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Born in Leeds, England, Charles Stross knew he wanted to be a science fiction writer from the age of six. Despite this, he went to university in London and qualified as a Pharmacist. He made his first writing sale to Interzone in 1986, and sold about a dozen stories elsewhere throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. He now writes fiction show more full-time, has sold about 16 novels, has won one Hugo award and been nominated nearly a dozen times, and has been translated into about a dozen languages. He is the author of the Merchant Princes series. His latest book, The Revolution Business, is the fifth in this series. He lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Feorag. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Atrocity Archive
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- Robert 'Bob' Oliver Francis Howard; Dominique 'Mo' O'Brien; James Jesus Angleton; Andy Newstrom; Alan Barnes (Captain); "Pinky" (show all 26); "Brains"; Boris "the Mole"; Bridget Brody; Harriet; Fred Ironsides; Dr Vohlman; Harry "the Horse"; Nick "the Beard"; Derek "the Accountant"; Martin Pike (Sergeant); Roland Blevins (Lance-Corporal); Mary Hutter; Jimmy Donaldson; Greg Chaitin; Smith; Hammer; Mike Howe (Sergeant); Morris; "Scary" Spice; Eric
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- Mornington Crescent, London, England, UK; Santa Cruz, California, USA; Davenport, California, USA; Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; Memetix {Uk} Ltd., Croxley Industrial Estate, Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (show all 10); Putney, London, England, UK; Capital Laundry Services, Camden Town, London, England, UK (fictional); Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands; Dunwich, Suffolk, England, UK
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- Green sky at night; hacker's delight.
- Disambiguation notice
- The Atrocity Archive is the first novel in The Laundry Files series. It was originally published in 3 parts, in 3 consecutive editions of Spectrum SF magazine.
It has subsequently been published, t... (show all)ogether with the novella The Concrete Jungle, in the book The Atrocity Archives.
Please do NOT combine The Atrocity Archive with The Atrocity Archives
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