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Lauren Weinstein | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0c1a9324 Plus, CATS!
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Charlie Stross | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1da41359 I take it you haven't read "Starter Villain" by @c8565328 yet …?
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Lauren Weinstein | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @0c1a9324 @c8565328 I just now put a hold on the library ebook. Must be very popular, they've got 53 copies (that's quite high for ebooks) and I'm still in a position over 300. OK, now that's a book cover!
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Charlie Stross | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1da41359 It came out a couple of weeks ago and promptly went bestseller, so there's that. (A droll yarn about a down-on-his-luck ex-business journalist whose uncle dies and leaves him in charge of the family business, which comes complete with a volcano base, orbital lasers, and genetically modified cats …)