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The Laundry Files is a series of novels by British writer Charles Stross. They mix the genres of Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, and workplace humour. Their main character for the first five novels is "Bob Howard" (a pseudonym taken for security purposes), a one-time I.T. consultant turned occult field agent. Howard is recruited to work for the Q-Division of SOE, otherwise known as "the Laundry", the British government agency which deals with occult threats. "Magic" is described as being a branch of applied computation (mathematics), therefore computers and equations are just as useful, and perhaps more potent, than classic spellbooks, pentagrams, and sigils for the purpose of influencing ancient powers and opening gates to other dimensions. These occult struggles happe

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  • Los expedientes de La Lavandería (es)
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  • Los expedientes de La Lavandería es una serie de novelas escritas por Charles Stross y publicada por diferentes editoriales. Pertenece a los géneros de Ciencia Ficción, Horror y sátira empresarial. Basados en mitología Lovecraftiana. "La Lavandería" es el ente gubernamental británico que se encarga de controlar y exterminar los peligros sobrenaturales. En esta realidad, la magia, es una actividad derivada de las matemáticas y la computación; haciendo que los hechizos sean teoremas y circuitos desarrollados con diferentes fines y resultados. (es)
  • The Laundry Files is a series of novels by British writer Charles Stross. They mix the genres of Lovecraftian horror, spy thriller, science fiction, and workplace humour. Their main character for the first five novels is "Bob Howard" (a pseudonym taken for security purposes), a one-time I.T. consultant turned occult field agent. Howard is recruited to work for the Q-Division of SOE, otherwise known as "the Laundry", the British government agency which deals with occult threats. "Magic" is described as being a branch of applied computation (mathematics), therefore computers and equations are just as useful, and perhaps more potent, than classic spellbooks, pentagrams, and sigils for the purpose of influencing ancient powers and opening gates to other dimensions. These occult struggles happe (en)
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  • Golden Gryphon Press
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