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October 31, 2011
The Fuller Memorandum - Charles Stross
I read The Fuller Memorandum (book 3 in Charles Stross's Laundry series) back in July and then promptly forgot to blog a review as I went immediately on holiday. So here's some thoughts, finally, although somewhat diluted (including in length) by the passing of time.The core idea of the Laundry series is quite cool, magic is just applied advanced mathematics, the government has a secret occult agency, technology can be used for occult measures. This idea was explored fairly comprehensively in the first novel of the series, The Attrocity Archives, which I enjoyed. The second novel and this one, the third, is more of the same.
I was optimistic at the start, it's an easy fun read and there was hope that it would go somewhere different, but despite the inclusion of zombies and a quite nice climactic battle, I was left feeling that I'd read it all before. Plus, the inclusion of an iPhone as a tool for occult magic, I'm afraid, just annoyed me.
If you're a fan of the Laundry novels I'm sure you'll enjoy it, but to me it just felt redundant.
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