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A review by songwind
The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross
4.0
The Laundry Files are a perfect blend of spy thriller, cosmic horror, and comedy. The Fuller Memorandum continues this trend quite well.
In this installment, Bob Howard gets entangled in the latest moves of a game that goes back to the Russian revolution. We learn more about Angleton, Bob's boss and general scary sorcerer. We get some background on the interaction between the Laundry and their counterparts around the world. And we get more information about Bob's wife Mo, fellow Laundry operator and Combat Epistemologist.
(As an aside, I'd love to read a novel about Mo, possible title: This Machine Kills Demons)
One of my favorite things about the Laundry is that instead of making everything up out of whole cloth, Stross frequently find obscure historical persons or events, and fills in an eldritch background. Not only is it entertaining, but it frequently leads to an expansion of my understanding of real-life history.
In this installment, Bob Howard gets entangled in the latest moves of a game that goes back to the Russian revolution. We learn more about Angleton, Bob's boss and general scary sorcerer. We get some background on the interaction between the Laundry and their counterparts around the world. And we get more information about Bob's wife Mo, fellow Laundry operator and Combat Epistemologist.
(As an aside, I'd love to read a novel about Mo, possible title: This Machine Kills Demons)
One of my favorite things about the Laundry is that instead of making everything up out of whole cloth, Stross frequently find obscure historical persons or events, and fills in an eldritch background. Not only is it entertaining, but it frequently leads to an expansion of my understanding of real-life history.