If youre the scientist who hits on which variable and what to change it to, you can expect a call from the laundry. To date, stross has won two hugo awards and been nominated twelve times. Charles stross is developing a loyal cult of followers and well deserves it. In the near future, one america is experiencing its first technological revolution whilst in a parallel world, the united states is a hitech police state. Told as one long computer geek injoke, the story introduces us to bob and follows him through his first set of assignments and nervous breakdowns, while a series of ever more peculiar administrators keep telling him what a good job hes doing. Charles stross reveals how his laundry files world is. Bob howard is an it guy who stumbled across secrets man is not yet ready to know. Charles stross reveals how his laundry files world is about. Charles stross is the fulltime writer who is the subject of this faq. Concrete jungle definition and meaning collins english. While singularity sky had attracted all the right attention, it was the atrocity archives and, in particular, the concrete jungle that placed charles stross on. The concrete jungle won the hugo award for the best sffantasy novella in 2005. British science fiction writer charles stross specializes in hard science fiction and space opera.
His novella the concrete jungle published in the atrocity archives won the hugo award for its category in 2005. Charles stross, author, ken macleod, introduction by. Charles stross project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The atrocity archives by charles stross audiobooks on. Stross excels at the astoundingly difficult art of satire and i love the way his intelligence radiates his writing dragging me along for the ride. Jul 07, 2003 charles stross, author, ken macleod, introduction by. On her majestys occult service book by charles stross. Dark state is the second book in a thrilling series set in the same world as charles stross merchant princes series. When i began, i intended the short novel the atrocity archive published with the concrete jungle in the book the atrocity archives note the plural.
The concrete jungle is a 2004 science fiction novella by charles stross. Charles stross 2006 novel the jennifer morgue laundry files book 2 actually contains a 30 page short story tacked on to the end pimpf. Keep your eyes open, count the concrete cows, then come back. The atrocity archives by charles stross librarything. Charles stross is one of the most popular writers of new space opera and hard science fiction working today. The atrocity archive is the first novel in the laundry files by charles stross. This book follows empire games the time for peace is ending. The laundry series is stross s attempt to leaven it up with some humor. Omnibus of the novel the atrocity archive and the novella the concrete jungle imagine a world where speaking or writing words can literally and directly make things happen, where getting one of those words wrong can wreak unbelievable havoc, but where with the right spell you can summon immensely powerful agencies to work your will. Bsacertified audit on our systems and help us get our books in order. The jennifer morgue is an extension of stross awardwinning novella the concrete jungle. The knowledge that they were watched changes the behavior of all the characters in the novel, down and out of the magic kingdom, by cory doctorow.
In these surveillance times it makes perfect sense to read about cctv security cameras being taken over to wreak havoc in an area. The novel the apocalypse codex won the 20 locus award for best fantasy novel. The multiple hugo awardwinning laundry files series follows the exploits of a former tech support worker nowturned field agent, bob howard, at the laundry, a top secret british intelligence agency dedicated to protecting the cosmos and the human race from nefarious supernatural phenomenon beyond spacetime. The first is the atrocity archives, which was charles strosss initial effort. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the.
Charles stross, born in 1964, is a fulltime science fiction writer and resident of edinburgh, scotland. Golden griffin chose to publish the story along with atrocity archives in a volume also titled the atrocity archives. Jul 14, 2018 charles stross the concrete jungle and cory doctorows down and out in the magic kingdom. Charles stross, 48, is a fulltime science fiction writer and resident of edinburgh, scotland. His first novel singularity sky 2003 was nominated for the hugo award, and his novella the concrete jungle won the award in 2005. In these surveillance times it makes perfect sense to read about cctv security cameras being. This reading order mostly corresponds to the chronological publication order. Campbell memorial award for best science fiction novel, 9 and was on the final ballot for the hugo award in the best novel category. The atrocity archive 2004, novella the concrete jungle 2005, short story taa and tcj are usually published together as a single book under the atrocity archives name taa is also described as the first novel in the series. Many of his subsequent books have gone on to be nominated for or win major awards. In this book, fame, which is measured in whuffie, is the main measure for how famous a person is. The second one is a strive in the laundry continuity, and introduces some characters that will appear in following books.
The first is the atrocity archives, which was charles stross s initial effort. The laundry files wiki is a fandom books community. But, its completely unrelated to the vast bulk of this book, so im treating it as a free addon and ignoring it its ok. Which is how the concrete jungle, the second story in the laundry. Novella, sequel to the short novel the atrocity archive, published together with it in the atrocity archives, april 2004. The atrocity archives note the plural is a book which bundles the aforementioned novel with the laundry short story, the concrete jungle. Stross has had his work translated into more than twelve languages. The atrocity archives a laundry files novel by charles. Lovecrafts cthulhu meets len deightons spies in strosss latest, as the scottish author explains in his afterword to this offbeat book offering two related long novellas, the atrocity archive and the concrete jungle the latter previously unpublished. Bob is forced to deal with rival spies, terrorists and the twisted remnants of the nazi occult fetish. Its really a collection of two stories, one short novel, the atrocity archives and a short story the concrete jungle.
Ace books republished the atrocity archives as a trade paperback in january 2006, and a massmarket paperback edition in january 2009. Most such secrets turn out to involve advanced mathematics. Jul 03, 2008 doug millison, an author of the concrete jungle book, an unpublished graphic novel, says the use of mixed media helps tell the story through the eyes of the book s protagonists. In both charles stross the concrete jungle and cory doctorows down and out in the magic kingdom, mass surveillance is pervasive and commonplace. The concrete jungle is a short story that was included with the atrocity archives in my copy of the book. The jennifer morgue the atrocity archives is a novel by british author charles stross, published in 2004. Apr 26, 20 mathematics are the name of the game here, where changing a variable gets you from pie are squared to rlyeh coming up your bathtub drain. The novellas the concrete jungle collected in the atrocity archives and equoid via both won the hugo award for best novella, in 2005 and 2014 respectively. He is the author of seven hugonominated novels, including accelerando, neptunes brood, saturns children and the laundry files series, and winner of three hugo awards for best novella.
At the current state of science fictions evolution, the grab bag of familiar science fiction tropes. He stopped writing for the magazine to devote more time to novels. The atrocity archives note the plural is a book which bundles the aforementioned novel with the laundry short story, the concrete jungle bob howard is an it guy who stumbled across secrets man is not yet ready to know. Bob howard is a special operative for the british agency called the laundry, and his task is to stop a rogue billionaire from using an artifact, known as gravedust, with the power to reanimate the dead. Fast forward, 2005, retrieved 14 october 2015 charles stross, accessed 29 may 20 the kyngdoms interview. It is about an agent who works for a secret british intelligence organization handling supernatural cases, and his discovery that someone has hacked into their deadly network. Whether they are aware of it or not, the general public in these novels are always being watched, ostensibly for their own protection.
The concrete jungle and equoid both won the hugo award for best novella, and overtime was a nominee for best novelette. Doug millison, an author of the concrete jungle book, an unpublished graphic novel, says the use of mixed media helps tell the story through the eyes of the books protagonists. While singularity sky had attracted all the right attention, it was the atrocity archives and, in particular, the. The success of author stross as one of the prominent authors of the science fiction, crime, fantasy, and a variety of other genres enabled him to receive a lot of praises and appreciations from all over the world. A spinoff series is currently in the works by stross, with the first book, dead lies dreaming, being scheduled for release in 2020.
The author of six hugonominated novels and winner of the 2005 and 2010 hugo awards for best novella the concrete jungle and palimpsest, strosss works have been translated into twelve languages. The concrete jungle takes place after the atrocity archives and shows us a case in the life of bob howard as he is roused to determine why there is an extra concrete cow in milton keynes. Between 1994 and 2004, he was also an active writer for the magazine computer shopper and was responsible for the monthly linux column. Taking lovecrafts cthulhu mythos and mixing it with john le carre, ian fleming and healthy doses of computer geek terminology, he adds an antihero, bob howard, who just wants to make a living at a supersecret british spinoff of the soe, known as the laundry because it cleans up other peoples dirty linens and. Like many writers, stross has had a variety of careers. The laundry sequence beginning with the atrocity archives november 2001november 2002 spectrum sf plus additional story. Mathematics are the name of the game here, where changing a variable gets you from pie are squared to rlyeh coming up your bathtub drain. You may also come across a book titled timelike diplomacy. Other short stories in this series have been nominated for various awards. The laundry files is a series of novels by charles stross. The former serves as an introduction to this twisted universe stross has hatched. Charles stross the concrete jungle and cory doctorows down. The author of six hugonominated novels and winner of the 2005 hugo award for best novella the concrete jungle, stross has had his work translated into more than twelve languages.
The book contains the short novel, the atrocity archives, and the hugo award winning novella, the concrete jungle. Oct 26, 2008 the concrete jungle is a 2004 science fiction novella by charles stross. Mar 19, 2020 the second story, the concrete jungle, appears here for the first time. Charles stross the concrete jungle and cory doctorows. While amusing in its own right, the novella was a letdown after the roller coaster excitement of the first story. Charles stross is a fulltime science fiction writer and resident of edinburgh, scotland. Stross specialises in hard science fiction and space opera. In this shorter tale, stross further explores and satirizes the inner workings of governmental office politics. The concrete jungle takes place after the atrocity archives and shows us a case in the life of bob howard as he is roused to determine why there is.
Charles david george charlie stross born 18 october 1964 is a british writer of science fiction, lovecraftian horror, and fantasy. Its enjoyable and provides a look at some of the stuff that howard has to deal with as well as clearing up some problems from the last book that simply were too close to played out to make it to another novel. The second story, the concrete jungle, appears here for the first time. Lovecrafts cthulhu meets len deightons spies in stross s latest, as the scottish author explains in his afterword to this offbeat book offering two related long novellas, the atrocity archive and the concrete jungle the latter previously unpublished. If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of. Bob gets called out on account of a monster program called sata. The atrocity archives is a novel by british author charles stross, published in 2004. The concrete jungle published together with archive as archives, and available online the jennifer morgue pimpf included in morgue.
Bradford university 198990 white dwarf contributor hugo 2005 for the concrete jungle. The atrocity archives a laundry files novel by charles stross. So i found myself writing a short novel titled the atrocity archive no s. The first novel written by him, which went on to win the hugo award was titled the concrete jungle. Review of the concrete jungle by charles stross speculiction. His novel accelerando won the 2006 locus award for best science fiction novel, was a finalist for the john w.
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