Jennifer Morgue

This book might be part of the Los expedientes de la Lavandería series.

Segunda entrega de la serie de culto Los expedientes de la Lavandería, una fascinante combinación de techno-thriller de espionaje, comedia y horror lovecraftiano. «Me llamo Howard, Bob Howard. Por favor, no me mates…».

Cuando un despiadado magnate del software se propone recuperar del fondo del océano un antiguo artefacto conocido con el nombre en clave de «Jennifer Morgue», Bob Howard, geek y hacker demonológico, deberá enfundarse a su pesar en un esmoquin e infiltrarse en el yate del villano antes de que la operación atraiga la ira de una …

Y todo ello sin olvidarse de guardar los recibos de los gastos para no exponerse a la peor amenaza de todas: los auditores de la Lavandería.

Charles Stross, ganador de los premios Hugo y Locus, vuelve a ofrecernos una hilarante historia de burocracia contra las fuerzas del mal que combina magistralmente el homenaje a James Bond con ecos de los mitos de Lovecraft.

10 editions

14 x 21,5 cm, 432 pages

Español language

Published March 11, 2019 by Insólita Editorial.

ISBN:: 978-84-948986-2-4
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Subjects

Demonology
English Horror tales
Fiction
Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)
Horror tales, English
Intelligence officers
Intelligence service
Geeks (Computer enthusiasts) -- Fiction
Bob Howard (Fictitious character)

Reviews

gregorgross reviewed The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross

Good second book of this series

3 stars

Funny as always, interesting to read, fast paced spy plot a la James Bond, actually, and especially. The antagonist hopes to secure his machinations by running a super hero geas, which works until it doesn't, of course. I especially liked the afterword about James Bond novels, which explains why this book feels so much like a Bond / Fleming spy novel. I will definitely read on in this series, but I liked the first book more, actually.

Mythra P. Sattari reviewed The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross (Laundry Files, #2)

Eldritch horrors doing horrible things

4 stars

Content warning Sexual Assault

While I enjoyed this book, I wondered if it might be better if it were written by a woman, or someone more knowledgeable about the psychology around SA. No named character performed the assault. The USA's org for handling supernatural phenomenon sort of bound a woman, an agent of theirs, to a supernatural entity which SAed both hrr and the protagonist, via their destiny entanglement. This entity needed to feed off the lives the woman slept with, and the protagonist was forced to experience it too. This was a way to control them, keep them from going rogue. The book did get into how fucked up a scenario that was, but much less than I would have liked. As messed up SA by an eldritch creature is, I did find it a novel concept. I can get the two people involved having to suppress their feelings about the matter during an emergency, but they seemed to bounce back quickly. The woman was used to it, and the protagonist lost 2 nights of sleep IIRC but never thought about how terrible he felt again. Just the need to avoid having that experience again, no processing the trauma. This is less of a criticism and more me wanting to share my thoughts. I still enjoyed this book overall, and would recommend it to science fantasy enjoyers.