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Cover of Malka Older’s The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses

“That is, perhaps you can forgive yourself for being a person who doesn’t always rise above her human urges.”

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

August 17, 2026 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I’m a smidge perplexed by my relationship with Malka Older’s The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti series. I think it boils down to loving them in concept but not in practice. The idea of a mystery a la Arthur Conan Doyle or Agatha Christie mixed with the cozy character-driven sci-fi of Becky Chambers sounds right up my alley – which means I’m looking forward to them each time, and then struggle to sink in. I’ve given myself some time and I think a big part of […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr18bingo, Malka Older, Middle, read harder challenge, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses

faintingviolet's CBR18 Review No:23 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: cbr18bingo, Malka Older, Middle, read harder challenge, The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses ·
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When Lovecraft Meets The Home Office.

The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross

July 15, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Very blatant spoilers for the previous books in the series here—be warned. Has there ever been a book that you’ve really changed your mind about on re-read? The Annihilation Score is one of these. The Annihilation Score was a Laundry Files entry that was always going to face an uphill battle; not only was the first one to pivot away for Bob’s point of view, it also dealt with a a subject that perhaps does not gel terribly well with the subject of Eldritch horrors—superheroes. […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, Middle, Policing, superheros, SysAdmin

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, cbr18bingo, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, Middle, Policing, superheros, SysAdmin ·
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