The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction

A private investigator hunts a killer & uncovers a fantastic & horrifying secret. An important man is murdered & there are numerous suspects--each from a different planet. A computer helps a young man solve a puzzle & assumes the personality of a long-dead gangster.

Isaac Asimov has conspired with collaborators Martin Harry Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh to mastermind this diabolically clever anthology in which each of the classic categories of crime fiction is represented by a science fiction tale. Here are such science fiction greats as Philip K. Dick, Larry Niven, Clifford Simak, Jack Vance & the illustrious Dr. Asimov himself writing cosmic variations on the whodunit, how-done-it, why-done-it, the hard-boiled detective, the police procedural & even a brand-new category--the psychic detective story.

9 • The Universe of Science Fiction • essay by Isaac Asimov

13 • **The Detweiler Boy** • (1977) • Tom Reamy

49 • **The Ipswich Phial** • [Lord Darcy] • (1976) • Randall Garrett

97 • **Second Game** • (1958) • Katherine MacLean and Charles V. De Vet

141 • **The Ceaseless Stone** • [Doctor Eszterhazy] • (1975) • Avram Davidson

155 • **Coup de Grace** • [Magnus Ridolph] • (1958) • Jack Vance

179 • **The Green Car** • (1957) • William F. Temple

203 • **War Game** • (1959) • Philip K. Dick

221 • **The Singing Bell** • [Wendell Urth] • (1955) • Isaac Asimov

239 • **ARM** • [Gil Hamilton] • (1975) • Larry Niven

297 • **Mouthpiece** • (1974) • Edward Wellen

367 • **Time Exposures** • (1971) • Wilson Tucker

387 • **How-2** • (1954) • Clifford D. Simak

427 • **Time in Advance** • (1956) • William Tenn