Review: short little christmas story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2010
This is a short little Christmas-themed story set in the same milieu as Charles Stross' _Laundry_ books, which concern the British Civil Service arm designated to protect against threats mystical and magical. It's short, at slightly over 400 Kindle "locations," and well-written and well-conceived; Stross is one of the more imaginative young SF writers these days, and a free snippet of his work is always welcome.The structure is a little convoluted for such a short story, which might throw some readers for a bit of a loop, but it isn't a major flaw, and overall I found this entertaining enough, and well worth the download and time to read it despite having not read the other _Laundry_ books.If you like this, you might want to try the other _Laundry_ books, starting with _Atrocity Archives_; you might also want to read his novel _Accellerando_, which (while very different in tone and structure from this short) can be downloaded as a free ebook from the author's website.