Author: Arthur Jean Cox
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434437175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The murder of UN observer Carl Neal on a lonely outpost of the Asteroid Belt would seem to be only a small human tragedy, and yet it opens up vistas both of millennia of time and of unimaginable distances. Inspector Tom Dooley, Chief of Security of the American Sector of the Belt, together with his faithful "Watson," Ralph Phelps, must sift through the many clues to unravel the mystery of Neal's death--and then keep the aliens from interfering. A first-rate science fiction adventure combined with a classic mystery!
The Asteroid Murder Case
Author: Arthur Jean Cox
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434437175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The murder of UN observer Carl Neal on a lonely outpost of the Asteroid Belt would seem to be only a small human tragedy, and yet it opens up vistas both of millennia of time and of unimaginable distances. Inspector Tom Dooley, Chief of Security of the American Sector of the Belt, together with his faithful "Watson," Ralph Phelps, must sift through the many clues to unravel the mystery of Neal's death--and then keep the aliens from interfering. A first-rate science fiction adventure combined with a classic mystery!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434437175
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 85
Book Description
The murder of UN observer Carl Neal on a lonely outpost of the Asteroid Belt would seem to be only a small human tragedy, and yet it opens up vistas both of millennia of time and of unimaginable distances. Inspector Tom Dooley, Chief of Security of the American Sector of the Belt, together with his faithful "Watson," Ralph Phelps, must sift through the many clues to unravel the mystery of Neal's death--and then keep the aliens from interfering. A first-rate science fiction adventure combined with a classic mystery!
The Last Policeman
Author: Ben H. Winters
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594745773
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
"[The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."—John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award Winner for Best Paperback Original! What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered? Ebook contains an excerpt from the anticipated second book in the trilogy, Countdown City.
Publisher: Quirk Books
ISBN: 1594745773
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
"[The] weird, beautiful, unapologetically apocalyptic Last Policeman trilogy is one of my favorite mystery series."—John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars and Paper Towns Winner of the 2013 Edgar® Award Winner for Best Paperback Original! What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered? Ebook contains an excerpt from the anticipated second book in the trilogy, Countdown City.
Murder in Space
Author: David V. Reed
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434450716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This facsimile reprint comes from the Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 23 edition (1954).
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434450716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
This facsimile reprint comes from the Galaxy Science Fiction Novel No. 23 edition (1954).
Death of a Clone
Author: Alex Thomson
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1786181452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1786181452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
The Work of Ross Rocklynne
Author: Douglas Alver Menville
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809515113
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Ross Rocklynne (1913-1988) was the pen name used by Ross Louis Rocklin, an American science fiction author active in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Born in 1913 in Ohio, Rocklynne was a regular contributor to the science fiction pulps. He was a professional guest at the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939. Despite his numerous appearances and solid writing, Rocklynne never quite achieved the fame of his contemporaries Robert A. Heinlein, L. Sprague DeCamp, and Isaac Asimov. His most well known story is probably "The Men and the Mirror," first published in 1938. Rocklynne partially retired from writing in the late 1950s, but made a notable return in the 1970s when his novelette "Ching Witch " was included in Harlan Ellison's original anthology, Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). "Ching Witch " was later nominated for a Nebula award. This volume contains an annotated bibliography of Ross Rocklynne's work. It features an introduction by Arthur Jean Cox, plus an index.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809515113
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Ross Rocklynne (1913-1988) was the pen name used by Ross Louis Rocklin, an American science fiction author active in the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Born in 1913 in Ohio, Rocklynne was a regular contributor to the science fiction pulps. He was a professional guest at the first World Science Fiction Convention in 1939. Despite his numerous appearances and solid writing, Rocklynne never quite achieved the fame of his contemporaries Robert A. Heinlein, L. Sprague DeCamp, and Isaac Asimov. His most well known story is probably "The Men and the Mirror," first published in 1938. Rocklynne partially retired from writing in the late 1950s, but made a notable return in the 1970s when his novelette "Ching Witch " was included in Harlan Ellison's original anthology, Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). "Ching Witch " was later nominated for a Nebula award. This volume contains an annotated bibliography of Ross Rocklynne's work. It features an introduction by Arthur Jean Cox, plus an index.
World Wrecker
Author: Richard W. Gombert
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434457265
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Known as the "World Wrecker" for his galaxy-smashing space operas, Edmond Hamilton wrote intelligent, exciting, and readable science fiction for over 40 years. This first major bibliography of his work covers his enormous output and numerous reprint editions. All students of Hamilton--and all major libraries--will want a copy of this bibliographical labor of love.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434457265
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Known as the "World Wrecker" for his galaxy-smashing space operas, Edmond Hamilton wrote intelligent, exciting, and readable science fiction for over 40 years. This first major bibliography of his work covers his enormous output and numerous reprint editions. All students of Hamilton--and all major libraries--will want a copy of this bibliographical labor of love.
Murder in the Fourth Dimension
Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612104355
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
A scribbled note left by a tree was the only clue to two missing men...ExcerptNot everyone, perhaps, will believe that my ten years' hatred for Edgar Halpin was the impelling force that drove me to the perfecting of a most unique invention. Only those who have detested and loathed another man with the black fervor of the feeling I had conceived, will understand the patience with which I sought to devise a revenge that should be safe and adequate at the same time. The wrong he had done me was one that must be expiated sooner or later; and nothing short of his death would be sufficient. However, I did not care to hang, not even for a crime that I could regard as nothing more than the mere execution of justice; and, as a lawyer, I knew how difficult, how practically impossible, was the commission of a murder that would leave no betraying evidence. Therefore, I puzzled long and fruitlessly as to the manner in which Halpin should die, before my inspiration came to me.I had reason enough to hate Edgar Halpin. We had been bosom friends all through our school days and through the first years of our professional life as law-partners. But when Halpin married the one woman I had ever loved with complete devotion, all friendship ceased on my side and was replaced by an ice-like barrier of inexorable enmity. Even the death of Alice, five years after the marriage, made no difference, for I could not forgive the happiness of which I had been deprived-the happiness they had shared during those years, like the thieves they were. I felt that she would have cared for me if it had not been for Halpin-indeed, she and I had been almost engaged before the beginning of his rivalry.
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612104355
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
A scribbled note left by a tree was the only clue to two missing men...ExcerptNot everyone, perhaps, will believe that my ten years' hatred for Edgar Halpin was the impelling force that drove me to the perfecting of a most unique invention. Only those who have detested and loathed another man with the black fervor of the feeling I had conceived, will understand the patience with which I sought to devise a revenge that should be safe and adequate at the same time. The wrong he had done me was one that must be expiated sooner or later; and nothing short of his death would be sufficient. However, I did not care to hang, not even for a crime that I could regard as nothing more than the mere execution of justice; and, as a lawyer, I knew how difficult, how practically impossible, was the commission of a murder that would leave no betraying evidence. Therefore, I puzzled long and fruitlessly as to the manner in which Halpin should die, before my inspiration came to me.I had reason enough to hate Edgar Halpin. We had been bosom friends all through our school days and through the first years of our professional life as law-partners. But when Halpin married the one woman I had ever loved with complete devotion, all friendship ceased on my side and was replaced by an ice-like barrier of inexorable enmity. Even the death of Alice, five years after the marriage, made no difference, for I could not forgive the happiness of which I had been deprived-the happiness they had shared during those years, like the thieves they were. I felt that she would have cared for me if it had not been for Halpin-indeed, she and I had been almost engaged before the beginning of his rivalry.
The Second Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK®
Author: Arthur Jean Cox
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479424269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 733
Book Description
I’m pleased to continue our Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK® series with another collection of great SF novels, published originally between 1959 and 2011. Fans of classic science fiction with enjoy this set. A highlight is The Asteroid Murder Case, by the late Arthur Jean Cox, which is based on a story by Ross Rocklin. (See Jean’s introduction for more information). Also included are: Not in Solitude, by Kenneth F. Gantz First on the Moon, by Jeff Sutton The Organ Farm, by John Boyd. If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479424269
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 733
Book Description
I’m pleased to continue our Science Fiction Novel MEGAPACK® series with another collection of great SF novels, published originally between 1959 and 2011. Fans of classic science fiction with enjoy this set. A highlight is The Asteroid Murder Case, by the late Arthur Jean Cox, which is based on a story by Ross Rocklin. (See Jean’s introduction for more information). Also included are: Not in Solitude, by Kenneth F. Gantz First on the Moon, by Jeff Sutton The Organ Farm, by John Boyd. If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 300+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!
The Black Hole Book
Author: Alex Miller
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941408438
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Black Hole Book is your guide to the mysteries of Deep Space in astrological interpretation. These celestial powerhouses are revealed as important formative agents, both in our character and in the events unfolding in the world around us. With extensive interpretive material on Black Hole interaction with each planet that can be applied to the birth chart, supported by detailed examples from celebrity charts and current events, The Black Hole Book also delves into cutting edge astrophysical theory to explain the scientific background on how these energy transducers operate and the effect they have in our lives. Whether amateur or beginning student, novice or seasoned astrological professional, The Black Hole Book offers something for everyone, and opens a window into a dynamic level of celestial functioning underpinning the planetary energies of our solar system. Astrologer Alex Miller has encapsulated more than twenty years of active research and counseling with these anomalies to provide a roadmap to the inner workings of that most elusive of celestial phenomena, the Black Hole.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781941408438
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The Black Hole Book is your guide to the mysteries of Deep Space in astrological interpretation. These celestial powerhouses are revealed as important formative agents, both in our character and in the events unfolding in the world around us. With extensive interpretive material on Black Hole interaction with each planet that can be applied to the birth chart, supported by detailed examples from celebrity charts and current events, The Black Hole Book also delves into cutting edge astrophysical theory to explain the scientific background on how these energy transducers operate and the effect they have in our lives. Whether amateur or beginning student, novice or seasoned astrological professional, The Black Hole Book offers something for everyone, and opens a window into a dynamic level of celestial functioning underpinning the planetary energies of our solar system. Astrologer Alex Miller has encapsulated more than twenty years of active research and counseling with these anomalies to provide a roadmap to the inner workings of that most elusive of celestial phenomena, the Black Hole.
The Fractal Murders
Author: Mark Cohen
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446507350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Jane Smythe, a math professor specializing in fractal geometry, is shocked to learn that three professors with the same specialty have died amid mysterious circumstances. That's where Pepper Keane, an ex-Marine turned PI with an encyclopedic knowledge of rock 'n' roll, comes in. He finds himself attracted to Professor Smythe and is determined to discover the root of these incidents. At first, he can't find any evidence that the three dead mathematicians even knew each other. But Keane, with the help of his hacker best friend and exercise guru brother, continues to dig. Suspects begin to appear and then multiply as they race through the rocky terrain of Colorado to Mexico, Boston, and Nebraska - with the main suspect an FBI agent who is also Keane's worst enemy.
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 0446507350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Jane Smythe, a math professor specializing in fractal geometry, is shocked to learn that three professors with the same specialty have died amid mysterious circumstances. That's where Pepper Keane, an ex-Marine turned PI with an encyclopedic knowledge of rock 'n' roll, comes in. He finds himself attracted to Professor Smythe and is determined to discover the root of these incidents. At first, he can't find any evidence that the three dead mathematicians even knew each other. But Keane, with the help of his hacker best friend and exercise guru brother, continues to dig. Suspects begin to appear and then multiply as they race through the rocky terrain of Colorado to Mexico, Boston, and Nebraska - with the main suspect an FBI agent who is also Keane's worst enemy.