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(0)Edwin Balmer
1) Keeban
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English
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Edwin Balmer's 1923 novel Keeban is a mystery-adventure-romance, billed as "a novel of the Underworld and the Upper"-meaning, of course, that it has High Society clashing with the criminal classes. It's a good read and has been unjustly neglected. Science fiction readers (who only know him for his two classic novels) are not likely to track it down. Mystery readers favor his 12-story series about Luther Trant, an early scientific detective armed with...
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English
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Black Cat Weekly #6 features an eclectic mix of original, classic, and rare stories and novels-science fiction, mysteries, fantasy (light and dark), and the uncategorizable. The latest issue is no exception. Here are 2 novels and 10 shorter works:
MR. BIG NOSE, by Martin Suto [mystery short]
THE PASSING OF BIG MAMA MAYHALL, by Bobbi A. Chukran [mystery short]
ONE HOUR, by Dashiell Hammett [mystery short]
IT'S A DATE, by Hal Charles [mystery short]
KEEBAN,...
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English
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A detective story from the two authors who have joined their talents to produce it-'...Almost immediately after Warden had left the house, the door-bell rang and Kondo answered it. A young man with a quiet and pleasant bearing inquired for Mr. Warden and said he came by appointment. Kondo ushered him into the smoking room, where the stranger waited. The Jap did not announce this arrival to any one, for he had already received his instructions; but...
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
War of the worlds: The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills. That is until they realize that the Martians have landed a direct assault to our planet, with hundreds of invulnerable ships. The invasion takes place all over the world, and all the major cities are destroyed one after one, even the atomic bomb can't stop them. But, if the human intervention can't beat them, who can?
When worlds collide: When scientists...
15) The Indian drum
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Publisher
Grosset and Dunlap
Pub. Date
[1917]
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English
Description
When Alan Conrad enters the lives of Benjamin Corvet and Henry Spearman, events are put in motion that dredge up the December 1895 fate of the Lake Michigan steel freighter the Miwaka. Can the Manitou Indian legend that tells of a drum beating every time the lake takes a life unravel the mystery?
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Paramount Studios
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
When scientists discover a distant planet is on a catastrophic collision course with Earth, the government refuses to believe the evidence. It's now up to private citizens to finance and build a spaceship to carry a limited number of people and animals to another planet to begin a new civilization.
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English
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Many people consider the novella form - 17,500 words to 40,000 words - the perfect length. It's long enough to flesh out characters, but short enough to read in one sitting while still having plenty of plot. This volume collects 8 crime and suspense stories:
AS I LIE DEAD, by Fletcher Flora
RENDEZVOUS, by H. Bedford-Jones
DEATH BY TELEPHONE, by James W. Marvin
THE SCARLET THREAD, by Jacques Futrelle
TALISMAN OF DOOM, by James W. Marvin
CINDERELLA'S...