@IanAMartin@thecanadian.social
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May 09, 2026
That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@thecanadian.social
photographer ▩ polyamorous ▩ he / him / hey you ▩ reincarnation of Robert Benchley (look him up, kids) — — — — — — — — — GEN. MURRAY: I can't make out whether you're bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted. T.E. LAWRENCE: I have the same problem, sir. T.E. LAWRENCE: It's my manner, sir. GEN. MURRAY: Your manner? T.E. LAWRENCE: Yes. It looks insubordinate, but it isn't really.
thecanadian.social
Very much enjoying this.
Past the ½-way, the story structure @cstross@wandering.shop 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.
#reviews #BooksTodon #CineMastodon #LaundryFiles
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@IanAMartin@thecanadian.social
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May 10, 2026
That Old Guy with the Beard
@IanAMartin@thecanadian.social
photographer ▩ polyamorous ▩ he / him / hey you ▩ reincarnation of Robert Benchley (look him up, kids) — — — — — — — — — GEN. MURRAY: I can't make out whether you're bloody bad-mannered or just half-witted. T.E. LAWRENCE: I have the same problem, sir. T.E. LAWRENCE: It's my manner, sir. GEN. MURRAY: Your manner? T.E. LAWRENCE: Yes. It looks insubordinate, but it isn't really.
thecanadian.social
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@wandering.shop’s work in this series. It doesn’t take long for me to become obsessed, it would seem.
But, damn, he’s good!
#BooksTodon
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@skymoo@floss.social
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Apr 25, 2026
Adam
@skymoo@floss.social
Data scientist for LIGO. A Brit expat, currently living in Phoenix, AZ, USA. Posts mainly nonsense, some work related, some politics, probably best to avoid... Profile picture is a silhouette of me walking through a doorway of a Mayan Temple in Tulum, Mexico. Banner show lizards sunning themselves on an old stone wall.
floss.social
Been wanting to read The Laundry Files by @cstross@wandering.shop for quite some time and finally started The Atrocity Archives. So good! I’m going to be burning through this series!
#Reading #LaundryFiles #bookstodon
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It has landed! a happy/sad day here. @cstross@wandering.shop thank you for your stellar writing over the years 🙂 #charlesstross #laundryfiles
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@rupert@mastodon.nz
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Feb 21, 2026
Rupert V/
@rupert@mastodon.nz
He/him/his. Writing code for a living for 35 years and counting. I've lived in England, Minnesota, and (currently) Aotearoa New Zealand 
. Married with two off-site adult children. Profile pic is a loon (state bird of Minnesota) in the form of the Star Wars Rebel Alliance symbol
mastodon.nz
I paused reading @cstross@wandering.shop 's Regicide Report (I wonder how many searches for "stross regicide" it takes before Google puts him on a list?) this evening to watch The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) which I last watched much closer to its release date than to today.
#VincentPrice
#LaundryFiles
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@beardie_jamie@mastodon.scot
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Feb 15, 2026
That was a good day. Through to Edinburgh to pick up a copy of @cstross@wandering.shop 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...
#LaundryFiles #Edinburgh #TransrealFiction #Nyarlathotep
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@mikemccaffrey@wandering.shop
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Feb 03, 2026
Mike McCaffrey
@mikemccaffrey@wandering.shop
Future-focused fan of #SciFi and #SpeculativeFiction. Wondering where everything is going in general.
wandering.shop
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@wandering.shop 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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