Never volunteer for active duty 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, alternative universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world.
Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross is renowned for his cutting-edge science fiction. Determined to discover the contents of this memorandum, Howard runs afoul of Russian spies, ancient demons, and apostles of a hideous cult planning to raise the Eater of Souls from the undead. The winner of multiple Hugo Awards, Charles Stross is one of the most highly regarded science fiction writers of his time.
In The Apocalypse Codex, occasionally hapless British agent Bob Howard tackles a case involving an American televangelist and a supernatural threat of global proportions. When Hank the Cowdog hears suspicious sounds coming from near Sally May's clothesline, it leads to a midnight investigation of the ranch. Before he knows it, Hank finds himself caught up with his old friend Eddy the Rac - and face-to-face with one of a dog's greatest enemies: the dreaded Laundry Monster!
In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to find a forbidden book of spells that should never be opened. A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files. Dead Lies Dreaming presents a nightmarish vision of a Britain sliding unknowingly towards occult cataclysm.
Some agents have all the fun. Others save the world. Dressed grudgingly in a tux and sent to the Caribbean, he must infiltrate a millionaire's yacht in order to prevent him violating a treaty that will start a war with an ancient underwater race.
Bob Howard is an IT specialist and field agent for the Laundry, the branch of Her Majesty's secret service that deals with occult threats. Overworked and underpaid, Bob is used to his two jobs overflowing from a strict nine to five, and since his wife, Mo, has a very similar job description, he understands that work will sometimes follow her home, too. But when 'work' involves zombie assassins and minions of a mad god's cult, he realises things are spinning out of control. Britain is under New Management.
The disbanding of the Laundry - the British espionage agency that deals with supernatural threats - has culminated in the unthinkable: an elder god in residence in 10 Downing Street. But in true 'the enemy of my enemy' fashion, Mhairi Murphy finds herself working with His Excellency Nylarlathotep on foreign policy - there are worse things, it seems, than an elder god in power, and they lie in deepest, darkest America.
Alex Schwartz had a great job and a promising future - until he caught an unfortunate bout of vampirism and agreed on pain of death to join the Laundry, Britain's only counter-occult secret intelligence agency. His first assignment is in Leeds - his old hometown.
But the thought of telling his parents he's lost his job, let alone their discovering his 'condition', is causing Alex almost as much anxiety as his new lifestyle of supernatural espionage.
But shining a light on things best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do - especially when those shadows hide an occult parasite spreading a deadly virus.
Traders employed by a merchant bank in London are showing signs of infection. London can drain the life out of you Bob Howard is an intelligence agent working his way through the ranks of the top-secret government agency known as the Laundry. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess - and deal with the witnesses.
There's one kind of threat that the Laundry has never come across in its many decades, and that's vampires. Mention them to a seasoned agent, and you'll be laughed out of the room. Nobody does it better Mo O'Brien is an intelligence agent at the top-secret government agency known as the Laundry. When occult powers threaten the realm, they'll be there to clean up the mess and deal with the witnesses.
But the Laundry is recovering from a devastating attack, and when average citizens all over the country start to develop supernatural powers, the police are called in to help. Mo's latest assignment is assisting the police in containing an unusual outbreak: ordinary citizens suddenly imbued with extraordinary abilities of the superpowered kind. Unfortunately these people prefer playing superpranks instead of superheroics.
The mayor of London being levitated by a dumpy man in Trafalgar Square would normally be a source of shared amusement for Mo and Bob, but they're currently separated because something's come between them - something evil.
After stumbling upon the algorithm that turned him and his fellow merchant bankers into vampires, Alex Schwartz was drafted by The Laundry, Britain's secret counter-occult agency that's humanity's first line of defense against the forces of darkness.
Dependent on his new employers for his continued existence - as Alex has no stomach for predatory bloodsucking - he has little choice but to accept his new role as an operative in training. Alex Schwartz had a great job and a promising future - until he caught an unfortunate bout of vampirism and agreed on pain of death to join the Laundry, Britain's only counter-occult secret intelligence agency. His first assignment is in Leeds - his old hometown. But the thought of telling his parents he's lost his job, let alone their discovering his 'condition', is causing Alex almost as much anxiety as his new lifestyle of supernatural espionage.
His only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a student from the local Goth Festival. Bob Howard's career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from the supernatural, has involved brilliant hacking, ancient magic and combat with creatures of pure evil. Now the Laundry's existence has become public, and Bob is being trotted out on TV to answer pointed questions about elven asylum seekers.
Bob Howard's career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from unspeakable horrors from beyond spacetime, has entailed high combat, brilliant hacking, ancient magic, and combat with indescribably repellent creatures of pure evil. It has also involved a wearying amount of paperwork and office politics, and his expense reports are still a mess. Now, following the invasion of Yorkshire by the Host of Air and Darkness, the Laundry's existence has become public.
Britain is under New Management. The disbanding of the Laundry - the British espionage agency that deals with supernatural threats - has culminated in the unthinkable: an elder god in residence in 10 Downing Street. But in true 'the enemy of my enemy' fashion, Mhairi Murphy finds herself working with His Excellency Nylarlathotep on foreign policy - there are worse things, it seems, than an elder god in power, and they lie in deepest, darkest America.
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Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Three Tales from the Laundry Files. Feb 28, Ben Truong rated it really liked it Shelves: anthologies , horror , paranormal , science-fiction , short-stories , urban-fantasy. Three Tales from the Laundry Files is a collection of three short stories from the Laundry Files series and written by Charles Stross, which was collected and published around The Rhesus Chart , but takes place during various moments in the timeline.
To avoid spoilers, it is best to read this anthology after The Fuller Memorandum as there is one story "Overtime" takes place some time after the third book.
This short story takes place after The Jennifer Morgue. While there, he has to investigate the oddness that is happening there. Now he finds himself, working with a skeleton crew during Christmas, which leaves one bureaucrat — himself, to be all that stands between the world and annihilation. He has to stop the Thing That Comes Down Chimneys and leaves interesting gifts, before the world gets destroyed. This short story takes place after The Fuller Memorandum. For the most part, I really like these short stories, while one does not really need to read this book to continue with the series, it is highly worth it, to get the greater sense of the Laundry Files universe.
All the short stories were written well and comparatively speaking about the same level of enjoyment for me. All in all, Three Tales from the Laundry Files is a wonderful collection of short stories that expands and strengthens the fictional universe. We get three takes of "Bob Howard", overworked computational demonologist of the clandestine government department colloqually referred to as the Laundry.
Two of the stories, "Overtime" and "Down on the Farm" were originally made available for free on the Internet I did download them some years ago but never got round to reading them. I am not privy to the publishing history of "Equus". Rather bizarrely the stories are not in chronological order with the series. I can't think why, perhaps lazin We get three takes of "Bob Howard", overworked computational demonologist of the clandestine government department colloqually referred to as the Laundry.
I can't think why, perhaps laziness on the part of the publisher? We start off with the best story of the three, "Equus", which is set before the events of the novel The Fuller Memorandum. I am not a fan of making H. Lovecraft a character within the Mythos, but Stross handles it here better than most that I have read over the years. The other two stories are shorter and are set around the time of the first two novels.
I hope we see more shorter fiction from Stross set in his Laundry Universe. Jul 19, Charl rated it really liked it Shelves: y Three excellent tales from the Laundry Files. If you're a fan, it's well worth your time. If you haven't read any of the Laundry Files but you're interested, I'd recommend waiting until you've read a couple of the novels. There are some references that aren't critical to enjoying the story, but will enhance the story if you understand them. But as I said, they aren't critical.
Stross gives you everything you need to enjoy the stories, so if you want to try something shorter than a full novel, thes Three excellent tales from the Laundry Files. Stross gives you everything you need to enjoy the stories, so if you want to try something shorter than a full novel, these stories aren't a bad place to start.
Idk if I'd already read the two shorts years ago at this point but they both felt a bit on the nose. With the recent Stross installments I usually find myself wanting the earlier more espionage-related milieu, but this one really demonstrates the perfect hybrid of occult bureaucracy meeting eldritch fairytale horrors.
Definitely worth your time if you happen to be into "all that. Dec 21, Rob Trans rated it liked it. Three Tales From the Laundry Files continues the story of a British counter terrorism unit that fights supernatural and alien threats told through the eyes of an employee, Bob Howard. Each starts slow, but they all get better the further in you get.
All of them are qu Three Tales From the Laundry Files continues the story of a British counter terrorism unit that fights supernatural and alien threats told through the eyes of an employee, Bob Howard.
I plan to continue reading this series. Down on the Farm Laundry Files 2. His bosses send him with the feeling they have been less than forthright with him. As you might expect, not all is what it seems at the Farm.
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