The Fuller Memorandum
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View our feature on Charles Stross' The Fuller Memorandum. National bestselling author Charles Stross brings back Bob Howard-"a British super spy with a long-term girlfriend, no fashion sense, and an aversion to martinis" (San Francisco Chronicle) Bob Howard is taking a much needed break from the field to catch up on his filing in The Laundry's archives when a top secret dossier known as The Fuller Memorandum vanishes-along with his boss, who the agency's executives believe stole the file. Determined to discover exactly what the memorandum contained, Bob runs afoul of Russian agents, ancient demons, and the apostles of a hideous faith, who have plans to raise a very unpleasant undead entity known as the Eater of Souls...
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10 primary books16 released booksLaundry Files is a 16-book series with 10 primary works first released in 2002 with contributions by Charles Stross.
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Ooo, this one was a downer! Ok - it was every bit as hilarious as the rest of the series, but I think I could have stood not knowing quite that much about the overall philosophy of the universe. I do hope that we will be hearing more from Bob, although I'm not feeling optimistic at the moment. It's hard to be very optimistic after reading this book, to be honest. And I don't know how much more I can say without getting into spoilers - but I do still recommend it to anyone who has read the rest of the series.
Wow! Any male narrator that can immediately shift into a higher vocal range for one of his female characters AND sing pretty darned well at the same time, I'm going to ‘follow'!
As to the story, still very detailed on the technical stuff, alot of characters to track but still funny!
Alot of profanity [if that's something you don't like] and the main character is not religious, and vocal about it [if religious is something you do like].
The third book in the Laundry Files series is rather darker, and perhaps also somewhat more complex than the previous books in the series. With a group of cultists as the main enemy this time round, the connections with the Cthulhu Mythos are, if anything, more explicit than before. This, however, is a very modern updating of Lovecraft with some horrific scenes that HPL would likely have shied away from. The humour of the previous two books is still here, although most definitely subdued when it comes to the final climax.
It's more obviously horror than, in particular, the Jennifer Morgue, and has all the more impact for it. The plot itself also reveals rather more about the Laundry, and, in particular, Angleton, whose disappearance forms a major plot thread. All in all, a worthwhile addition to the series.
Geen overduidelijke pastiche meer, zoals The Atrocity Archives en The Jennifer Morgue, maar gewoon een echt boek met echte personages die al eens geïntroduceerd werden. Op de wijze van een spionagethriller van Anthony Price.
Eens kijken hoe dat zit met de chronologie... yep, ‘t is wat ik dacht: er zitten een paar jaar voelbaar kwaliteitsverschil tussen dit en de voorganger.
Nog altijd geen grote literatuur, maar wel allemaal wat volwassener, had ik de indruk.
Bob Howard wordt op een ogenschijnlijk eenvoudige opdracht gestuurd, er valt een onverwachte dode waardoor er een intern onderzoek tegen hem start, zijn vrouw komt wat getraumatiseerd terug uit Amsterdam, en zijn baas verdwijnt op mysterieuze wijze. En ‘t is allemaal in het kader van CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN, het einde van de wereld dat er zeker aan zit te komen maar ‘t is nog niet zeker wanneer maar ‘t is wél zeker dat het er echt aan komt.
Er is niet zo enorm veel te vertellen over het verhaal zonder het allemaal te spoilen, dus eum: wie het vorige goed vond, zal dit ook goed vinden.
En voor de zekerheid: niét te lezen zonder de eerste twee gelezen te hebben, ook, wegens dat het allemaal op elkaar volgt en in elkaar haakt.
