based weaknesses.
I do worry about the characters, given the end of “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.’
I also wonder about @Menhit’s reaction to the climactic scene.
Very highly recommended.
★★★★★
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@baltakatei I’m aware that @cstross’s output is considerable. The #LaundryFiles change around 10 or so (haven’t go anywhere near that, obviously), so if it takes a turn away from my tastes, I was planning on looking elsewhere in his œvre for something. Therefore, thank you for the suggestion of trying the “Saturn's Children” series, as maybe an android-based society exploring economics might be my thing. I mean, honestly, it might!
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@baltakatei I’m aware that @cstross’s output is considerable. The #LaundryFiles change around 10 or so (haven’t go anywhere near that, obviously), so if it takes a turn away from my tastes, I was planning on looking elsewhere in his œvre for something. Therefore, thank you for the suggestion of trying the “Saturn's Children” series, as maybe an android-based society exploring economics might be my thing. I mean, honestly, it might!
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I’ve just realized this is only №2 in the #LaundryFiles series. The fact that №1 has a short story/novella (depending on your definition) in addition to the novel is likely to be part of my confusion.
Yet, I have already fully dedicated myself to reading all of @cstross’s work in this series. It doesn’t take long for me to become obsessed, it would seem.
But, damn, he’s good!
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I’ve just realized this is only №2 in the #LaundryFiles series. The fact that №1 has a short story/novella (depending on your definition) in addition to the novel is likely to be part of my confusion.
Yet, I have already fully dedicated myself to reading all of @cstross’s work in this series. It doesn’t take long for me to become obsessed, it would seem.
But, damn, he’s good!
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Very much enjoying this.
Past the ½-way, the story structure @cstross is referencing — and references to others in the same series — is clear to the reader. This is no knock-off or parody in any manner, however; merely a pondering of “what if you put that guy in *this* situation?” It’s incredibly well-done.
References to other great works — especially a mid-’30s German mesmer — are also intelligently included.
This is a work of great skill.
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Very much enjoying this.
Past the ½-way, the story structure @cstross is referencing — and references to others in the same series — is clear to the reader. This is no knock-off or parody in any manner, however; merely a pondering of “what if you put that guy in *this* situation?” It’s incredibly well-done.
References to other great works — especially a mid-’30s German mesmer — are also intelligently included.
This is a work of great skill.
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CURRENTLY READING:
Book 2 of the #LaundryFiles by @cstross.
Nothing beats a book that starts with Lovecraftian horrors blended with CIA ‘black operation’ Project Azorian.
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CURRENTLY READING:
Book 2 of the #LaundryFiles by @cstross.
Nothing beats a book that starts with Lovecraftian horrors blended with CIA ‘black operation’ Project Azorian.
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Been wanting to read The Laundry Files by @cstross for quite some time and finally started The Atrocity Archives. So good! I’m going to be burning through this series!
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Been wanting to read The Laundry Files by @cstross for quite some time and finally started The Atrocity Archives. So good! I’m going to be burning through this series!
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The book I’m currently reading has me believing that the world’s government is run by cultists of an undead god from another dimension, and I see nothing in my perusal of the news to disabuse me of that notion. #laundryfiles
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Just finished the final (?) installment of the Laundry Files by @cstross : The Regicide Report. Just a little spoiler...it is very good and everyone should read the whole series. Pax does look a little cross, but that is because it took a couple of tries to get this picture, and I was not properly petting her. #LaundryFiles #Caterday #CatsOfMastodon
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Just finished the final (?) installment of the Laundry Files by @cstross : The Regicide Report. Just a little spoiler...it is very good and everyone should read the whole series. Pax does look a little cross, but that is because it took a couple of tries to get this picture, and I was not properly petting her. #LaundryFiles #Caterday #CatsOfMastodon
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That was a good day. Through to Edinburgh to pick up a copy of @cstross latest 'The Regicide Report' from Transreal Fiction, pint in Greyfriars Bobby's Bar (full of tourists, to no-ones surprise) and a tour around the Edinburgh Hacklab.
Now devoured said book. Makes a suitably semi-apocalyptic ending to the Laundry Files. And I need to go and read up on Operation BARMAID, which is a bit of Cold War insanity I hadn't heard of...
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That was a good day. Through to Edinburgh to pick up a copy of @cstross latest 'The Regicide Report' from Transreal Fiction, pint in Greyfriars Bobby's Bar (full of tourists, to no-ones surprise) and a tour around the Edinburgh Hacklab.
Now devoured said book. Makes a suitably semi-apocalyptic ending to the Laundry Files. And I need to go and read up on Operation BARMAID, which is a bit of Cold War insanity I hadn't heard of...
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@cstross Everyone knows vampires aren’t real, man
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@cstross Everyone knows vampires aren’t real, man
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Just finished "The Regicide Report" by @cstross
Blimey. More twists and turns than the original adventure game maze of twisty passages
Bravo, Charlie. What a way to bow out a host of characters. Although, of course, Bob's final words could hold true!
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Just finished "The Regicide Report" by @cstross
Blimey. More twists and turns than the original adventure game maze of twisty passages
Bravo, Charlie. What a way to bow out a host of characters. Although, of course, Bob's final words could hold true!
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The Weather, the country and well the world is, well look at it. That is it, I am running away to Bob Land for the evening. The Regicide Report by @[email protected] #amreading 💙📚 #LaundryFiles
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The Weather, the country and well the world is, well look at it. That is it, I am running away to Bob Land for the evening. The Regicide Report by @[email protected] #amreading 💙📚 #LaundryFiles
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“(There are many (many (nested)) parentheses: ritual magic, realtime spell-casting, hasn’t been the same since John McCarthy.)”
– Charlie Stross, The Apocalypse Codex
(Yep, I’m rereading the #LaundryFiles by @cstross as a refresher for #TheRegicideReport)
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“(There are many (many (nested)) parentheses: ritual magic, realtime spell-casting, hasn’t been the same since John McCarthy.)”
– Charlie Stross, The Apocalypse Codex
(Yep, I’m rereading the #LaundryFiles by @cstross as a refresher for #TheRegicideReport)
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I just gulped down #TheRegicideReport in 24 hours! It was very epic and satisfyingly ties a lot of plotlines and characters from the previous #LaundryFiles books together.
However, it has left me a bit melancholy. I guess I was hoping that @cstross would have some fresh ideas on how to definitively deal with monsters who have taken over your government and are indiscriminately killing people to further their own selfish goals. You know, topical advice.
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I just gulped down #TheRegicideReport in 24 hours! It was very epic and satisfyingly ties a lot of plotlines and characters from the previous #LaundryFiles books together.
However, it has left me a bit melancholy. I guess I was hoping that @cstross would have some fresh ideas on how to definitively deal with monsters who have taken over your government and are indiscriminately killing people to further their own selfish goals. You know, topical advice.
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With the final instalment of Charlie Stross’s #laundryFiles due out at the end of the month, now seems as good a time as any for a re-read of the series.
Hello Bob, hello Mo. Hello Mhari, Alex and Cassie, Angleton and Armstrong, Iris and Seph, Pinkie and Brains.
It’s been a while…feels good 😎
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With the final instalment of Charlie Stross’s #laundryFiles due out at the end of the month, now seems as good a time as any for a re-read of the series.
Hello Bob, hello Mo. Hello Mhari, Alex and Cassie, Angleton and Armstrong, Iris and Seph, Pinkie and Brains.
It’s been a while…feels good 😎
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Another strong entry in the recent #LaundryFiles novels, with a really interesting trip into the Regency period of England.
(comment on Season of Skulls)
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I learn more vocabulary and weird facts from @cstross 's books than anywhere else. As I find myself on a bender of the later #LaundryFiles series, I need to either read in ebook format for the built in dictionary or have my phone or a physical dictionary near me.
Today's gem was learning about The Bluestocking Society, a women's rights and intellectual movement from the 18th century.
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I learn more vocabulary and weird facts from @cstross 's books than anywhere else. As I find myself on a bender of the later #LaundryFiles series, I need to either read in ebook format for the built in dictionary or have my phone or a physical dictionary near me.
Today's gem was learning about The Bluestocking Society, a women's rights and intellectual movement from the 18th century.
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The new characters started out slow for me in Dead Lies Dreaming, but it's been picking up speed ever since I started that one. Here we are on the third novel with Wendy, Eve, Imp, and the crew.
40 pages in and I already know this one's going to be a banger!
(comment on Season of Skulls)
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The 'book is dead. Long live the 'book!