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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

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 455
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780385152204
  • Genres
  • mystery, anthologies, crime
  • Release date
  • 1979