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When Lovecraft… goes Hillsong?

The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross

June 4, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Still making my way through the re-read of the Laundry files novels and I’ve hit on one of my favorites. The Apocalypse Codex is set nearly a year ofter the events of The Fuller Memorandum, and poor Bob is still sort of in recovery. It’s not just the whole business of receiving a bit of a soul-shellacking from the Black Pharaoh, which seems obvious from the last book. But it’s also the absolute shock he received from work, who have made their intentions to compress […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Cymothoa exigua - look that shit up!, Laundry, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, Satire, Sing the revelation, SysAdmin

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Cymothoa exigua - look that shit up!, Laundry, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, Satire, Sing the revelation, SysAdmin ·
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When Lovecraft… Spills the Tea?

The Fuller Memorandum by Charles Stross

April 16, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

When writing about The Atrocity Archives, I mentioned that the friend who first recommended The Laundry Files to me  didn’t do me the grace of recommending the first book, but rather a later one. That book was The Fuller Memorandum, and I suspect because it was the first book I read, it’ll always be the quintessential Laundry Files book for me.  After their Caribbean jaunt in The Jennifer Morgue, both Bob and his now wife, Mo, are back in London, working in the Laundry’s offices. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, Satire, SysAdmin, TEAPOT

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, Satire, SysAdmin, TEAPOT ·
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Where Lovecraft Meets Spycraft

The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross

April 11, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

I’m still making my way through the Laundry Files books, in hope that I’ll be reviewing the final one before the year is out. In my review of the Atrocity Archives I did mention that while the premise was good, the book was quite episodic and disjointed. To expand on that a little: re-reading it, it seems clear that the author was exploring two distinct ideas — mixing the public sector with eldritch horrors, and mixing espionage with eldritch horrors. Some of the later books […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, Bond James Bond, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, novella, Satire ·, SysAdmin

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:7 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, Bond James Bond, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, novella, Satire ·, SysAdmin ·
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Where Lovecraft Meets Tradecraft

The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

March 22, 2026 by LittlePlat Leave a Comment

Charlie Stross finished up The Laundry Files series earlier this year, so I decided I should do a bit of a re-read.  It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve read some of these, so I thought a little brush up couldn’t hurt.  But I have to mention something weird about my friends first; when I did a re-read of the Obernewtyn series a while back, I mentioned that I started reading them based off a friend’s recommendation. And this friend didn’t do me the […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, novella, Satire ·, SysAdmin

LittlePlat's CBR18 Review No:6 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, charles stross, crunchy and good with ketchup, Laundry Files, Lovecraftian horrors, novella, Satire ·, SysAdmin ·
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