Thank you very much for tipping me off about the new issue. Worth the new price, and the more so for the Ley article.

I might very well return to 'Blacksword' later, but I did find the politicians and secret agents rather credulous.

I know Brown's humour isn't to your taste, but he is to mine, and I do like the care he takes with the little jokes along the way. After all, we laugh with the protagonist, not at her. I second your applause of the Bloch. If not that original, it's an excellent version; which included it being carefully written and not too long.

I liked the Dick's punch line very much. If it hadn't been Dick, and you having very high hopes, perhaps you would have liked it better?