The Jennifer Morgue - Paperjale.eus

Azal gogorra, 340 orrialde

English hizkuntza

2006ko aza. 2a(e)an Golden Gryphon Press(e)n argitaratua.

ISBN:: 978-1-930846-45-6
OCLC zenbakia:: 67239775
Goodreads-en giltza:: 14150

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In this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, Bob Howard is a computer übergeek employed by the Laundry, a secret British agency assigned to clean up incursions from other realities caused by the inadvertent manipulation of complex mathematical equations: in other words, magic. In 1975, the CIA used Howard Hughes's Glomar Explorer in a bungled attempt to raise a sunken Soviet submarine in order to access the Jennifer Morgue, an occult device that allows communication with the dead. Now a ruthless billionaire intends to try again, even if by doing so he awakens the Great Old Ones, who thwarted the earlier expedition. It's up to Bob and a collection of British eccentrics even Monty Python would consider odd to stop the bad guy and save the world, while getting receipts for all expenditures or else face the most dreaded menace of all: the …

In this alternately chilling and hilarious sequel to The Atrocity Archives (2004) from Hugo-winner Stross, Bob Howard is a computer übergeek employed by the Laundry, a secret British agency assigned to clean up incursions from other realities caused by the inadvertent manipulation of complex mathematical equations: in other words, magic. In 1975, the CIA used Howard Hughes's Glomar Explorer in a bungled attempt to raise a sunken Soviet submarine in order to access the Jennifer Morgue, an occult device that allows communication with the dead. Now a ruthless billionaire intends to try again, even if by doing so he awakens the Great Old Ones, who thwarted the earlier expedition. It's up to Bob and a collection of British eccentrics even Monty Python would consider odd to stop the bad guy and save the world, while getting receipts for all expenditures or else face the most dreaded menace of all: the Laundry's own auditors. Stross has a marvelous time making eldritch horror appear commonplace in the face of bureaucracy. (Dec.)

10 edizio

Mythra P. Sattari (e)k Charles Stross(r)en The Jennifer Morgue liburuaren kritika egin du (Laundry Files, #2)

Eldritch horrors doing horrible things

4 izar

Edukiari buruzko abisua Sexual Assault

While I enjoyed this book, I wondered if it might be better if it were written by a woman, or someone more knowledgeable about the psychology around SA. No named character performed the assault. The USA's org for handling supernatural phenomenon sort of bound a woman, an agent of theirs, to a supernatural entity which SAed both hrr and the protagonist, via their destiny entanglement. This entity needed to feed off the lives the woman slept with, and the protagonist was forced to experience it too. This was a way to control them, keep them from going rogue. The book did get into how fucked up a scenario that was, but much less than I would have liked. As messed up SA by an eldritch creature is, I did find it a novel concept. I can get the two people involved having to suppress their feelings about the matter during an emergency, but they seemed to bounce back quickly. The woman was used to it, and the protagonist lost 2 nights of sleep IIRC but never thought about how terrible he felt again. Just the need to avoid having that experience again, no processing the trauma. This is less of a criticism and more me wanting to share my thoughts. I still enjoyed this book overall, and would recommend it to science fantasy enjoyers.

Gaiak

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