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 […]

The Hungry Moon - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Hungry Moon [Amazon, Bookshop, Publisher, Local Library] by Ramsey Campbell, part of the Fiction Without Frontiers series I’ve read a few of Ramsey Campbell’s short stories, and I’ve liked them. The Hungry Moon is the first novel of his I’ve read. It is straight-up weird horror, with no overtures to the Lovecraftian […]

"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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The Witches of World War II - The Hermetic Library Blog

Hermetic Library Fellow T Polyphilus reviews The Witches of World War II [Amazon, Publisher, Local Library] by Paul Cornell, Valeria Burzo, Jordie Bellaire, &c. The Witches of World War II treats “The Magical Battle of Britain” in graphic novel format, collecting six issues of a comic book of the same title. In this case, the […]