Just the start of it all

( Matter by Iain M Banks (MASSIVE SPOILERS) )

All in all, a real return to form. Yay.

( Torchwood: Countrycide ) In summary: I used to just hate Owen Chibnall both Chibnall and Owen; now I despise them with the power of a million burning suns and want them to die in particularly gruesome manners.

( The Steep Approach to Garbadale, by Iain Banks (very mild spoilers) ) In summary: the sort of thing you'll like, if you like that sort of thing. Which I do.

( Civilization IV ) Summary: This is why I haven't finished any of the fics I was planning to write this half-term, dammit.

( Suburban Glamour #1 by Jamie McKelvie (spoilerzoz!) ) In summary: You need to go buy this comic, RFN.

And two things I have huge anticipatory squee for:

1. The cover for Newtons Sleep, the new Faction Paradox novel by Daniel O'Mahony forthcoming from Random Static. (Also: the absence of an apostrophe in that title.)
   
2. Apparently there's a Marvel Masterworks of (I assume Silver Age) Nick Fury going to be available now or very soon (don't know whether it's simultaneous with the US or not on things like that). How did I only find out about this from an entirely fictional comic shop employee Danny at The Rack, huh? I cannot help but feel that the three and a half comics blogs I irregularly read have failed me. Failed me, do you hear?