#pastiche

The fourth book in the Cthulhu Casebooks series -- this one deals with Holmes' interactions with the alien Mi-Go. It's generally similar to the others in the series -- there are a couple moments of decent horror but Lovegrove mostly pulls his punches too much (also with respect to the h/c lol). The bit where Holmes allows an alien fungus to parasitize him for Reasons had a lot of potential -- Holmes messing around with dangerous alien shit and fucking himself up is Exactly what I want from this series -- but the book didn't go as far as I wanted with either the whump or the horror of the situation.

Enjoyability: 3/5

Shippiness: 3/5 - There's a bit... as h/c-adjacent stuff goes it's got a couple instances of Watson thinking Holmes is hurt/dead and being horrified etc, but of course it turns out to be a trick and he's fine.

Bien entendu, les fameux Club des 5 de la bibliothèque verte sont loin… en date certes mais pas en souvenirs ! Et Fabcaro nous replonge avec nostalgie dans un monde d’enfants qui sous sa plume l’est moins Le résumé de l’éditeur À Lirécouteregarder, le moins que l’on puisse dire est que l’on est fans de FabCaro (voir en bas de post les liens vers nos chroniques) : de Zaï Zaï jusqu’au Discours…

A Coat, A Hat, And A Gun Department:

In a world of Film Noir tropes and curious anachronisms, where Duesenberg Model A’s coexist with smartphones, and space stations run on vacuum tubes and reel-to-reel computers, Slim the Snake and his unflappable partner Doll fight a never-ending battle against crime and corruption in Big City. SLiM CHANCE! was the first in a series of seven films featuring the hard-boiled, no-fisted hero and the phlegmatic femme fatale. Are they new films that homage the past or old films that predict the future? Hard to tell, because they only exist in an alternate universe where time passes differently than in ours, so you’ll never get to see them. Tough luck, kid.