Charles Stross
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October 18, 1964
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Continuing my series of thoughts on writing and the peculiar soup of skills and perspectives that go into it, I present to you points 3-5. These are not in any particular order, one is not more important than the other. It is not a top ten list, but numbers help me think in an organized fashion. Today's seemed to unintentionally group into a "Buck up, Camper" theme.
3. People Are Going t...
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Accelerando   3.82 avg rating — 3,216 ratings
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The Atrocity Archives (The Laundry, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 2,474 ratings
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Halting State 3.72 avg rating — 2,586 ratings
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Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,242 ratings
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Glasshouse 3.80 avg rating — 2,174 ratings
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The Jennifer Morgue (The Laundry, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,645 ratings
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Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
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Saturn's Children 3.40 avg rating — 1,358 ratings
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The Family Trade (The Merchant Princes, #1) 3.40 avg rating — 1,231 ratings
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The Fuller Memorandum (The Laundry, #3) 4.04 avg rating — 1,025 ratings
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“--but I find her personality annoying. It's like being molested by a sleeping bag that speaks in Comic Sans with little love-hearts over the i's.”
― Charles Stross, Saturn's Children
― Charles Stross, Saturn's Children
“Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. (Which just goes to show Nietzsche wasn't a C++ programmer.)”
― Charles Stross
― Charles Stross
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This is the run-off vote for the September Fantasy selection. Just as a reminder, the discussion will start on September 1 for this one. I set this vote to run through Sunday August 22nd....
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