ed.rybicki
1/19/2023
Bob Howard, that is -- anti-hero, host for an ancient evil known as the Eater of Souls, and employee of that famous British civil service organisation, The Laundry. There are shenanigans involving an animated Hello Kitty, subtle allusions TWICE to Harlan Ellison's most grotesque short story AND more obviously to a famous old SF story....
And it's too short. Charles Stross brings back Bob Howard, and puts him in an adventure that took me maybe 40 minutes to finish (I had ice cream in the middle to make it seem longer), and leaves me wanting MORE. I like the Laundry technocyber magic far more than I liked the two most recent books -- Charles, please go back there? Please???
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