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Liked It “Ian Fleming meets H.P. Lovecraft in a deranged, dare I say giddy, romp by the fine Charles Stross. If you know his fiction at all, this series is not to be missed.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Ian Fleming meets H.P. Lovecraft in a deranged, dare I say giddy, romp by the fine Charles Stross. If you know his fiction at all, this series is not to be missed.”
Gregory_Frost wrote this review Sunday, June 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Part II of The Atrocity Archives. British civil servants covertly fight other-dimensional beings bent on invading & destroying Earth. Fun.”
cirrostratus wrote this review Tuesday, February 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Sequel to "The Atrocity Archives": kind of magic/spy/computer nerd crossover books, about a guy who works as for the British government's secret magical spy department.
TheophileEscargot wrote this review Monday, January 21 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The first book was quite low-key and gritty, but this one uses a somewhat over-elaborate excuse to go all James Bond. Still quite entertaining, but naff-James-Bond humour is pretty much a worked-out seam, and metafictional plotting has been done pretty heavily as well.
Even so, the details are entertaining, the nerdery suitably detailed, and the plot's pretty fast moving if predictable. Also this book feels like more of a novel than the predecessor, which seemed a bit of a fix-up. There is a kind of coda that might be meant to fit in with "Halting State."
Worth a look if you like Charles Stross, but not unmissable.
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“James Bond meets C'thulu... Wonderfully strange and enticing. ”
alex amado wrote this review Friday, October 5 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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