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(WFC) The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

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  (WFC) The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2026-07-03 13:00 +0000
    Re: (WFC) The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older Don <g@crcomp.net> - 2026-07-03 14:28 +0000
    Re: (WFC) The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> - 2026-07-08 22:27 +0000

#658808 — (WFC) The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older

The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (Investigations of Mossa and 
Pleiti, volume 3) by Malka Older

Petanj needs an Investigator. What Petanj gets is a well-meaning academic.  

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#658811

James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:

> Firing and replacing me would involve less paperwork than 
> replacing a carpet. Legally, I might be classified as a 
> foodstuff.
>
> One of the funnier encounters I had was, while being thanked
> by staff member, they discovered I was a casual; cue instant
> total radio silence.
    
Back in the day, a local college employed me as an adjunct faculty
member. And Ziff-Davis (ZD) and other publishers paid me to write. 
    ZD is a 1938 Gernsback associate. At times if felt like Gernsback's 
geist squeezed me harder than a nigh empty tube of toothpaste to force
words out as cheaply as possible.

> UW had a murder in 1992
    
Casper College had a murder in 2012. The victims lived a couple of
blocks away. One victim passed on the sidewalk outside her house.
    This same sidewalk's frequently traversed by me during dark Winter
dog walks, while audio-books play through my earbuds. Flocks of demons
feasted on the carnage long afterward. Their lingering presence is
still felt by me to this very day during dark Winter dog walks.

Photos: Five years ago, the murder of two Casper College instructors shocked the community
<https://trib.com/news/local/casper/collection_bdf11f10-3b16-11e2-b0b0-0019bb2963f4.html#31>

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#658925

James Nicoll wrote:

> The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses (Investigations of Mossa and 
> Pleiti, volume 3) by Malka Older
> 
> Petanj needs an Investigator. What Petanj gets is a well-meaning
> academic.

After the first story, I quite worrying about the improbability of the
background and the scientific howlers. So I just consider it Science
Fantasy to set up the atmospheric (no pun) backdrop for the stories. I
liked this one better than #2, which was a short one that really gave
short shrift to the actual mystery.


Brian

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