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François

FrankAuLux@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 3 years, 1 month ago

Retired linguist/law/IT. Avid reader in all languages (see polyglot.city/@FrankauLux/ ), both paper and ebooks. Mostly fictions these days.

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2026 Reading Goal

54% complete! François has read 57 of 104 books.

Johann Chapoutot: Les irresponsables (French language, 2025, Éditions Gallimard) No rating

Un consortium libéral-autoritaire, tissé de solidarités d'affaires, de partis conservateurs, nationalistes et libéraux, de médias …

Excellent livre, même si ce n'est pas ce à quoi je m'attendais. C'est un récit, je suis tenté de dire minute par minute, des événements qui ont amenés Hitler au pouvoir. Et teaser: l'histoire ne commence pas du tout là où vous croyez qu'elle commence. C'est un livre aride, ardu - un travail scientifique, pas qu'un roman. Avec toutes les références documentées. Rien de mal à cela, mais pas du tout ce à quoi je m'attendais. Si vous voulez tout savoir sur l'arrivée au pouvoir des national-socialistes en Allemagne, c'est le livre qu'il vous faut.

finished reading The Labyrinth Index by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #9)

Charles Stross: The Labyrinth Index (2018)

"The arrival of vast, alien, inhuman intelligences reshaped the landscape fo human affairs across the …

Well. How shall I put this ? That's the end of the laundry files for me :-) There are more , subtitled "new management", but quite frankly, since the rhesus (#5) I've been hoping the narrative and the style would revert to the one from the first 4 books. It did not really. It has strayed too far for me and i'm leaving it at that. I'll probably try other Stross books (he is a good writer), but most likely not from the laundry file series. It's a case of " the first episodes were too good, how do you live up to it ?".

finished reading The Nightmare Stacks by Charles Stross (The Laundry Files)

Charles Stross: The Nightmare Stacks (2016) No rating

"The Laundry Files' 'fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, mundane office comedy and Lovecraftian horror' (SFX) …

We are very far from the original laundry files here. Neither Bob nor Mo is there, Alex takes over (better if you have read "rhesus"). Not sure I like the direction this is taking. It's still well written, but is not at all the same style as, say the first 3 books...