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Charles Stross’ Laundry series is basically this concept set in the present day: magic is a branch of mathematics, which means it can be computed and programmed.

It is perhaps worth noting at this point the series genre is cosmic horror.

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That sounds awesome, thanks for the suggestion!

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8 points

Fucking sold!

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The gender is actually Lovecraftian, spy thriller, science fiction, and workplace humour source.

It’s seriously the best thing I have read in a decade.

Edit: genre I guess 😅 (have been learning French lately so sometimes it messes it all up!).

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46 points

The gender is actually Lovecraftian, spy thriller, science fiction

New gender just dropped

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34 points

Gender really is a complex topic huh?

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26 points

I’ve known a few people whose gender I would describe as lovecraftian.

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I was for sure wondering what you were meaning for starters 😁. Genre, right?

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18 points

I always give that misspelling a pass. It’s literally the same word borrowed from French twice.

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15 points

I’ve never felt the urge to explore new genders until I read this…

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This series seems to check more boxes than I thought I had…

i’m adding it to the top of the list. Except i don’t have a list, so I’m creating a list and adding it to that and therefore it automatically finds itself at the top of it.

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God help the poor mathematical geniuses who accidentally discover that math. If they’re lucky, they end up working for the Laundry.

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If they’re really lucky, they’ll end up working for the Laundry only once. Residual Human Resources is a bad way to go out.

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So that explains the apparent undead working for them…I only read the first book or three and it’s been a minute. This is the sign for me to go back and finish the series.

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