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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 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. La serie fue nominada para el Premio Hugo a la Mejor Serie en 2019.​ (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 happen largely out of view of the public, as the Laundry seeks to keep the methods for contacting such powers under wraps. There are also elements of dry humour and satirisation of bureaucracy. While the stories are partially inspired by the Cthulhu mythos universe created by H. P. Lovecraft and others, they are not set in Lovecraft's universe. In Stross's world, the greatest magicians are the scientists who closely study the phenomena; it features a secret history of historical thinkers who also dabbled in or stumbled upon occult uses of their work. The Concrete Jungle and Equoid both won the Hugo Award for Best Novella, and "Overtime" was a nominee for best novelette. The series as a whole was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Series in 2019. (en)
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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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