Accelerando (Singularity)84 reviews Charles Stross Ace, 2006 Picking up the shattered pieces of my pre acceleration brain + A pretty amazing book. I believe Cory Doctorow said it best when he said something like 'makes hallucinogens obsolete' This book is brain meltingly lovely. Instead of being sci fi to inspire the dreams of yesterday (which seems to be so much of what's out there), Stross creates sci fi that is truly future speculative ...             Singularity Sky (Singularity)69 reviews Charles Stross Ace, 2004 Wonderful but probably not for everyone I personally was absolutely spellbound by this book. Wonderful creative ideas: A space-going civilization called "The Festival" that attacks by raining down telephones that, if you pick on up, will grant you your every wish if you only tell it a story... "The Eschaton", a sort-of god that evolved ...             Missile Gap10 reviews Charles Stross Subterranean Press, 2006 Great book + A fun novella... + our past is our future... + Important note regarding the signed limited printing. + An impressive book! WILL NOT BE REPRINTED.             Halting State54 reviews Charles Stross Ace Hardcover, 2007 Good Extrapolation about the Future I had never read any Charles Stross before. I found this to be a great book, well written with a nice, flowing style. The ideas about what the future will bring in the next few decades were believable and interesting, as was the story. A good read. I recommend it.             A Colder War (Great Science Fiction Stories) Charles Stross AudioText, 2005 Roger Jourgensen has the same feeling now, as an adult reading this intelligence assessment, that he had as a child, watching the nuclear powered bombers sleeping in their concrete beds. There's a blurry photograph of a sleeping giant pointed at NATO, more terrifying than any nuclear weapon.             The Jennifer Morgue23 reviews Charles Stross Golden Gryphon Press, 2006 From Stross, With Love ... + Super Reader + Great SF but not the best by Stross + James Bond meets Chtulhu             Iron Sunrise (Singularity)36 reviews Charles Stross Ace, 2005 Interesting second Rachel Mansour book + Great SF is alive and well with Stross.. "Iron Sunrise" is a sort of sequel to "Singularity Sky," in that Rachel Mansour and her partner Martin make a return appearance, and that both books are set in the same milieu. However, in most other respects the two novels are very different. "Singularity Sky" is a wildly speculative SF novel ...             The Family Trade (Merchant Princes)45 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2005 Fresh and enjoyable This definitely isn't your average, run-of-the-mill fantasy novel. In fact, if you tilt your head just so, it can legitimately look an awful lot like science fiction. Which makes sense, actually, 'cause Charles Stross has made his reputation as a hard sci-fi author, and he brings that same kind ...             The Merchants' War: Book Four of the Merchant Princes15 reviews Charles Stross Tor Books, 2007 Fourth Book in the Series shares strengths and weaknesses of its predecessors + When it's good, it's very very good. When it's not... it's okay. + Not Free SF Reader The Merchants War is the fourth book in Charles Stross series about a clan of world-walking drug dealers, and the book shares the strengths and the weaknesses of the previous volumes and ramps up the action and plot nicely. Book Three, Clan Corporate ended with a marriage announcement and ...             The Atrocity Archives46 reviews Charles Stross Ace Trade, 2006 Trifecta + ISO-9000 Compliant Demonology + Get past the geek-fu and you have more original ideas per chapter ... + Call of Cthulhu meets James Bond meets Dilbert + Lovecraftian sly spy thriller             Toast6 reviews Charles Stross Cosmos, 2005 if you like Stross, a must read. + optimistic projections + A worthwhile collection from a promising new talent in science fiction. ANTIBODIES alone is worth the price of admission on this book. Significant for readinig Stross' getting up to speed work and some of these stories are classic SF in their own right.             Antibodies (Great Science Fiction Stories) Charles Stross AudioText, 2005 Everone remebers where they were and what they were doing when a member of the great and the good is assassinated. You can kill a politician but their ideas usually live on. They have a life of their own. How much more dangerous, then, the ideas of mathematicians?             Glasshouse43 reviews Charles Stross Ace, 2007 Incredible, even as a standalone + "In the Village" Sometimes I like to go into bookstores and buy a book at random without reading the description. I did that with Glasshouse, and I was very pleased. Apparently it's part of a series, but I read it as a standalone novel and understood everything. Stross is incredibly creative, and the book is ...             The Clan Corporate: Book Three of The Merchant Princes25 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2007 An important 'bridge' to the Merchant Princes series Let us be honest, this series is not Stross at his finest. His other books like Iron Sunrise, Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Glasshouse and The Atrocity Acrhives are far more creative and cutting edge stories. Nevertheless, I find this Merchant Princes series readable and this book in particularly I ...             The Hidden Family: Book Two of Merchant Princes22 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2006 !ping! fulfills promise of book one + Entertaining mix of fantasy & economics. + Good followup to Family Trade + Not Free SF Reader + An Improvement             A Colder War (Great Science Fiction Stories) Charles Stross AudioText, 2005 Roger Jourgensen has the same feeling now, as an adult reading this intelligence assessment, that he had as a child, watching the nuclear powered bombers sleeping in their concrete beds. There's a blurry photograph of a sleeping giant pointed at NATO, more terrifying than any nuclear weapon.             The Family Trade (Merchant Princes)45 reviews Charles Stross Tor Fantasy, 2005 Fresh and enjoyable This definitely isn't your average, run-of-the-mill fantasy novel. In fact, if you tilt your head just so, it can legitimately look an awful lot like science fiction. Which makes sense, actually, 'cause Charles Stross has made his reputation as a hard sci-fi author, and he brings that same kind ...             The Jennifer Morgue23 reviews Charles Stross Golden Gryphon Press, 2006 From Stross, With Love ... + Super Reader + Great SF but not the best by Stross + James Bond meets Chtulhu             Glasshouse43 reviews Charles Stross Ace, 2007 Incredible, even as a standalone + "In the Village" Sometimes I like to go into bookstores and buy a book at random without reading the description. I did that with Glasshouse, and I was very pleased. Apparently it's part of a series, but I read it as a standalone novel and understood everything. Stross is incredibly creative, and the book is ...             The Atrocity Archives46 reviews Charles Stross Ace Trade, 2006 Trifecta + ISO-9000 Compliant Demonology + Get past the geek-fu and you have more original ideas per chapter ... + Call of Cthulhu meets James Bond meets Dilbert + Lovecraftian sly spy thriller