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|    Lynn McGuire to Bobbie Sellers    |
|    Re: The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stros    |
|    09 Feb 26 14:56:03    |
      From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com              On 2/7/2026 4:48 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:       > Hi Denizens of sf.written,       >       > Well I finished this about a day ago. If you are a fan of       > Charles Stross's Laundry files or of amusingly eledritch horror       > in general you won't want to miss this.       > The American President has gone missing and the elder       > god, the Black Pharoah who is ruling the UK. with the aid of       > former Laundry members, tasks Mhaire who is more competent       > than she knows to find our why and rescue the President.       > The American equivalent of the Laundry who are called by       > the Laundry, "Nazgul" are trying to run Cuthlu.exe aka the       > "Lord of Sleep" and wake that before the stars are absolutely       > right. K parasites save the day but V parasites save the brain       > for lunch. Golly. it makes me glad I am not good at Math.       > No one in this is a good guy but many are team players.       > It seems to me to be the best story yet of the problems       > in Callilng Up that which cannot be banished.       > Somewhat Fresh Horror!       >       > Not perhaps for kiddies due to language.       >       > But if you are over 18 you had better read it or       > miss the chance, with censorship getting more       > ridiculous every day.       >       > bliss              I have been communicating with Stross over on reddit as we have a lot of       similar likes and he is a Heinlein / Ilona Andrews fan also. I have one       of his Laundry books and two of his robot books in my SBR (one is a reread).              Lynn              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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