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[โ€“] FermiEstimate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 107 points 6 months ago (16 children)

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.

[โ€“] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (9 children)

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 ๐Ÿ˜… (have been learning French lately so sometimes it messes it all up!).

[โ€“] wahming@monyet.cc 15 points 6 months ago

I've never felt the urge to explore new genders until I read this...

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