The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction
A private investigator hunts a killer & uncovers a fantastic & horrifying secret. An important man is murdered & there are numerous suspects — each from a different planet. A computer helps a young man solve a puzzle & assumes the personality of a long-dead gangster.
Isaac Asimov has conspired with collaborators Martin Harry Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh to mastermind this diabolically clever anthology in which each of the classic categories of crime fiction is represented by a science fiction tale. Here are such science fiction greats as Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Clifford Simak, Jack Vance & the illustrious Dr. Asimov himself writing cosmic variations on the whodunit, how-done-it, why-done-it, the hard-boiled detective, the police procedural & even a brand-new category — the psychic detective story.
9 • The Universe of Science Fiction • essay by Isaac Asimov
13 • The Detweiler Boy • (1977) • Tom Reamy
49 • The Ipswich Phial • [Lord Darcy] • (1976) • Randall Garrett
97 • Second Game • (1958) • Katherine MacLean and Charles V. De Vet
141 • The Ceaseless Stone • [Doctor Eszterhazy] • (1975) • Avram Davidson
155 • Coup de Grace • [Magnus Ridolph] • (1958) • Jack Vance
179 • The Green Car • (1957) • William F. Temple
203 • War Game • (1959) • Philip K. Dick
221 • The Singing Bell • [Wendell Urth] • (1955) • Isaac Asimov
239 • ARM • [Gil Hamilton] • (1975) • Larry Niven
297 • Mouthpiece • (1974) • Edward Wellen
367 • Time Exposures • (1971) • Wilson Tucker
387 • How-2 • (1954) • Clifford D. Simak
427 • Time in Advance • (1956) • William Tenn
- Author
- Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, Charles V. de Vet, Philip K. Dick, Randall Garrett, Tom Reamy, Katherine Anne MacLean, Clifford D. Simak, William F. Temple, Larry Niven, William Tenn, Wilson Tucker, Jack Vance, Edward Wellen, Avram Davidson
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 455
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books (Garden City, NY)
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780385152204
- Genres
- mystery, anthologies, crime
- Release date
- 1979
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