Charles Stross






Charles Stross

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born
October 18, 1964

gender
male

place of birth
Leeds, England, The United Kingdom

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genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
Vernor Vinge, Neal Stephenson, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, H. P. Lovecraft, Roger Zelazny, Robert A. Heinlein


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Charles David George "Charlie" Stross is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. His works range from science fiction and Lovecraftian horror to fantasy.

Stross is sometimes regarded as being part of a new generation of British science fiction writers who specialise in hard science fiction and space opera. His contemporaries include Alastair Reynolds, Ken MacLeod, Liz Williams and Richard Morgan.




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This Thursday (the day after tomorrow) I'm off to sunny Oslo, Norway, for The Oslo SF Festival, where I'm one of the guests of honour over the weekend.

I'm back Monday night, but off again on Thursday (that's next Thursday) to Novacon 39 in Nottingham for the following weekend. Back mid-week.

When I'm not bouncing around Europe like a demented flea, I'll be working on the next novel ("Rule 34"...

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avg rating: 3.71 | 6,723 ratings | 1,061 reviews | 26 distinct works | 77 fans
Accelerando Accelerando
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.82 — 921 ratings — published 2005
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Halting State Halting State
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.76 — 682 ratings — published 2007
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The Atrocity Archives The Atrocity Archives (The Laundry, Book 1)
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.96 — 601 ratings — published 2004
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Glasshouse Glasshouse
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.78 — 603 ratings — published 2006
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Singularity Sky Singularity Sky
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.65 — 604 ratings — published 2003
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Iron Sunrise Iron Sunrise
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.84 — 397 ratings — published 2004
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The Family Trade The Family Trade (The Merchant Princes, #1)
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.36 — 435 ratings — published 2004
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The Jennifer Morgue The Jennifer Morgue (The Laundry, Book 2)
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.96 — 345 ratings — published 2006
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Saturn's Children Saturn's Children
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.35 — 316 ratings — published 2008
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The Hidden Family The Hidden Family (The Merchant Princes, #2)
by Charles Stross
avg rating 3.39 — 303 ratings — published 2005
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"Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children."
Charles Stross (Toast)
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"MINUS TEN POINTS FOR PUBLIC NUDITY."
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"--but I find her personality annoying. It's like being molested by a sleeping bag that speaks in Comic Sans with little love-hearts over the i's."
Charles Stross (Saturn's Children)
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