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In Topic: Charlie Stross (LAUNDRY series and other geek spy vs Cthulu goodness)
Today, 08:34 PM
Abyss, on 12 May 2025 - 04:06 PM, said:
new book blurb NEW BOOK BLURBBBBBBB
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An occult assassin, a living god and an elderly queen face off in
THE REGICIDE REPORT,
the thrilling conclusion to Charles Stross' Hugo Award winning Laundry Files series.
After 60-plus years in power in the U.K., Queen Elizabeth II has gathered a surplus of mana from believers spread across the British Commonwealth. That makes her a threat to the Elder God recently installed as Prime Minister—and a target to a shadowy faction within the Laundry looking to depose the Black Pharaoh.An assassin is dispatched to take out Queen Elizabeth and neutralize the threat of the Black Pharaoh. Bob Howard and Dominique "Mo" O'Brien return for the last time, reluctantly pressed into service protecting the queen.Plus, Mhari Murphy and her team, many of whom are now infected with vampirism, are back from their mission to Washington DC with mixed success.
God save the Queen—someone has to.
who's excited???? I AM EXCITEDDDDDD!!!
Conclusion is a dirty word. -
In Topic: Reading at t'moment?
07 May 2025 - 03:54 PM
JPK, on 25 April 2025 - 02:43 PM, said:
QuickTidal, on 25 April 2025 - 01:14 PM, said:
Abyss, on 24 April 2025 - 07:06 PM, said:
pat5150, on 22 April 2025 - 10:05 PM, said:
JPK, on 22 April 2025 - 03:33 PM, said:
I've finally emerged from DON QUIXOTE and will post an update over the ded-thread. Anyways, with that brick out of the way, I'm finding myself in need of something a bit now contemporary so I pulled something up that's been sitting in my trp for YEARS. Tregellis' THE COLDEST WAR. I bought this way back when the series was first getting buzz in this thread and have read BITTER SEEDS twice now, but had just never moved forward into the series. Happy to say that I'm one chapter into this and it's very much scratching an itch for me right now.
That Tregillis trilogy is awesome!
seconded!
Thirded. REALLY unique and well written.
I'm pretty sure I picked this up back when QT and Abyss both started praising it several years back. But that's also how so many books landed on my trp back when I was even worse about lurking than these days.
I'm likely to be a bit slower with this one because I'm doubling it up with my current Classics read, but I'm into chapter 3 now and surprised how much darker this one got and how fast. Don't get me wrong, BITTER SEEDS wasn't exactly light but this one feels extremely heavy from the get go. It's just picking up from the end of book 1 and running with it full sprint.
INTERLUDE 3 spoilers.Spoiler -
In Topic: The Comics Thread!
30 April 2025 - 11:51 PM
QuickTidal, on 30 April 2025 - 11:15 PM, said:Abyss, on 30 April 2025 - 01:46 PM, said:JPK, on 29 April 2025 - 07:34 PM, said:I started No Man's Land last night but I feel like I'm missing some context. Can any of you that are better versed hook me up with a simple explanation as to how Gotham got like this? I'd Google but don't want spoilers. I saw something about an earthquake in the first issue but I feel like it has to be more than that to get to this level of cluster
Yah, you may want to back up and read the Cataclysm, Aftershock, and Road to No Man's Land Bat-crossover stories first. Those lead up to the quake, quake, and consequences that set up NML.
Yep, all of this.
Also after you’re done read Puckett’s excellent run on BATGIRL, as it stars Cassandra Cain who IIRC is introduced during No Man’s Land. That and the following Stephanie Brown BATGIRL (Brian Q Miller) run are probably my fave nougties Batman-associated comics.
I thought this might be the intro of Cassandra Cain as Batgirl. Barbara is definitely Oracle at this point, and I knew that Cassandra takes up that mantle at some point. I think I'll go for a month of the DC app and push through it. -
In Topic: The Comics Thread!
30 April 2025 - 07:48 PM
Abyss, on 30 April 2025 - 01:46 PM, said:JPK, on 29 April 2025 - 07:34 PM, said:I started No Man's Land last night but I feel like I'm missing some context. Can any of you that are better versed hook me up with a simple explanation as to how Gotham got like this? I'd Google but don't want spoilers. I saw something about an earthquake in the first issue but I feel like it has to be more than that to get to this level of cluster
Yah, you may want to back up and read the Cataclysm, Aftershock, and Road to No Man's Land Bat-crossover stories first. Those lead up to the quake, quake, and consequences that set up NML.
Thank you. It's hard to find pathways for this sometimes without running straight into spoilers. -
In Topic: The Comics Thread!
29 April 2025 - 07:34 PM
I started No Man's Land last night but I feel like I'm missing some context. Can any of you that are better versed hook me up with a simple explanation as to how Gotham got like this? I'd Google but don't want spoilers. I saw something about an earthquake in the first issue but I feel like it has to be more than that to get to this level of cluster
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