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John Griogair Bell Apr 4, 2025

Equoid

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/04/04/equoid/

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Equoid - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews Equoid [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Reactor, Local Library] by Charles Stross, a Laundry Files novella. (n.b. This is available to read gratis on the Reactor site.) This novella is an installment in the Laundry Files saga of Bob Howard, civil servant and computational demonologist. While other volumes in the series provide […]

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John Griogair Bell Jan 28, 2025

“The room reeks of old, dead terror—and a brooding malevolence, as if the instruments of torture are merely biding their time. Just you wait, they’re saying.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2025/01/28/the-room-reeks-of-old-dead-terror-and-a-brooding-malevolence-as-if-the-instruments-of-torture-are-merely-biding-their-time-just-you-wait-theyre-saying/

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"The room reeks of old, dead terror—and a brooding malevolence, as if the instruments of torture are merely biding their time. Just you wait, they’re saying." - The Hermetic Library Blog

The room reeks of old, dead terror—and a brooding malevolence, as if the instruments of torture are merely biding their time. Just you wait, they’re saying. Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives [Amazon, Bookshop, Libro.fm, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “Len Deighton was not an author of spy thrillers but of horror, because all Cold War–era […]

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John Griogair Bell Dec 17, 2024

“I’m living my reading material, oh God.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/12/17/im-living-my-reading-material-oh-god/

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"I’m living my reading material, oh God." - The Hermetic Library Blog

I’m living my reading material, oh God. Lilith Saintcrow, The Demon’s Librarian Lilith Saintcrow, The Demon’s Librarian [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “You’re in my fucking city, Blue Eyes.” Chess’s voice deepened, but retained all its low sweetness. “And you have pissed off the wrong fucking librarian!” “I mean, I know I’m not […]

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John Griogair Bell Feb 13, 2024

“But do we get to play with safe opto-isolated geometry engines and invocation clusters here? Do we, fuck: we’re stuck with Dr. Volt and his thuggish friend Mr. Amp, and pray we don’t get a stray ground loop while the summoning core is present and active.”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/02/13/but-do-we-get-to-play-with-safe-opto-isolated-geometry-engines-and-invocation-clusters-here-do-we-fuck-were-stuck-with-dr-volt-and-his-thuggish-friend-mr-amp-and-pray-we-dont/

"But do we get to play with safe opto-isolated geometry engines and invocation clusters here? Do we, fuck: we’re stuck with Dr. Volt and his thuggish friend Mr. Amp, and pray we don’t get a stray ground loop while the summoning core is present and active." - The Hermetic Library Blog

But do we get to play with safe opto-isolated geometry engines and invocation clusters here? Do we, fuck: we’re stuck with Dr. Volt and his thuggish friend Mr. Amp, and pray we don’t get a stray ground loop while the summoning core is present and active. Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local […]

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John Griogair Bell Jan 30, 2024

“You’re in my fucking city, Blue Eyes.” Chess’s voice deepened, but retained all its low sweetness. “And you have pissed off the wrong fucking librarian!”

https://library.hrmtc.com/2024/01/30/youre-in-my-fucking-city-blue-eyes-chesss-voice-deepened-but-retained-all-its-low-sweetness-and-you-have-pissed-off-the-wrong-fucking-librarian/

“You’re in my fucking city, Blue Eyes.” Chess’s voice deepened, but retained all its low sweetness. “And you have pissed off the wrong fucking librarian!” - The Hermetic Library Blog

“You’re in my fucking city, Blue Eyes.” Chess’s voice deepened, but retained all its low sweetness. “And you have pissed off the wrong fucking librarian!” Lilith Saintcrow, The Demon’s Librarian [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] Consider also: “This is why religion can only be advice and clarification, and cannot carry any spurs of enforcement—for only […]

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