- Geeks (Computer enthusiasts), Monsters, Intelligence service, Bob Howard (Fictitious character)
Bob Howard is a computer-hacker desk jockey, who has more than enough trouble keeping up with the endless paperwork he has to do on a daily basis. He should never be called on to do anything remotely heroic. But for some reason, he is.
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Unpretentious, cool, contemporary and classical in form.
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Stross, Lucius Shepard
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Orbit, Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Ace Books
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781930846258
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