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Charles Stross takes a departure from his epic science fiction to craft this cross between Len Deighton—style espionage and H.P. Lovecraftian horror.
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Bob Howard: The main character, Bob Howard is a computer-hacker cum secret agent and also a Necromancer!
- Angleton: Head of the Counter Possession Unit (CPU)
- Pinky: One of Bob's flatmates.
- Brain: One of Bob's flatmates.
- Mhari: Bob's on-again-off-again girlfriend.
- Andy: A mid-level manager at the Laundry
- Alan: Another mid-level manager at the Laundry
- Chaitin: Add a description of this character.
- Harriet: A mid-level manager at the Laundry who is a antagonist of the main character, Bob Howard
- Mo: Short for Dominique. She accidently discovers a mathematical priciple regarding other dimensions. Bob is sent to bring her to the Laundry. Hilarity ensues.
- Bridget: Harriet's boss at the Laundry. Also an enemy of Bob.
- Boris
- Josephine
- Howe: Sergeant in the military support arm on the Laundry, OCCULUS.
- Derek
- Clack
- Hutter
- Robert
- Voss
- Milton Keynes: A town in England where a medusoid breakout occurs.
- Nick
- Daisy: A cow in Milton Keynes.
- O'brien
- Eric
- Mcluhan: An antogonist in "The Concrete Jungle". He discovers a government program which he uses for his own purposes. Insane.
- Dr. Vohlman
- Hilbert: David Hilbert, a mathemetician.
- Mike
- Sophie
Setting & Locations edit
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I'm lurking in the shrubbery behind an industrial unit, armed with a clipboard, a pager, and a pair of bulbous night-vision goggles that drench the scenery in ghastly emerald tones.
Table of Contents edit
INTRODUCTION: Charlie's Demons, by Ken MacLeod
THE ATROCITY ARCHIVE
1. Active Service
2. Enquiry
3. Defector
4. The Truth is in Here
5. Ogre Reality
6. The Atrocity Archives
7. Bad Moon Rising
8. Storming Mount Impossible
9. Black Sun
10. Inquest
THE CONCRETE JUNGLE
AFTERWORD: Inside the Fear Factory
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS, ACRONYMS, AND ORGANIZATIONS
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 6 in The Laundry Files. (standard series)
Followed by The Jennifer Morgue.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Charles Stross (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1930846258
Page Count: 295
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 1930846258
Page Count: 295
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6119.T79A95 2006
- Dewey: 813.6'-dc22
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