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Contents 1 Autobio-maint 2 Series 2.1 Standalones 2.2 Eschaton series 2.3 The Atrocity Archive series 2.4 Merchant Princes series 3 Problems on the page 4 Touring calendar 5 Classification of Merchant Princes 6 Other editions 6.1 Alternate editions / titles 6.1.1 Omnibus titles 6.1.2 Translations

[edit] Autobio-maint

I am now aware of the existence of this WikiPedia page and will attempt to keep the bibliographic summary accurate. However, for a more exhaustive listing of my work see my [short fiction webpage] or my [novel bibliography]. Announcements and news will appear on my [weblog]. If you want to ask me something, contact me in the first instance via [my web contact form]. (Due to excessive spam I use mail filters which might occasionally block legitimate communications from strangers. The web contact form is not blocked in this way.) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.41.201.19 (talk • contribs) 15:55, 10 March 2005

The web contact form currently gets an "Error 404".

—wwoods 17:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Today, the [contact form is here.] This might be temporary. - Pronoiac 06:14, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Series

Should we note which series a given book is in? Specifically, I'm looking at the Merchant Princes & the follow-ups to the Atrocity Archive(s) & Singularity Sky. - Pronoiac 08:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

I attempted two mockups including series as part of the tables, but they were ugly.

[edit] Standalones

• Scratch Monkey, unpublished, 1993
• The Web Architect's Handbook (Non-fiction), published 1996, ISBN 0-201-87735-X
• Toast: And Other Rusted Futures, published 2002, ISBN 1-58715-413-7
• Accelerando, published 2005, ISBN 0-441-01284-1
• Glasshouse, published 2006, ISBN 0-441-01403-8
• Missile Gap, 2007, ISBN 1-59606-058-1
• Halting State, forthcoming 2007

[edit] Eschaton series

• Singularity Sky, published 2003, ISBN 0-441-01072-5
• Iron Sunrise, published 2004, ISBN 1-84149-335-X
• (title to be announced), forthcoming 2008

[edit] The Atrocity Archive series

• The Atrocity Archives, published 2004, ISBN 1-930846-25-8
• The Jennifer Morgue, forthcoming 2006, ISBN 1-930846-44-4

[edit] Merchant Princes series

• The Family Trade, published 2004, ISBN 0-7653-0929-7
• The Hidden Family, published 2005, ISBN 0-7653-1347-2
• The Clan Corporate, published 2006, ISBN 0-7653-0930-0
• The Merchant's Revolution (provisional title), forthcoming 2007
• (title to be announced), forthcoming 2008

- Pronoiac 17:11, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problems on the page

• Why does "Glasshouse" link gets redirected to "Accelerando"? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 206.188.56.24 (talk) 20:12, 10 March 2007 (UTC).
• Where does "On Her Majesty's Occult Service" fit in, anyone read it already? 131.107.0.73 22:52, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

It's an omnibus edition of Atrocity Archives and Jennifer Morgue, I believe. Shimgray | talk | 23:26, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Should it be listed under the Bob Howard - Laundry series with a notation that it's an omnibus of the two earlier books? 205.238.220.186 23:39, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

I put it under the new category omnibus books for now. -Pronoiac 06:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Touring calendar

Anyone know where there's a calendar of where Charlie will be?? I can't find one. I thought it'd be on Wiki, the source of all knowledge.  :(

=Chica= 22:03, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

I put a link to his October tour. I don't think he maintains a calendar at a fixed address. -Pronoiac 06:56, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Classification of Merchant Princes

I just finished the fourth book and I have to say that the series is misclassified. There is no doubt in my mind now that the series is Science Fiction. Just because there is a medieval society in one of the universes and the ability to world-walk bears some resemblance to Zelazny's Amber books does NOT make it fantasy. Even in the first three books, there are no elements that could be considered fantasy EXCEPT for the ability to world-walk. This page and all connected pages should be changed to reflect the correct categorization of the series. Dfmclean (talk) 16:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The series is marketed as fantasy. For example, the UK edition of The Family Trade has A fantasy novel on the front. Lurker (said · done) 18:10, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Since when did marketing people have a clue? They can call it anything that they want, but it is what it is, and what it is is science fiction. Dfmclean (talk) 19:17, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Originally, the Merchant Princes series was sold as a set of fantasy novels in the book deal signed by Stross. However, this constraint has apparently since been relaxed. See also: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-old/2006/02/10#travel-2 David McBride (talk) 10:44, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Is there any objection to changing the classification of this series? Dfmclean (talk) 16:28, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

It's moving more from fantasy to science fiction, yes. I think the description of the extra worlds (#3 & further) is a spoiler, though. - Pronoiac (talk) 07:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Agreed, but saying that it's modern and medieval isn't accurate. I changed it to something more general. Dfmclean (talk) 15:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Other editions

To help sort out questions of "hey, what's 'this' book?"

[edit] Alternate editions / titles

[edit] Omnibus titles

This would be unchanged from the current page...

[edit] Translations

What info would be useful, what translations are missing, etc?

• Dämonentor - German edition of The Atrocity Archives, isbn 978-3453523135
• Un Secret de Famille - French edition of The Secret Family (Merchant Princes #2), isbn 2221106571
• Le Bureau des Atrocités - French, The Atrocity Archives, translated by Bernard Sigaud
• Supernova, German, Iron Sunrise

- Pronoiac (talk) 07:57, 16 April 2008 (UTC)