“Crap, time to stop distracting myself with Borderlands and start reading the book I was meant to finish by today. What was it about again?”

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Ohhh yeah, thats’ right. Damn.  

(Amped, by Daniel H. Wilson, 2012)

(So, I speed-read the book and … oh man. Yeah, there are a LOT of similar themes, devices and scenes here, when compared with the stuff that later appeared in Tales. A LOT. If you’re into That Sort of Thing, you will definitely get something from it. Oh yes, and there’s a character in it called Vaughn, and it really messed with me!)