The Jennifer Morgue (Hardcover) by Charles Stross

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I often find Charles Stross difficult to read--it's not that I don't like his writing, it's just that it is so smart it makes me feel dumb. :) However, I really enjoyed this book. It's a lot of fun, especially for longtime James bond fans, and I'd like to spend more time in this world. I read thi...

from rivkat

From the world of The Atrocity Archives, Lovecraft meets spycraft, with a billionaire running a James Bond geas that sucks tech Bob Howard into a very different role than he planned on when he signed on to work at the top-secret Laundry, turning math into magic. I like Stross's gift for turning a...

from yarriofultramar

"Jennifer Morgue" is a loose follow up to the "Atrocity Archive" by Charlie Stross. The main protagonist, Bob Howard, is working for the "Laundry". A British intelligence branch countering the occult and paranormal threats to the Crown (of mainly a tentacular origin). I loved the first book and I...

from 8bitmore

Nice well-written pulp read, exciting and quickly digestible - if you have a love for Lovecraft and a weakness for Intelligence Agencies and grand dark (yet humorous, a considerable upgrade from Lovecraft himself!) realities involving treatises between humans and the old ones that occupy the othe...

from chuckzak

Stross packs on the plot details, maybe a little too much in this one, but it's still a fun and interesting update on the Lovecraft Mythos. Still, the humor isn't as funny as it wants to be and the story kind of devolves into ever-thickening plot and too much cleverness at the expense of suspense...