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• Commented on A fistful of tropes
  I haven't seen "I/We are the Last of My/Our Kind" as a trope mentioned or, as far as I can recall, in any of your books. Not post-apocalyptic in a general sense, as life in general goes on, just without...
• Commented on New guest blogger: qntm
  Yes, read all your stuff qntm and loved it. I've been recommending you to everyone who'll listen for ages. Really looking forward to this blog....
• Commented on Yet another novel I will no longer write
  I don't know if you remember it, but there was a mildly surreal black comedy back in 1986 called "A Very Peculiar Practice." It starred Peter Davidson as a new GP at the fictional "Lowlands University." One of the mildly...
• Commented on The internet of decay
  Two tier society, where the pluto/kleptocrats can afford all the latest shinies and the underclass lives in constant fear that their information appliances will turn on them. Any attempts to update firmware not approved by the manufacturer are illegal due...
• Commented on What else can you do with a Big Dumb Booster?
  Since I'm in a dark mood: A Seveneves/Stark style planetary evacuation for the few, once the significance of global C02 staying above 400ppm really starts to hit home....
• Commented on A Storm Of Stories
  If any other industry on earth was over-producing to this degree, a price collapse to more correctly match supply and demand would have laid waste to it some time ago....
• Commented on Second childhood?
  I'm going to second the Subnormality recommendation and link to one of my favourites, Message 652...
• Commented on Aftermath
  Firstly, as an Englishman to the Scots... I'm so desperately sorry. I didn't vote for the fuckers either. I'd have voted Labour if they hadn't put up a Blairite apparatchik in my constituency. Long term, some sort of localised Resilliance/Maker...
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  @bbaetz#114 The asterisks act like html hyperlinks. Click 'em and they'll take you to the footnote....
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  @mrtact.com#92: Apologies in advance as this answer somewhere between "comic book guy" and "fanfic." OK, let's roll back a bit to the novella "Down on the Farm." If you haven't read it, there's a link from the "Bibliography and online...
• Commented on Spoiler Thread
  I'm going with the theory that pretty much everything that happened was orchestrated by TEAPOT as part of its own CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN planning. At the end of RHESUS POSITIVE EPSILON, TEAPOT has a thoroughly trained, durable human asset, to...
• Commented on Competition Time!
  The Department strives at all times to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. It should be noted that The Department, and all similarly tasked security and intelligence organisations, are exempt from British anti-discrimination legislation and EU Directives (under the Treaty of...
• Commented on Vacation
  How do you feel about snakes? http://www.reptileworldserpentarium.com/ It was awesome to 9 year old me 30 years ago, though it seems they've got a bit more serious about the health and safety since I was there....
• Commented on Making history personal
  Slept in: no idea. Been in? My regular pub when I was at school was The Fighting Cocks in St. Albans. It's one of the pubs that lays claim to be the oldest in England. It's an 11th century building...
• Commented on Crib Sheet: The Atrocity Archive(s)
  Sorry if I missed this in the books: What ministry does The Laundry fall under? I initially thought FO, but the domestic work would likely exclude that and there's a bit too much of a civilian feel to it to...