I'm not sure I get Charles Stross. This is the second book of his I've read (The other being Accelerando) and I can't help but feel like the one guy in the crowd who just doesn't get the joke that everyone else finds hilarious. 
 The Atrocity Archives is really 2 stories - a short novel and a novella I suppose - and neither one really captured my imagination. I think I may have to shrug my shoulders at this and come the tentative conclusion this author just isn't for me.