Caustic Cover Critic
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Uncharismatic megafauna.
Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
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Too fat to ride a horse, too poor to own a carriage.
Buy my book, keep me off the streets: http://bit.ly/JMgibbons
And those first 5 are splendid!
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
And those first 5 are splendid!
To be fair, the books noticeably deteriorate after the first 5, so the quality of the show going up might hit the quality of the source material going down.
November 11, 2025 at 9:43 AM
To be fair, the books noticeably deteriorate after the first 5, so the quality of the show going up might hit the quality of the source material going down.
I remember reading an interview with late-life HM, when he was quite deaf, & interviewer noted that he misinterpreted every anodyne interaction (waitress bringing coffee, etc) as being massively sexually loaded, and began to wonder whether his whole vibe was just him misunderstanding everything.
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I remember reading an interview with late-life HM, when he was quite deaf, & interviewer noted that he misinterpreted every anodyne interaction (waitress bringing coffee, etc) as being massively sexually loaded, and began to wonder whether his whole vibe was just him misunderstanding everything.
They absolutely would if they thought it would earn two quid more for the year's balance sheet.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
They absolutely would if they thought it would earn two quid more for the year's balance sheet.
Darkness Falls… is also excellent.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Darkness Falls… is also excellent.
The book’s excellent too. One of his best.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The book’s excellent too. One of his best.
All these inbred hoity-toity types!
November 10, 2025 at 9:02 AM
All these inbred hoity-toity types!
Last read them 25 years ago, so it was time! I'd forgotten how many characters are introduced in the first 50p; it's nuts.
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Last read them 25 years ago, so it was time! I'd forgotten how many characters are introduced in the first 50p; it's nuts.
From memory that changes as it goes on--more and more of the cluelessness and out-of-touchness of the aristocrats shows as the Habsburg Empire falls apart. But I did last read it 25 years ago, so that memory is VAGUE.
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
From memory that changes as it goes on--more and more of the cluelessness and out-of-touchness of the aristocrats shows as the Habsburg Empire falls apart. But I did last read it 25 years ago, so that memory is VAGUE.
Good point, maybe we need to try an open area.
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Good point, maybe we need to try an open area.
He really does.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
He really does.
OK, John Laws isn’t Howard, but I’ll take what I can get.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
OK, John Laws isn’t Howard, but I’ll take what I can get.
I will gird my loins!
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I will gird my loins!
I now have 2 unread Krafs, because I have no self-control.
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I now have 2 unread Krafs, because I have no self-control.
Same! And as a nuclear-traumatised child of the '80s he writes just my sort of terrifying thing.
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Same! And as a nuclear-traumatised child of the '80s he writes just my sort of terrifying thing.
I actually hadn't realised he had died 28 years ago.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I actually hadn't realised he had died 28 years ago.
I KNOW! Without me they would be as dust.
November 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I KNOW! Without me they would be as dust.
CCCCCCCCCC!
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
CCCCCCCCCC!
They grow outside every council building and suchlike here with gay abandon,so not sure what we're doing wrong. Such beautiful plants, though.
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
They grow outside every council building and suchlike here with gay abandon,so not sure what we're doing wrong. Such beautiful plants, though.