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This is a list of books by British hard science fiction, Lovecraftian horror, and space opera author Charles Stross.

Bibliography

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Stand-alone novels

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  • Scratch Monkey (released, 1993; published, 2011[1]) available online
  • Accelerando (2005, ISBN 0-441-01284-1) available online
  • Glasshouse (2006, ISBN 0-441-01403-8)
  • Palimpsest (2011 novella)
  • The Rapture of the Nerds (2012, collaboration with Cory Doctorow)

Eschaton series

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Stross has announced that he is unlikely to write a third book in this series.[2]

The Laundry Files

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Main article: The Laundry Files

A series of science fiction spy thrillers about Bob Howard (a pseudonym taken for security purposes), a one-time I.T. consultant, now field agent working for British government agency "the Laundry", which deals with occult threats. Influenced by Lovecraft's visions of the future, and set in a world where a computer and the right mathematical equations is just as useful a tool-set for calling up horrors from other dimensions as a spell-book and a pentagram on the floor.

  1. The Atrocity Archives (2004, ISBN 1-930846-25-8)
    • Also contains the extra story The Concrete Jungle, set about a year after the main story.[3] Best Novella winner, 2005 Hugo Awards[4]
  2. The Jennifer Morgue (2006, ISBN 1-930846-45-2 – set around three years after The Concrete Jungle[5])
    • Also contains the extra story Pimpf, set within a year of the main story[5]
  3. The Fuller Memorandum (2010, ISBN 1-84149-770-3 – set about eight years after The Atrocity Archives)[5]
  4. The Apocalypse Codex (2012 – set about nine months after The Fuller Memorandum)[5]
  5. The Rhesus Chart, (2014, ISBN 978-0-425-25686-2)[6]
  6. The Annihilation Score (2015, ISBN 978-0-356-50531-2)[7]
  7. The Nightmare Stacks (2016, ISBN 978-0-425-28119-2)[8]
  8. The Delirium Brief (2017, ISBN 978-0765394668)
  9. The Labyrinth Index (2018, ISBN 978-1-250-19608-8)[9]

Novellas

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  • Down on the Farm (2008 novelette – set about two years after Pimpf[3]) available online
  • Overtime (2009 novelette – set about five months after The Fuller Memorandum[3]) available online
  • Equoid (2013 novelette – takes place after the events of Down on the Farm, before the events of The Fuller Memorandum[3]) available online
  • Escape from Yokai Land (2022 novella – takes place at the same time as The Nightmare Stacks, right before The Delirium Brief; ISBN 978-1250805706)
  • A Conventional Boy, planned for release in 2024 [3][10]

Tales of the New Management

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Tales of the New Management is a spin-off from the main series, set after CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN.

  1. Dead Lies Dreaming (2020, ISBN 978-1250267023)
  2. Quantum of Nightmares (2022, ISBN 978-1250839374)[11]
  3. Season of Skulls (2023, ISBN 978-1250839404)[12]

Game

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Stross also authorised, but did not write, an official role-playing game, The Laundry (2010, ISBN 1-907204-93-8, Gareth Hanrahan, published by Cubicle 7)[13][14] and a number of supplements based on the "Bob Howard – Laundry" series.[15] The system uses an adaptation of the Call of Cthulhu RPG rules (under licence from Chaosium).

The Merchant Princes series

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The Merchant Princes is a series in which some humans have an ability to travel between parallel Earths, which have differing levels of technology. This series is science fiction, even though it was originally marketed by the publisher as fantasy. It was originally intended to be a trilogy, but at the end the writing of the first novel, the publisher requested that it be split for shorter length, and this length carried over to the other novels. The first three books were collectively nominated for and won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History in 2007.

  1. The Family Trade (2004, ISBN 0-7653-0929-7)
  2. The Hidden Family (2005, ISBN 0-7653-1347-2)
  3. The Clan Corporate (2006, ISBN 0-7653-0930-0)
  4. The Merchants' War (2007, ISBN 0-7653-1671-4)
  5. The Revolution Business (2009, ISBN 0-7653-1672-2)
  6. The Trade of Queens (2010, ISBN 0-7653-1673-0)
  7. Empire Games (2017, ISBN 0-7653-3756-8)
  8. Dark State (2018, ISBN 0-7653-3757-6)
  9. Invisible Sun (2021, ISBN 1-2508-0709-3)

The first six books were later re-edited back into the originally intended form as three longer novels.[16] The new books were released in the UK beginning in April 2013,[17] and in DRM-free format in the United States in January 2014.[16]

  1. The Bloodline Feud ISBN 978-1447237617 (contains The Family Trade and The Hidden Family)
  2. The Traders' War ISBN 978-1447237624 (contains The Clan Corporate and The Merchants' War)
  3. The Revolution Trade ISBN 978-1447237648 (contains The Revolution Business and The Trade of Queens)

Halting State series

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Science-fiction/crime novels set 'fifteen minutes in the future' which concentrate on life in the early 21st century, which are centered in Edinburgh in an independent Scotland, and how innovations in policing, surveillance, economics, computer games, the internet, memes and other inventions may change our lives in the future. Both novels are told in second-person viewpoint. The series was originally planned to be a trilogy but Stross claimed his current plot idea were mooted by the Snowden revelations and he was no longer planning a third book.[18]

Saturn's Children series

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Stross's space opera series, featuring the android society that develops after the extinction of humanity. Stross has referred to the setting for these stories as the "Freyaverse."[22]

Omnibus titles

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The Science Fiction Book Club has published omnibus editions in the US that combine two books, without new material.

  • Timelike Diplomacy (2004; combines Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise)
  • On Her Majesty's Occult Service (2007, combines The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue)

Collections

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Short fiction

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Non-fiction

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References

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  1. ^ a b Stross, Charles. "A press release, or something similar". Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Books I will not write #4: Space Pirates of KPMG - Charlie's Diary".
  3. ^ a b c d e Stross, Charles (2020-10-16). "The Laundry Files: an updated chronology". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
  4. ^ "2005 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  5. ^ a b c d "Laundry reading order - Charlie's Diary".
  6. ^ Stross, Charles (1 July 2014). "Rhesus Chart: blood dripping fresh ..." Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  7. ^ Stross, Charles (19 May 2014). "The myth of heroism". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  8. ^ Stross, Charles (3 July 2014). "Spoiler Thread". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  9. ^ Stross, Charles. "Fiction by Charles Stross: FAQ". Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. ^ Stross, Charles (2023-09-01). "Do my Laundry". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  11. ^ Stross, Charles (21 December 2021). "Quantum of Nightmares". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  12. ^ "Season of Skulls". Tor Publishing. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  13. ^ Stross, Charles (12 December 2010). "A message from our sponsors". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Charles Stross' "The Laundry Files" RPG Announced". UK Roleplayers. 10 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  15. ^ Cubicle 7 Entertainment Web Store. "The Laundry". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ a b "Commercial announcement". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
  17. ^ Stross, Charles (10 September 2012). "Announcement: Merchant Princes relaunch in the UK". Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  18. ^ a b Stross, Charles. "PSA: Why there won't be a third book in the Halting State trilogy". Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  19. ^ "2008 Hugo Award Nominees Best Novel: Halting State". Official Site of The Hugo Awards. March 2003.
  20. ^ The 5-year gap is established several times early in the novel during chapters from Liz Kavanaugh's point of view - a convenient way to establish this, since she appears in both (novels); while she refers to the events of the preceding novel euphemistically, it's pretty clear she's describing the same events, if in five-years-on perspective...
  21. ^ He more recently wrote: "this outcome [Scottish independence election] sort of rules out writing an explicit sequel to "Halting State" and "Rule 34"" - Stross, Charles (19 September 2014). "The Morning After". Retrieved 21 May 2015. - but at least implies in the same paragraph that a "third second-person near-future Scottish crime novel" (a less explicit sequel?) may still be in the works.
  22. ^ Stross, Charles (September 15, 2014). "Crib Sheet: Neptune's Brood". Charlie's Diary. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  23. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Saturn's Children by Charles Stross". Publishers Weekly. 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  24. ^ "Saturn's Children by Charles Stross". Bookmarks. November 2008. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
  25. ^ Willis, Jesse (April 26, 2010). "Review of Saturn's Children by Charles Stross". SFFaudio.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  26. ^ Stross, Charles (16 June 2013). "Short Story: "Bit Rot"". Antipope.org. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  27. ^ Seel, Nigel (April 11, 2011). "Book Review: Engineering Infinity (ed) Jonathan Strahan". ScienceFiction.com. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  28. ^ Waters, Robert E. (March 8, 2011). "Engineering Infinity, edited by Jonathan Strahan". Tangent. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
  29. ^ "Fiction Book Review: Neptune's Brood by Charles Stross". Publishers Weekly. 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  30. ^ "2002 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. 2 September 2002. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  31. ^ "2010 Hugo Award Winners". The Hugo Awards. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
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