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  "Get Smart in a technological paranormal world" The Atrocity Archive. The mission of the ultra top secret British espionage agency the Laundry is to defend the crown against occult attacks. The agency employs a variety of employees, but perhaps at th ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  Who knows what to believe anymore? As one bizarre revelation after another rolls out from the fluorescent hallways of our intelligence services, as one truth is discovered to be a lie while another lie proves to the be the truth, as facts prove un-ch ... (read full critics)

  bookotron published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

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  Many interesting inventions and great action scenes. The style could be better.

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  P Marco said on Aug 9, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  Quite enjoyable near future / contemporary scifi/fantasy. I use the term "scifi/fantasy" advisedly, because it deals with the occult in a very scientific manner, offering a scifi basis for a fantasy phenomenon.

  I did feel it was a little short, though I might have been biased by the fact that I was ... (continue)

  Quite enjoyable near future / contemporary scifi/fantasy. I use the term "scifi/fantasy" advisedly, because it deals with the occult in a very scientific manner, offering a scifi basis for a fantasy phenomenon.

  I did feel it was a little short, though I might have been biased by the fact that I was listening to it as an audiobook, which I didn't realize included the novella "The Concrete Jungle".

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  Jochem Meyers said on Jun 15, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  Watch out for jargon

  This is an interesting book supposing that "magic" can be described by mathematics and technology. I liked the story, and the concept was great, but sometimes wading through the tech jargon was ridiculous. Likewise, occult magical items were often not explained, so it took several events involving ... (continue)

  This is an interesting book supposing that "magic" can be described by mathematics and technology. I liked the story, and the concept was great, but sometimes wading through the tech jargon was ridiculous. Likewise, occult magical items were often not explained, so it took several events involving the item before you figured out what it was or might be.

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  KyotoCutie said on Mar 3, 2009 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  I finally made it through this book. If it weren't for the joke about all your bases are belong to us, I would have given it 1 star, but that alone popped it into the 2 star range. How often do you see published work reference that? Otherwise I was not amused by this book really in any way. I f ... (continue)

  I finally made it through this book. If it weren't for the joke about all your bases are belong to us, I would have given it 1 star, but that alone popped it into the 2 star range. How often do you see published work reference that? Otherwise I was not amused by this book really in any way. I found it really tedious and couldn't have cared less about the characters. I only finished it because I hate having to mark things as abandoned on here.

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  Deanna Kyre said on Jul 12, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 295 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1930846258
• ISBN-13: 9781930846258
• Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
• Pub date: May 28, 2004
• Dimensions: 1355 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Others and eBook

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