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Future Crimes: Mysteries and Detection Through Time and Space
Author: | Mike Ashley |
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British Library, 2021 |
Series: | British Library Science Fiction Classics: Book 18 |
1. Lost Mars |
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Book Type: | Anthology |
Genre: | Science-Fiction |
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Synopsis
Assignment 1: Find party responsible for murders by space virus.
Assignment 2: Investigate 'accidental' deaths on orbital solar shield.
Assignment 3: Apprehend criminal possessing short term time machine.
Science fiction meets crime in this new anthology exploring one of the genre's most popular themes: mystery and detection. Pitching detectives against time paradoxes, alien intruders, AI gone bad and psychic mutation are ten stories embodying the exciting range of the sub-genre, rarely given the recognition it deserves in the literary sphere. With fascinating settings such as robot society, asteroid belt space stations, and worlds similar to our own but uncannily altered, these stories are masterpieces of satisfying setups, memorable mysteries, and timeless twists.
Contents:
- Introduction: Crimes Beyond Time - essay by Mike Ashley
- Elsewhen - [Fergus O'Breen] - (1943) - novelette by Anthony Boucher
- Puzzle for Spacemen - (1955) - novelette by John Brunner
- Legwork - (1956) - novelette by Eric Frank Russell
- Mirror Image - [Elijah Baley / R. Daneel Olivaw] - (1972) - short story by Isaac Asimov
- The Flying Eye - [Paul Darraq] - short story by Jacques Futrelle (variant of The Secret Exploits of Paul Darraq, III: The Flying Eye 1912)
- Nonentity - (1955) - short story by E. C. Tubb
- Death of a Telepath - (1959) - short story by George Chailey
- Murder, 1986 - (1970) - novelette by P. D. James
- Apple - [Talents (Anne McCaffrey)] - (1969) - novelette by Anne McCaffrey
- The Absolutely Perfect Murder - (1965) - short story by Miriam Allen deFord
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