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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 8809199" data-attributes="member: 4937"><p>I really enjoyed 'The Atrocity Archives' and his early takes on the laundry, but Stross has completely lost me as a reader as the series progressed because Stross came off more like he was saying, &quot;Wouldn't it be fun to live in a Cthulhu universe?&nbsp; Think how much less boring things would be?&nbsp; We nerds could be cool wizards who get to kiss all the hot monster chicks and we could gain superpowers and be vampires and it would all be great and awesome!&quot;&nbsp;&nbsp; Like there is this meme where fans are like, &quot;I wish I could live in Narnia&quot; or &quot;I wish I could live in Middle Earth&quot; or what not, and then at the end of the fandom there is like some fandom whose universe is pure dystopia and they are like, &quot;Can't relate&quot;.&nbsp; Well, I would have thought that the world of Lovecraftian horror was one of those places no one wanted to live, but I guess not.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 8809199, member: 4937"] I really enjoyed 'The Atrocity Archives' and his early takes on the laundry, but Stross has completely lost me as a reader as the series progressed because Stross came off more like he was saying, "Wouldn't it be fun to live in a Cthulhu universe? Think how much less boring things would be? We nerds could be cool wizards who get to kiss all the hot monster chicks and we could gain superpowers and be vampires and it would all be great and awesome!" Like there is this meme where fans are like, "I wish I could live in Narnia" or "I wish I could live in Middle Earth" or what not, and then at the end of the fandom there is like some fandom whose universe is pure dystopia and they are like, "Can't relate". Well, I would have thought that the world of Lovecraftian horror was one of those places no one wanted to live, but I guess not. [/QUOTE]

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