Equoid: A Laundry Novella Equoid: A Laundry Novella
Book 2.9 - A Laundry Files Novel

Equoid: A Laundry Novella

A Tor.Com Original

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Publisher Description

Charles Stross's "Equoid" is a dark fantasy tale from the Hugo-winning author of Rule 34, Halting State, The Atrocity Archives, and many others.

The "Laundry" is Britain's super-secret agency devoted to protecting the realm from the supernatural horrors that menace it. Now Bob Howard, Laundry agent, must travel to the quiet English countryside to deal with an outbreak of one of the worst horrors imaginable. For, as it turns out, unicorns are real. They're also ravenous killers from beyond spacetime...

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GENRE
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
RELEASED
2013
October 16
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
128
Pages
PUBLISHER
Tor Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
459.7
KB

Customer Reviews

Prairie_Dog ,

Hugo Award Winning Laundry Files Novella

"Equoid" is a 2014 Hugo Award winning novella set in the Laundry Files series created by author Charlie Stross. It was my first foray into this series, and I think it was a good way to try out the Laundry Files. First, a word on the series. The "Laundry" is a branch of the British secret service which is designed to protect the U.K., and in fact the world, from occult horrors that seem to be Lovecraftian in nature. In a way this reminds me of "Torchwood." Bob Howard is our protagonist, and he is a cross between a bureaucrat, a computer programmer, and one of Lovecraft's researchers. In this novella, he is sent to check on a potential equine problem in the countryside.

This is where things begin to get really dark, we are introduced to the horror behind the legends of unicorns. Howard Phillips Lovecraft's himself makes an appearance in the form of narratives from his unpublished letters which tell of his encounter with such an eldritch beast. This treatment of unicorns is deeply disturbing, and ties the modern trend of little girls to be attracted to pony-related things firmly to the legend. It is definitely a well-done narrative, and very suited to novella length.

Hunters Moon ,

It's Laundry time!

More eldritch horror fun with Bob Howard! Sure hope Stross doesn't run out of assorted evils from other dimensions for The Laundry to hold at bay.

ryun1 ,

Bronies beware

Stross is an old hand at writing Laundry stories, and this once again proves his ability to explore that world. For too many writers, the idea of a Lovecraftian, Dilbertian James Bond would be a one-trick pony, but Charles Stross finds new ways to entertain, educate, and freak us out every time.

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