Charlie StrossMar 17

Len Deighton has died (age: 97):

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/len-deighton-obituary-death-32565cvnk

Len Deighton obituary: writer who redefined spy thrillers dies aged 97

The creator of Harry Palmer brought anti-establishment edge to the Sixties while mastering everything from military history to ‘gastrosexual’ cookery

The Times
Show threadWellsiteGeoMar 17

@cstross
He's not dead.
He's taken his tradecraft to the next level.

(I'd say he's following "Ghost Protocol", but the MI franchise have co-opted that one.)

Show threadCharlie StrossMar 17
@WellsiteGeo He's defected to SPECTRE.
Show threadWellsiteGeoMar 17
@cstross Translucent card played. Good one.
Now why didn't I see that coming?
Show threadWellsiteGeo

@cstross

I need a techbrodude with infinite money. I want to sell him the idea of transparent cards for unarguably-fair cheating-free card games.

Then, after the cheque has cleared, while drinking fresh mango juice, shipwrecked and comatose, I intend to watch him suffer infinite Internet scorn.

It *is* more fun than pulling the wings off flies, and more ethically defensible too.

Mar 17 at 11:41amWeb