Scide Splitters: Deep Quarry by John E. Stith
Next year, John Stith will publish his first novel in twenty years. In the meantime, his entire backlist is being reissued starting with Deep Quarry, a SF mystery featuring the wisecracking detective “bug eye” Takent.
LESLIE CHARTERIS’S “AMAZING” SAINT
Is it old? Is it new? Is it even SF/F? Steve examines the ever-popular Saint series by Leslie Charteris.
Scide Splitters: Brainz, Inc. by Ron Goulart
Scide Splitters examines reader recommend Brainz, Inc. – Ron Goulart’s hilarious and fast paced, SF detective novel.
The Other Victoria: Steampunk’s Queen
Was it Colonel Mustard in the arboretum with the steam shovel? Steve participates in a steampunk murder mystery evening.
Book Review: Halloween: Magic, Mystery and the Macabre
Keith West reviews your Halloween reading assignment
Crossroads: The Difficulty of Police Procedural Speculative Fiction
Police procedurals are a complicated genre to explore because they intersect so fluidly with so many other genres. On the one hand, they solidly rest within the mystery tradition: there is a crime that needs […]
You Can’t Beat a Double Ace
The double novels produced by Ace Books were works of art, inside and out. You just can’t beat holding a double Ace in your hand.
Review: The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
Alright we are back with my coverage on SF detectives and we return with the classic SF/mystery novel, written by the grand-daddy of SF himself, The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov. This first novel in […]
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