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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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	The Atrocity Archives (Laundry Files, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 25,473 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Accelerando 3.88 avg rating — 21,269 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 15,431 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jennifer Morgue (Laundry Files, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 14,281 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fuller Memorandum (Laundry Files, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 12,094 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halting State (Halting State, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 12,177 ratings — published 2007 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apocalypse Codex (Laundry Files, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 10,918 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glasshouse 3.88 avg rating — 11,274 ratings — published 2006 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rhesus Chart (Laundry Files, #5) 4.19 avg rating — 8,954 ratings — published 2014 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Iron Sunrise (Eschaton, #2) 3.98 avg rating — 9,223 ratings — published 2004 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Season of Skulls came out six months ago, so here be spoilers. If you want a recap of the two previous novels in this not-exactly-a-trilogy, you can find my notes on them here: Dead Lies Dreaming, Quantum of Nightmares.

What do I mean by not-exactly-a-trilogy? Well: the idea of the New Management was to reboot the Laundry Files, which I've been writing since 1999, with a new cast of protagonists la

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Charles Stross wrote a new blog post Crib Sheet: Season of Skulls Season of Skulls came out six months ago, so here be spoilers. If you want a recap of the two previous novels in this not-exactly-a-trilogy, you can f Read more of this blog post »
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Charles Stross answered Jawad Khan's question: This question contains spoilers… (view spoiler) The Rhesus Chart was written in 2010; Season of Skulls was written in 2021-22, seven books (and nearly a million words) later! It's a retcon. Also, to Old George his relationship with Eve was water under the bridge from 200 years previously—he had no See Full Answer
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Charles Stross made a comment on Announcement: 2nd edition Laundry Files RPG is coming " It's going to be based on Cubicle 7's own ruleset. (I know no more.) ...more "
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Charles Stross made a comment on Finding true love in the cosmos " pre-20K or a bit more breakaway civilisation that got away before the Younger Dryas event and now technically are aliens? I kinda-sorta already wrote ...more "
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Charles Stross made a comment on Dan Trefethen’s review of Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) " Quoting lyrics verbatim in books is tricky, and I didn't want BMI/ASCAP or the Talking Heads agent to come after me with a pointy stick and a lawsuit ...more "
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Charles Stross rated a book it was amazing Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charles Stross made a comment on Bradley’s review of Season of Skulls (Laundry Files, #12; New Management, #3) " I have provisional plans for a fourth New Management book. But not until after at least one (and possibly two) more of the original Laundry series, to ...more "
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Charles Stross has read Ghost Engine by Charles Stross (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Author here: please note that the reviewers leaving a 5-* and 3-* review are lying. I haven't finished writing the book yet—it's a work in progress—and it CANNOT be published before mid-2024 (or, more likely, 2025). ...more
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Charles Stross rated a book it was amazing Worm (Parahumans, #1) by Wildbow	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Charles Stross made a comment on Roe v Wade v Sanity " You're missing the enormous discussion thread (over 450 comments so far) on my blog. Also, the point you tried to make has been thoroughly debunked the ...more "
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“Gene police! You! Out of the pool, now!”
― Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives

tags: humor

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“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, Overtime

tags: geek, humour

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“Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again.”
― Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archives

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Freyaverse by Charles Stross, Total pages: 681pg
Saturn's Children - 323pg HNBN
Bit Rot - 22pg Free Short Story
Neptune's Brood - 336pg HNBN

5 votes, 31.3%

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman Total pages: 629
The Forever War - 278pg HWBN NWBN
Forever Peace 351pg HWBN

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Ringworld by Larry Niven Total pages: 595
Ringworld - 288pg HWBN NWBN
The Ringworld Engineers - 307pg HNBN

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Gaea by John Varley Total pages: 693
Titan - 309pg HNBN
Wizard - 384pg HNBN

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Across Realtime by Vernor Vinge Total pages: 592
The Peace War - 304pg HNBN
Marooned in Realtime - 288pg HNBN

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