I’ve just finished reading Halting State by Charles Stross which I bought on a whim some time ago. I knew it would be good, it had a great cover (I always judge a book by it). The jacket ‘blurb’ also included praise from William Gibson so it couldn’t be anything but especially good!
It’s a thriller set in the near future and involves theft and murder in a virtual game world but the reason I mention it here is that there is more than a passing reference to Lovecraft. Pages 335-336 talk of the ‘mountains of madness’ in ‘Lovecraftland’ which is Stross’ gameworld in the story.
Well worth a read, I recommend it highly.
RP
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