en-US Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:04:55 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg AuthorBlogPost25665716 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:04:55 -0700 /author_blog_posts/25665716-meanwhile-in-real-life Comment286963336 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:20:32 -0800 /review/show/7257626619 Nirkatze's review of A Conventional Boy (Laundry Files, #13; New Management, #4)
by Charles Stross

I didn't choose the additional stories to round out the book: that was an editorial decision. (My preferred choice would have been "Equoid".) Never mind, hopefully there'll be a Laundry short story collection to gather all the shorter pieces together in a couple of years. ]]> Comment283958728 Fri, 06 Dec 2024 07:46:10 -0800 /author_blog_posts/25315568-what-sf-f-genre-tropes-should-i-tackle-next Charles made a comment on What SF/F genre tropes should I tackle next?

Steve wrote: "It's 100% fantasy, but I've stumbled into the sub-genre of "cultivation" and find that it's really good fun. Seems to often go hand in hand with litRPG, which might or might not interest you."

Cultivation seems to be 100% how to level up your character stats? Or I may be missing something. (But I'm not a gamer—I was a hardcore TTRPG guy in my teens, but quit cold over 40 years ago).

Anyway, my next book, "Season of Skulls", is *all about* circa-1982 D&D and the fallout from the Satanic Panic back then. So that's not somewhere I'm going again in the near future! ]]> Comment280364093 Fri, 06 Sep 2024 07:10:46 -0700 /author_blog_posts/25033659-they-don-t-make-readers-like-they-used-to Charles made a comment on They don't make readers like they used to

Yuri wrote: "7. BTW. Are there the requests to use the Laundry Files for movies, animation, comics, fan memorabilia?"

Yup.

There's a second edition of the tabletop role-playing game in active development, due for release in 2025.

I am not allowed to talk about TV rights yet, which should tell you all you need to know about that.

And a comic/graphic novelization is under active discussion.

(Fan memorabilia is a new one to me, but if it's fanfic you want, search for "laundry files" on AO3 and you will not be disappointed.) ]]> CommunityAnswer1821191 Sun, 23 Jun 2024 04:23:09 -0700 Comment277044785 Mon, 17 Jun 2024 06:14:08 -0700 /author_blog_posts/24822800-is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-suicide Charles made a comment on Is Microsoft trying to commit suicide?

H wrote: "oh, yeah, and as a matter of course they are ending support for Windows 10 (including security upgrades of course) in Oct. 2025, for those of use who weren't really in a hurry to 'upgrade'."

Bear in mind they've reversed hard on rolling out Replay in the past few days.

(But I'm still wondering what they were thinking.) ]]> UserFollowing301193855 Thu, 11 Apr 2024 10:08:15 -0700 /user/show/90586539-ali-l Charles Stross is now following Ali L ]]> Comment271973098 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:16:54 -0800 /author_blog_posts/24508892-a-message-from-our-sponsors-new-book-coming Charles made a comment on A message from our sponsors: New Book coming!

Keith wrote: "I just read about Derek in “The Labyrinth Index�! I’ll have to pre-order this new one�"

Alas, I have no definite publication date (other than "second half of the year") so no pre-order links. ]]> Review5385046024 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 03:42:37 -0800 /review/show/5385046024 Charles has read Ghost Engine (Paperback) by Charles Stross
Author here: please note that the reviewers leaving a 5-* and 3-* review are lying.

I haven't finished writing the book yet—it's a work in progress—and it CANNOT be published before mid-2024 (or, more likely, 2025).

Update in 2024: book won't be finished before 2025 now (it needs another re-write) so can't be published before 2026. Sorry folks! ]]> Review5625947710 Sat, 17 Jun 2023 14:30:23 -0700 /review/show/5625947710 Charles gave 5 stars to Soon I Will Be Invincible (Hardcover) by Austin Grossman
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