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[โ€“] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He didn't shut himself away, but this isn't far off from what happened to The Laundry Files by Charles Stross. He had an ending all lined up dealing with a cold type disease that made everyone stupider. Then COVID happened. He had a storyline about how some shitty British political shit. Then Brexit happened. He stopped writing the main line series for a few years because he couldn't keep up with how batshit things were getting.

If you like computers, math, Eldritch monsters, dry humor, making fun of bureaucracy, and thinly disguised metaphors for anthropomorphic climate catastrophies, you might enjoy it. He's got one book left in the main line coming out in 9 days. Thank goodness because I'm going to need him to stop predicting a worse future. He's moving on to a space opera or some shit so I'm hoping he'll start writing about how wonderful everything is so we can start heading that direction.

[โ€“] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

The laundry files are an amazing series of books. Guess its re-reading time if the last one is coming soon haha