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• zhochaka commented on (Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
  That does make a lot of sense, Charlie. But it raises the question of just how the gold market works. How have the swivel-eyed-loons been able to buy enough to shift the markets by so much? Gold has uses in industry, and I suspect a big chunk of the cause might be that. Mobile phones are reputedly a richer source of gold than the ore from South African mines. If, for instance, the US market doesn't encourage recycling of defunct electronics, does that push gold prices up?...
• Bellinghman commented on (Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
  The world's highest consumption of gold is in India. They're importing about 1000 tonnes a year, and you can be pretty sure that it's not going into industry — otherwise, China would be way ahead....
• frozenincarbonite commented on (Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
  Dang, for a moment I thought you were going to announce news of a brand new Merchant Princes book :(...
• Bellinghman commented on (Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
  he's still writing. As I understand it, he's done the first draft of the next volume, but it takes a long time from that through the editing, copy editing, &c &c. Don't expect it for a while. But you do have The Rhesus Chart to come a bit sooner - hey, it's got cover art now....
• https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawlrVQ-l_yeD7M_5tpWXFu89t3rkNN421MU commented on (Flash fiction) A message from the Laundry public relations office
  Of course the Queen is not a reptoid. According to Neil Gaiman's historical document Study in Emerald, she's an immortal alien tentacle monster....