Double-oh-geek in a Lovecraftian present day sacred service, what's not to like? Stross has all the right ingredients for greatness BOFH meets Cthulhu. Somehow the story blows out of proportion way to early and shifts gear in a way that makes me feel that it should have been 2 or 3 short stories instead. Deeply disappointed (or had my hopes to high) moving on to the Jennifer Morgue hoping the grand story and plot lines have matured. ( )

(2.25 Stars)

This was a story written very much in the style of the HP Lovecraft Cthulhu mythos with various modern(ish) pop references thrown in. If you would like that, this could be the book/series for you.

Even though it is well written, it just isn't for me. Don't get me wrong, the story is ok, it just isn't *my* thing. Stross is an excellent writer, very detailed, and engaging, but the rest of the books are very far down on my "To Be Read" list.

The audiobook version also had a bonus novella (Concrete Jungle) included. ( )

A surprisingly fun mix of computer science, spy craft, bureaucracy and the occult. I liked the book's conceit that advanced algorithms are the key to eldritch magic, and feel targeted by the scene where two characters fangirl over an imaginary Knuth vol 4. ( )

Stross je geek i to se vidi. I pored hand-waving tehnologije i likova malo suviše stereotipnih, ova knjiga je više nego zadovoljavajuća za ubijanje toplih letnjih popodneva. Letnje štivo za štrebere. ( )

Fun! Fast-paced sci-fi novellas. ( )