02-27-2009, 04:24 PM | #1 |
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Science Fiction/Mystery
Right now, the Fantasy/Mystery crossover subgenre is fairly popular. I like it myself, but I'm feeling a little burned out on it.
Is there a thriving Science Fiction/Mystery crossover subgenre? I'm aware of Asimov's R. Daneel Olivaw series, but not much else. Any recommendations? |
02-27-2009, 05:28 PM | #2 |
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You could try Richard Morgan's Altered Carbon. Very, very popular violent detective thriller.
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There is also the In Death series by J.D. Robb that takes place in the future.
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Lee Killough: Bridling Chaos (collection of three books: Doppelgänger Gambit, Spider Play and Dragon's Teeth).
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There was an SF mystery anthology I've read in my teens that included (and was titled after) Asimov's The Naked Sun. I think it was the only one such I've ever encountered. I found the contents and here it is:
The Damned Thing (1893) // Ambrose Bierce The Fly (1957) // George Langelaan Who Goes There? (1938) // John W. Campbell, Jr. The Little Black Bag (1950) // Cyril M. Kornbluth The Martian Crown Jewels (1958) // Poul Anderson The Key (1966) // Isaac Asimov A Matter of Form (1938) // Horace L. Gold Deadly Litter (1960) // James White The Naked Sun (1956) // Isaac Asimov The Billiard Ball (1967) // Isaac Asimov Of Time and Eustace Weaver (1964) // Fredric Brown A Run of Deuces (1969) // Jack Wodhams Avventura di due nobili cuori (1962) // Sandro Sandrelli The Sword Swallower (1967) // Ron Goulart The Public Hating (1955) // Steve Allen The Rip Van Winkle Caper (1962) // Rod Serling Sharks (19??) // Walter Scherf Mostly short stories, but there you have it. In the afterword they also mentioned many other stories and novels, here are some novels from it: Mord pe 31 veningen (1964) // Per Wahl (Sweden) Almost Midnight (1971) // Martin Caidin Seven Days in May (1962) // Fletcher Knebel & Charles Bailey II Vanished (1968) // Fletcher Knebel Last edited by igorsk; 03-01-2009 at 05:46 PM. Reason: typo |
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Wasn't gonna do this, but... wouldn't want you to miss something you might enjoy, so...
Take a look at As the Mirror Cracked, Encephalopath and Lambs Hide, Tigers Seek (not sci-fi) on my site, or ask others about them. Also, if you can do sci-fi/mystery/humor, the Zakour-Ganem Zachary Nixon Johnson books are great: The Plutonium Blonde The Radioactive Redhead The Doomsday Brunette The Frost-Haired Vixen The Blue-Haired Bombshell The Flaxen Femme Fatale Last edited by Steven Lyle Jordan; 03-04-2009 at 03:31 PM. Reason: Missed one! |
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Try Needle and Through the Eye of a Needle, both by Hal Clement.
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I bought the everything-bundle a few weeks ago but haven't read anything in it yet.
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Hmm, Several of Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan books include a fairly high mystery component to them. Off the top of my head, I think Memory, Cetganda, Komarr and Diplomatic Immunity all qualify to some extent. Oh almost forgot, the Novella Mountains of Mourning.
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Rob Sawyer writes pretty good SF Mysteries. You can find most of his work on FictionWise.
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch has her "Retrieval Artist" series that starts with "The Disappeared". "The Disappeared" reads just a little differently than the rest of the series - it actually sets up the rest of the series. But I've enjoyed listening to them from Audible (the first one was offered free, which is what made me try it).
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