Read Series: Laundry Files
by Author Charles Stross
The Atrocity Archives (2006)
"Imagine a world where speaking or writing words can literally and direclty make things happen, where getting one of those words wrong can wreck unbelievable havoc, where with the right spell you can summon immensely powerful agencies to work your will. Imagine further that that in this world the...
The Jennifer Morgue (2006)
Charles Stross returns to the world of British occult espionage in The Jennifer Morgue, a sequel to his eccentric, high-density work in The Atrocity Archives (reviewed here). Staying true to form, Stross once again constructs an elaborate parody of genre fiction by simultaneously using and mockin...
The Apocalypse Codex (2012)
Although the IT geek dark humor is still present, The Apocalypse Codex is another step towards a more serious Laundry Files. The writing, pacing, and intrigue are more mature, and the depth of the novel itself is very far from the synopsis.I find that these changes are for the better. Howard ha...
The Fuller Memorandum (2010)
I reread this book. The story contains examples of on-the-fly coding, warring product theology factions, the save-the-world technology, confusing and incomplete project managemant, and a horrible result. Charles Stross has beautifully described at least one of the projects that I have worked. The...