Strange Cases: A Selective Guide to Speculative Mystery Fiction
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| Rating | : | 4.23 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1591584213 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 676 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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A must for any Mystery Fiction reader! L. Landweer I love Science Fiction and Mysteries. Sometimes trying to find a good book or series to read is difficult. This is the PERFECT book to have on hand for any avid reader of this genre. This guide is fantastically laid out so that if looking for a specific type of mystery that contain certain types of characters such as Vampires or Witches, etc all I have to do is look in the index and find which writers have th
Individual series titles (The Cases) are then listed and described in series (or chronological) order. For those who want to read speculative mysteries in sequence, this is an essential guide; and for those seeking background information on speculative mysteries to guide their reading or collection. Each series entry names the scene of the crime; identifies the detective and his or her chief associates; notes the series premise; comments on characteristics, features, and overall series quality; and discusses the critical response. They do not fit into any single category, so they get scattered through collections and store shelves, with some series shelved in science fiction, some in horror, and some in mystery.Organized alphabetically by author name and series titl
and is applying to Master's programs in Library and Information Science.. JILL VASSILAKOS is Head of Government Publications and Technical Services at the Pfau Library and a co-author of Murder in Retrospect.PAUL VASSILAKOS-LONG is currently a student (Philosophy Major) at U.C.L.A
Organized by author, entries list themes, character types, and subjects for each work. Still, for the works included, information is admirably complete. Anthology entries include full lists of works and authors. In a book this size it would be nice to see a list of starting points for more casual fans. A few oversights seem odd given that many less-known, out-of-print works are included—Michael Chabon’s The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, Haruki Murakami’s Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World, Jonathan Lethem’s Gun with Occasional Music, and series by Jon Courtenay Grimwood and Jasper Fforde (Nursery Crimes), for instance, go unmentioned. The authors make a valiant effort at identifying appropriate works, a tricky task given that these works are marketed as fantasy, science fiction, mysteries, and regular fiction. An appendix provides citations for