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The Delirium Brief

door Charles Stross

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Reeksen: The Laundry (8)

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Bob Howard's career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from the supernatural, has involved brilliant hacking, ancient magic, and combat with creatures of pure evil. It has also involved a wearying amount of paperwork and office politics, and his expense reports are still a mess. Now, following the invasion of Yorkshire by the Host of Air and Darkness, the Laundry's existence has become public, and Bob is being trotted out on TV to answer pointed questions about elven asylum seekers. What neither Bob nor his managers have foreseen is that their organization has earned the attention of a horror far more terrifying than any demon: a government looking for public services to privatize. There are things in the Laundry's assets that big business would simply love to get its hands on . . . Inch by inch, Bob Howard and his managers are forced to consider the truly unthinkable: a coup against the British government itself.… (meer)
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 The Weird Tradition: The Laundry Files by Charles Stross70 ongelezen / 70paradoxosalpha, augustus 2023

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The series is still going strong, and I am entertained. But, like all sci-fi action stories it's getting out-of-control, needing bigger threats, and harder boss villains to go up against. This generally leads to absurdity. I think we're pushing the end for this series. I'm no longer liking Bob as much. He's outgrown his usefulness. He power peaked, and he's no longer as interesting. The harder his situation becomes, the more he whines. The most powerful POV character spends most of his time complaining about everything.

I loved the chapters from Mo, especially when they included Cassie (Yesyes!) and Mhari. During this installment they became my favorite team in the series. ( )
  rabbit-stew | Dec 31, 2023 |
At this point the series has really moved beyond the "one-off mission" type format, and is hurtling towards some kind of endgame as our heroes keep leveling up and all the plot threads come crashing together. Schiller's faction is a super-creepy antagonist, although at this point they're less right-wing Christian cultists and more weird body horror. It's great to see Mo in action again, and I'm happy with where Bob & Mo's situation landed. Given where this book ended, I'm intrigued to see where things could possibly go next! ( )
  lavaturtle | Oct 20, 2021 |
Every successful series of art eventually run out of steam. Be it TV, paintings or books. My impression after reading this book is that Charles Stross has reached that point with the Laundry Files.

Instead of making a new interesting story, it's the same as before with the knob turned up a notch, reusing ideas and characters from earlier books while at the same time making the story even more complex, intricate and convoluted.
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  bratell | Dec 25, 2020 |
Whoah! I wasn't expecting that!

Initially I was a little disappointed because the much heralded return of BoB Howard as narrator was not as much as fun as anticipated: his distinctive voice seems to have largely disappeared. To some extent this is understandable since he's ten years older than when he first appeared, has seen an awful lot of horror, terror, death and destruction and has also ceased to be entirely human - but his nutso forms of expression were a great part of his appeal.

Later revelations and plot developments were so unexpected, shocking and game changing in terms of the series as a whole that, in fact, this book re-invigorates a series that was flagging and makes me more excited for the next volume than I've been for quite some time. Props to Stross for taking the series alarmingly far outside its comfort zone. ( )
  Arbieroo | Jul 17, 2020 |
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Bob Howard's career in the Laundry, the secret British government agency dedicated to protecting the world from the supernatural, has involved brilliant hacking, ancient magic, and combat with creatures of pure evil. It has also involved a wearying amount of paperwork and office politics, and his expense reports are still a mess. Now, following the invasion of Yorkshire by the Host of Air and Darkness, the Laundry's existence has become public, and Bob is being trotted out on TV to answer pointed questions about elven asylum seekers. What neither Bob nor his managers have foreseen is that their organization has earned the attention of a horror far more terrifying than any demon: a government looking for public services to privatize. There are things in the Laundry's assets that big business would simply love to get its hands on . . . Inch by inch, Bob Howard and his managers are forced to consider the truly unthinkable: a coup against the British government itself.

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