The Fuller Memorandum is the third book in the Laundry or Bob Howard series by Charles Stross. The series combines hard science-fiction, spy thriller, and Lovecraftian horror. The first two books are The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue. Read more…
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The Jennifer Morgue is the second book in the Laundry or Bob Howard series by Charles Stross. This review contains some minor spoilers. Read more…
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What do you get when you mix hard science fiction, a spy thriller, a loathing for bureaucracy, a computer hacker as main protagonist, Lovecraftian horror, a wicked sense of humor and set it all in an alternate history? Answer: The Bob Howard or Laundry series by Charles Stross. Read more…
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I wasn’t a big fan of the superhero comics (Batman, Spiderman, X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Hulk, …), but I had a friend who was so I read quite a lot of those comics during my teens. They provided a nice pastime, but nothing more. I was much more a fan of Guust Flater, Durango, Rode Ridder, Soda, Jeremiah, Blake & Mortimer, … which non-Belgians probably never heard off. Your loss.
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This is the first book of the Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett. This series is about a young girl who wants to become a witch and is part of the discworld series. Read more…
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I have been a discworld fan since I read my first one some 15 years ago. Terry Pratchett is one of the maybe a handful of writers of which I keep on rereading the books, some even for the 5th time. I keep on discovering new jokes and references. For those not familiar with Terry Pratchett’s work, his books contain lots of references to contemporary society, economy, politics, computer networks, Shakespeare, the press, religion, movies, TV-series, Taoism, … While rereading his work, you sometimes discover new references. Read more…
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