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The Jennifer Morgue

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This book was good fun, like its predecessor the Atrocity Archives, but it veered too much away from the acerbic wit and Generation X sensibility of "Archives" and too much toward Pratchett-style fluff. The core premise, of the hero caught up in a Bond story, was not strong enough to sustain an entire novel. On the bright side, Stross expanded the world in which it is set in some interesting ways, with the introduction of the Deep Ones into the story. What I'd like to see in the next novel is more exploration of the clash between 20th-Century bureaucracy and 21st Century Gen-X pragmatism in the face of the impending crisis which Stross hints at. A return to the harder connection between quantum physics and the occult (masterfully described in the short story which accompanies "Archives", much less so in the short story accompaning "Jennifer Morgue") would also be welcome. In all, however, "Jennifer Morgue" is worth buying if you liked "Archives".

One final thought: this would, on several levels, make a great TV show.