IN THE MAIL: John Ringo’s Into the Looking Glass, yet another science fiction story involving demons, etc., explained by quantum-mechanical stuff, kind of like Charles Stross’s The Atrocity Archives. I was just thinking that I had an original thought about the return of science fiction to a Lovecraftian vibe when I realized that it was already explained by the essay appended to Stross’s book, in which Stross compares the Cold War spy thriller to Lovecraft’s work. We’re in another shadow war at the moment, so perhaps that explains what’s starting to look like a trend.