Charles Stross





Charles Stross

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October 18, 1964 in Leeds, England, The United Kingdom

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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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Continuing my series of thoughts on writing and the peculiar soup of skills and perspectives that go into it, I present to you points 3-5. These are not in any particular order, one is not more important than the other. It is not a top ten list, but numbers help me think in an organized fashion. Today's seemed to unintentionally group into a "Buck up, Camper" theme.

3. People Are Going t...

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Average rating: 3.73 · 25,959 ratings · 3,145 reviews · 61 distinct works
Accelerando
3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 3,216 ratings15 editions
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The Atrocity Archives (The Lau...
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 2,474 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions
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Halting State
3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 2,586 ratings — published 2007 — 13 editions
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Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 2,242 ratings — published 1991 — 13 editions
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Glasshouse
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 2,174 ratings13 editions
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The Jennifer Morgue (The Laund...
3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 1,645 ratings11 editions
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Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2)
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 1,437 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions
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Saturn's Children
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 1,358 ratings — published 2008 — 16 editions
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The Family Trade (The Merchant...
3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 1,231 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
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The Fuller Memorandum (The Lau...
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 1,025 ratings7 editions
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The Atrocity Archives The Jennifer Morgue The Fuller Memorandum The Apocalypse Codex
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3.68780073591848 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 3,533 ratings

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“Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now!”
Charles Stross

“--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

“Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. (Which just goes to show Nietzsche wasn't a C++ programmer.)”
Charles Stross

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This is the run-off vote for the September Fantasy selection. Just as a reminder, the discussion will start on September 1 for this one. I set this vote to run through Sunday August 22nd....

 
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