The 13 Crimes of Science Fiction (1979) Anthology

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.

• The Universe of Science Fiction • essay by Isaac Asimov

• The Detweiler Boy • (1977) • Tom Reamy

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

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

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

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

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

• War Game • (1959) • Philip K. Dick

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

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

• Mouthpiece • (1974) • Edward Wellen

• Time Exposures • (1971) • Wilson Tucker

• How-2 • (1954) • Clifford D. Simak

• Time in Advance • (1956) • William Tenn