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2 unusual facts about Charles Stross


Bastard Operator From Hell

The BOFH stories are alluded to in the Laundry Series by Charles Stross, featuring main character Bob Oliver Francis Howard (a system administrator) and, in "Pimpf" in The Jennifer Morgue, his intern Peter-Fred Young.

No. 666 Squadron RAF

In the Charles Stross novel "The Fuller Memorandum" 666 squadron is a secret RAF unit involved on occult activities.


Boskone

Boskone 48, held February 18–20, 2011, at the Westin Waterfront, featured Charles Stross as guest of honor, Gregory Manchess as official artist, Erica Neely as featured filker, and Charlaine Harris as special guest.

Information wants to be free

In the cyberpunk world of post-singularity transhuman culture by Charles Stross, described in his books like Accelerando and Singularity Sky, the wish of information to be free is a law of nature.

Larry Laffer

Larry Laffer made a homage-type cameo appearance in the Spaceballs: The Animated Series episode "Grand Theft Starship" and was referenced by Charles Stross in Asimov's Science Fiction.

Starwisp

Charles Stross, in his novel Accelerando, propels a small payload to a hypothetical brown dwarf star, 3 light-years away, using a Starwisp propulsion system, as well as using starwisps as kinetic-kill missiles against space-based warships.

SwanCon

It will normally have guests attending including at least one international author, and international guests have included Robert Silverberg,Bob Shaw, Anne McAffrey, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Brandon Sanderson, Charles Stross, and David Zindell.


see also

Pimpf

Pimpf, a short story by Charles Stross in his 2006 story collection The Jennifer Morgue