Charlie Stross on Nostr: #WritersCoffeeClub Dec 8. Are you inspired by the state of current world politics, or ...
#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 8. Are you inspired by the state of current world politics, or is your writing an escape from dark reality? A bit of both?
The Laundry Files can't escape real world politics (protags are mostly civil servants) but in-universe the UK was taken over by Nyarlathotep in 2014, as a satire on Brexit (writing in 2016, after the referendum).
But it turns out the real world is even crazier than one where Lovecraftian elder gods run the government! Who knew?
The Laundry Files can't escape real world politics (protags are mostly civil servants) but in-universe the UK was taken over by Nyarlathotep in 2014, as a satire on Brexit (writing in 2016, after the referendum).
But it turns out the real world is even crazier than one where Lovecraftian elder gods run the government! Who knew?