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Series: Laundry Files
Volume: 1
Genre: SF
ISBN: 1841495697
Pages: 268 pages
Publisher: Golden Gryphon Press
Price: $24.95
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The Atrocity Archives by Charles StrossDescription: In the world of 'The Atrocity Archive,' Alan Turing, the Father of Modern Computer Science, did in fact complete his theorem on 'Phase Conjugate Grammars for Extra-dimensional Summoning.' Turing's work paved the way for esoteric mathematical computations that, when carried out, had side effects that would leak through the platonic realm of pure mathematices underlying the structure of the Cosmos. Out there in the multiverse there were 'listeners' - and sometimes these listeners could be coerced into opening gates. Small gates through which minds could be transfered and, occasionally, large gates through which objects could be moved.
In 1945, Nazi Germany's Ahnenerbe-SS, in a attempt to escape the Allied onslaught, performed just such a summoning on the souls of more than ten million. They opened a gate to an alternate universe through which the SS could move men and materiel. But their summoning brought forth more than the SS had bargained for - an Evil, patiently waiting for countless eons, now poised to lunch on our galaxy, on our very Earth. . . .
Also in this series are The Jennifer Morgue, The Fuller Memorandum, The Apocalypse Codex
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