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The Laundry Files
A series of novels combining Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, and workplace humor
Book • 2004
The Laundry Files series by Charles Stross combines elements of Lovecraftian horror, spy thrillers, science fiction, and workplace humor.
The series primarily follows Bob Howard, a former IT consultant turned occult field agent working for a secret British government agency known as 'the Laundry'.
The stories explore themes of magic as applied computation, interdimensional threats, and bureaucratic satire.
One of the notable books in the series is 'The Atrocity Archives', which introduces Bob Howard as he navigates spycraft, parallel universes, and monstrous elder gods.
The series primarily follows Bob Howard, a former IT consultant turned occult field agent working for a secret British government agency known as 'the Laundry'.
The stories explore themes of magic as applied computation, interdimensional threats, and bureaucratic satire.
One of the notable books in the series is 'The Atrocity Archives', which introduces Bob Howard as he navigates spycraft, parallel universes, and monstrous elder gods.
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