Apocalypse Codex
Written by Charles Stross
Narrated by Gideon Emery
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Charles Stross
Charles Stross was born in Leeds, England, in 1964. He has worked as a pharmacist, software engineer and freelance journalist, but now writes full-time. To date, Stross has won two Hugo awards and been nominated twelve times. He has also won the Locus Award for Best Novel, the Locus Award for Best Novella and has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke and Nebula Awards. He is the author of the popular Merchant Princes and Empire Games series, set in the same world. In addition, his fiction has been translated into around a dozen languages. Stross lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife Feorag, a couple of cats, several thousand books, and an ever-changing herd of obsolescent computers.
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Reviews for Apocalypse Codex
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If "The Fuller Memorandum" was about Bob Howard, our much-put-upon paranormal intelligence operative, learning to survive on his own, then this book is about Bob demonstrating whether he has the capacity to lead and command. This is all in the process of trying to reconnoiter an American evangelical minister trying to get access to the British Prime Minister, meaning the deployment of freelance assets. I was going to mark this book down a little more for feeling like the middle book in a series, but half-way through things go to hell in a hand basket very nicely. I also do begin to wonder if the "Laundry" series will take us through CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN, or whether that will be its own series. Finally, I wonder what paranormal intelligence would look like in a conservative Muslim state, if only due to Stross' throwaway reference to the Malaysian Presidential Guard.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Another solid Laundry Files novel. Stross shows no signs of slowing down w/ his IT / Administrative Bureaucracy / Espionage / Horror novels. Bob Howard continues to grow and evolve as a character. This really makes me happy, because as a computer geek, public servant, IT stereotype, it would be really easy to play his character for yucks. Stross, instead, show personal and professional growth with each new edition.
The Evangelical cult as a villain was played with an admirably dexterous hand. It would be really easy just to dog-pile on the fundies and sling every over-the-top stereotype in their direction (like, say, in Rapture of the Nerds) but in this case, Stross is careful to show that the bad guys are crazy schismatics and even includes a rather sane and normal set of religious believers to balance the score.
I like almost everything about this entry in the Laundry Files. The only reason it got a 3 rather than a higher score is that I'm trying to counter a bit of ratings inflation. This is a solid genre series written on a really professional and solid formula. It's just not quite as original and resonant as his Halting State / Rule 34 novels or other work he's done. I've got no complaints and I want to read more of Bob Howard's adventures. Heck, I bought this one twice (one a signed copy from Transreal Fiction in Edinburgh, the other I picked up w/ Audible credits) with no regrets. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I am a huge fan of Stross "Laundry" but I have to say that this one has been less fun than the others: less nerdy fun, citations and jokes (Bob is not as central to the story as in the other books), and more lovecraftian-style (CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN is coming, probably in the next book, according to the author blog).And there are parts that have been plainly cut-n-pasted from the older books (e.g. the Trafalgar Square one-legged pigeons)
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Maybe I wasn't in the mood, around chapter 5 I wanted to throw the listening device out the car window.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ia ia Jesus fhtagn. Christian fundamentalists based in Colorado plot to raise Jesus from the pyramid in which he lies sleeping, and it's up to the British secret service to stop them.The Apocalypse Codex is Stross' fourth novel set in his wonderful cross of espionage (think Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy) with Lovecraftian horror. There's a great immediacy to the prose, and the bureaucracy adds a wonderful verisimilitude to the events.I highly recommend this entry to the series, and I eagerly await the fifth tome.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I do like a good blend of thriller and Cthulhoid gothic fantasy, and The Apocalypse Codex is just such a work. Therefore, I like it. A lot. Stross really has carved himself a distinctive niche, then set about filling it with diligence and panache. My only complaint is that I will now have to wait about a year for the next instalment; too long! Cthulhu f'taghn.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Great fun! This is the 4th in the "Laundry" series, in which British spy novels meet the Cthulhu mythos and nerd culture, with a dash of Yes Minister, and any other pop culture references that Stross feels like playing with. In this case, it's scary US fundamentalist preachers, Modesty Blaize, and some truly freaky parasites. Despite the humour, it also gets dark - necromancy, the end of the world, it's not pretty stuff.It's probably best to read this series from the beginning rather than start here. Agent Bob Oliver Francis Howard (yes, BOFH) has a history that's relevant to the plot. So if you're not already a Laundry fan, look for The Atrocity Archive first.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bob Howard is thrust, once more, into contact with elditch horrors from the beyond. These are serious threats to both the British and American governments and he finds himself in Denver of all places. This one is Charlie's homage to Modesty Blaise (with asides to Spycatcher and Doctor Who).