| Perfect Murders Contributor(s): Gold, Horace L. (Author), Gold, E. J. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0803233590 ISBN-13: 9780803233591 Publisher: Bison Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009052458 |
| Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.52" W x 8.02" (0.85 lbs) 376 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Perhaps best known for editing the popular post-World War II magazines Galaxy Science Fiction and Beyond Fantasy Fiction, Horace L. Gold also wrote comic-book scripts for DC Comics and penned numerous pulp adventures and science-fiction stories. Perfect Murders, a collection of seven of these stories, captures the timeless emotions evoked by pulp and science fiction for the twenty-first century. Though the main character is always called Gilroy, his identity shifts from story to story: the horserace handicapper fighting for his dame, the private eye sussing out the murderer, or the hard-boiled journalist exposing the mad scientist. And though Gold uses the traditional genres--time travel, Armageddon, science gone awry, murder, extraterrestrials--Perfect Murders is nothing less than a horrific, page-turning, fictional thrill ride engineered by one of the leading science-fiction writers and editors of the mid-twentieth century. The Bison Books edition is introduced by Gold's son, E. J. Gold, offering a new perspective on these classic stories. |