Michael's Meanderings
reviews of books and films read and seen as well as occasional other items.
Charles Stross: The Atrocity Archives
This is one full length novel, a novella 'The Concrete Jungle', an Introduction
and a polemic. I did not really read the latter and the Introduction is, like
all such, a variant on the usual publicity piece. 'The Atrocity Archive' which is
the novel is complex though the sci-fi element is straightforward and held
consistently throughout. The basic story is a thriller using a Nazi relic body
as the apparent body though this is being manipulated. The story moves
along briskly and the hero is well-defined and likeable - prone to error at
times and aware of his own failings. The novella continues his adventures
presumably shortly after those of the novel though this is not spelt out -
again an easy read.
2008-04-09 09:57:16 GMT
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