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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Rapture of the Nerds Rapture of the Nerds Cory Doctorow,Charles Stross A tale set at the end of the twenty-first century finds the planet's divided hominid population subjected to the forces of a splintery metaconsciousness that inundates networks with plans for catacly… OL16646248W
Neptunes Brood Neptunes Brood Charles Stross After being stalked across the galaxy by an assassin, post-human Krina Alzon-114 journeys to the water-world Shin-Tethys in search of her sister. OL17554076W
The nightmare stacks The nightmare stacks Charles Stross "The Laundry Files' 'fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, mundane office comedy and Lovecraftian horror' (SFX) continues as Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross assigns a day trader to a perman… OL20030307W
Accelerando Accelerando Charles Stross The Singularity. It is the era of the posthuman. Artificial intelligences have surpassed the limits of human intellect. Biotechnological beings have rendered people all but extinct. Molecular nanotec… OL2465670W
Antibodies Antibodies Charles Stross Perspicacious look at our possible technological future. It starts as somebody discovers or devises a computer algorithm to crack all encryption in a much shorter time, rendering all financial and ot… OL2465671W
The Atrocity Archives The Atrocity Archives Lucius Shepard,Charles Stross Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely… OL2465682W
The Hidden Family The Hidden Family Charles Stross Miriam, a hip tech journalist from Boston, discovered her alternate world relatives in The Family Trade, and with them an elite identity she didn't know was hers. Now, in order to avoid a slippery sl… OL2465685W
The Jennifer Morgue The Jennifer Morgue Charles Stross Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire for "The Laundry," must stop ruthless billionaire Ellis Billington from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue," from the ocean… OL2465689W
Saturn's Children Saturn's Children Charles Stross Sometime in the twenty-third century, humanity went extinct—leaving only androids behind. Freya Nakamichi 47 is a femmebot, one of the last of her kind still functioning. With no humans left to pay f… OL2465692W