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Jan 2006 · Laundry Files Book 1 · Sold by Penguin
4.3star
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The first novel in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's witty Laundry Files series.
Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed.
Now, Bob is up to his neck in spycraft, parallel universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than a full system reboot to sort this mess out . . .
Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed.
Now, Bob is up to his neck in spycraft, parallel universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than a full system reboot to sort this mess out . . .
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4.3
153 reviews
Garrett Roen
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September 28, 2019
This book isn't for everybody but I've yet to find one that is. I enjoyed the mix of Lovecraftian horror and geeky technobabble with a good sense of humor. I think my biggest issue was reading it 20ish too late (technology comments didn't age all that well) and me not being British (nobody's perfect). Those are really minor issues and more my fault than the author's. I look forward to the next book.
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Adam Nott
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May 16, 2017
In a world where supernatural horrors are both summoned and kept at bay by hackers, the fate of mankind rests almost entirely in keeping these occult codes and equations outside of the public eye. A fun, light, yet interesting read.
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Christopher Jansen
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July 13, 2014
Normally I wouldn't enjoy 'magic' in my science fiction but Stross manages to make it work. All the mystical aspects of the stories (there are two in this book) are still grounded in science and given rational explanation. And the science fiction aspects are of course excellent.
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About the author
Charles Stross, born in 1964, is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the author of seven Hugo-nominated novels, including Accelerando, Neptune’s Brood, Saturn’s Children and The Laundry Files series, and winner of three Hugo Awards for best novella. Stross has had his work translated into more than twelve languages. He has worked as a pharmacist, software developer, and tech-industry journalist.
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