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My friend wrote a book (TFFOE on Amazon) that has a similar feel as TDF, and I was wondering if anyone had any other books that follow the feel of Dresden's life?

Conspiracy Theorist:
Just started The Quantum of Nightmare book 2 of the New Management, by Charles Stross, a contemporary Britain where superpowers and magic and elves and vampires have now come into their own now reality is endangered, with Britain’s Prime Minister the bloody elder god The Black Pharaoh, who still manages to be a better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson.

This one seems to have a bit of a Mary Poppins theme.

Yuillegan:

--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on January 20, 2022, 11:31:04 PM ---Just started The Quantum of Nightmare book 2 of the New Management, by Charles Stross, a contemporary Britain where superpowers and magic and elves and vampires have now come into their own now reality is endangered, with Britain’s Prime Minister the bloody elder god The Black Pharaoh, who still manages to be a better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson.

This one seems to have a bit of a Mary Poppins theme.

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My word, did this send me down a rabbit hole. I forgot how much I enjoy his works - I haven't read the Laundry Files in ages. Honestly really interesting. Also, Charles' website gives some really interesting writing and publishing information.

Also - low, low bar these days with Mr Johnson. Even his own party look like they want him out now.

Conspiracy Theorist:
Just finished it. Yes this is a spin off series from the main Laundry files (we are promised a new entry later this year) this series is set in the same world, different cast of characters where CASE NIGHTMARE has come to pass and the Laundry considered the only way for survival of humanity was to adopt an Elder God and habituate him to society, so that he would want to protect something.

You have superheroes (and villains) rubbing shoulders with mystery cultists, mad scientists, sorcerers, elves, vampires and meat printer mechanics. Charlie’s Near future Supermarket under the New Management is an absolute thing of terror and horror Jim has never managed with the Dresden Files. His Muppets are much much worse than Renfield’s and the vanilla Mr Hewitt far far more terrifying than Mavra.

Also his T-Rex is offed by a Nanny dressed like Missy from Doctor Who. Sue wouldn’t have stood a chance against Mary.

The original series took the works of Le Carre, Deighton and Fleming classic spy fiction as a jump off point into urban fantasy with this series doing the same with classic children’s fantasy, the first book Peter Pan and the second Mary Poppins, so I would expect the Chronicles of Narnia, The Borrowers etc to appear as jump off points for story lines for future books.

Mira:


  Oh why don't they go all out and do Lord of the Rings?

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