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Readymade bodhisattva: the Kaya anthology of South Korean science fiction (The Magpie series of modern and contemporary Korean literature)
By Sunyoung Park, Park Sang Joon. 2019
A collection of short stories from South Korea translated into English, including both classic and contemporary works. Includes a critical…
introduction, an essay on science fiction fandom in South Korea, and contextualizing information and annotations for each story. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019Reflections & refractions: thoughts on science-fiction, science, and other matters
By Robert Silverberg. 2016
Acclaimed writer of science fiction provides a collection of his essays on unique scientific ideas, characters, and the social context…
for science fiction. Some pieces examine the work of other great writers. This edition, expanded from the 1973 original, includes a section on writing science fiction. 2016Sisters of tomorrow: the first women of science fiction (Wesleyan early classics of science fiction series)
By Lisa Yaszek, Patrick B. Sharp. 2016
Selection of short fiction, essays, and poems by women working in the genre in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Includes…
fiction by C. L Moore, poems by Julia Boynton Green, and journalism by L. Taylor Hansen. Also provides commentary documenting women's contributions to the pulp-magazine community. Some violence and some strong language. 2016The golden age of murder: the mystery of the writers who invented the modern detective story
By Martin Edwards. 2015
Study of an elite, mysterious social network of crime writers called the Detection Club, which began in 1930, and the…
group's continuing influence on print and film storytelling. Founding members Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, and Julian Symons presided over the club for nearly forty years. 2015The cook, the crook, and the real estate tycoon: a novel of contemporary China
By Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015Troubled daughters, twisted wives: stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense
By Sarah Weinman. 2013
Collection of fourteen previously published stories of crime fiction by women from the 1940s to the 1970s. Includes "The Heroine"…
by Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr. Ripley (DB 50315), where a young woman is hired to be a nanny and dreams of being more. Some violence. 2013Haiti noir (Akashic Noir)
By Edwidge Danticat, Madison Smartt Bell, Mark Kurlansky, Katia D. Ulysse, Évelyne Trouillot, Rodney Saint-Éloi, Yanick Lahens, Gary Victor, Louis-Philippe Dalembert, Ibi Aanu Zoboi, Marie Lily Cerat, M. J. Fievre, Josaphat-Robert Large, Nadine Pinede, Patrick Sylvain, Marie Ketsia Theodore-Pharel, Marvin Victor. 2011
Edwidge Danticat is both editor and contributor in this anthology of eighteen stories written around the time of Haiti's devastating…
2010 earthquake. In Ibi Aanu Zoboi's "The Harem" a playboy tends to his three lovers amid the destruction. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011The Sookie Stackhouse companion (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood)
By Charlaine Harris. 2011
Features the novella Small-Town Wedding, in which Sookie and her boss Sam, a shape-shifter, attend nuptials in Sam's Texas hometown.…
Includes trivia and fan questions, recipes, and a guide to Sookie's world of vampires, werewolves, and fairies. 2011Sherlock Holmes: the unauthorized biography
By Nick Rennison, Nicholas Rennison. 2007
Biography of the fictional Victorian-era sleuth compiles and expands on events in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels and short stories,…
from Holmes's birth in 1854 to his death in 1929. Focuses on his years as a consulting detective and his friendship with Dr. John Watson. 2005Talking about detective fiction
By P. D. James. 2009
British author of The Private Patient (DB 67910) and other mysteries examines the genre of detective fiction. Discusses the style,…
plotting techniques, protagonists, and talent of past and current authors, including Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Dashiell Hammett, and Josephine Tey. Also describes her own methods. 2009Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Sherlock Holmes)
By Larry Millett. 2001
When a cunning villain sets out to destroy the Great Northern railway in America, Holmes comes face-to-face with all manner…
of frontier characters. He also becomes attentive to one woman's (and suspect's) charms. But charm gives way to terror when Holmes goes up against an arsonist called the Red DemonThe road to Dune (Dune)
By Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert, Herbert Franke. 2005
Collection of notes, correspondences, and stories revealing the creative process behind the Dune series. Includes previously unpublished chapters from Frank…
Herbert's Dune (DB 44126) and Dune Messiah (DB 19126), an alternate version of Dune called Spice Planet by Herbert's son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson, and four short stories. 2005Dark matter: reading the bones
By Sheree R. Thomas. 2004
Collection of speculative fiction and nonfiction by twenty-eight writers of the African diaspora exploring "the languages of love and lore,…
oppression and abuse, identity and community, revelations and new frontiers." Companion to Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Disapora (RC 52151). Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004Skin folk
By Nalo Hopkinson. 2001
The author of Brown Girl in the Ring (DB 52063) presents a collection of fifteen Afro-Caribbean tales, some set in…
Toronto, involving fantasy and folklore. In "Riding the Red," Red Riding Hood is now a grandmother. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 2001The secret within
By Theresa Martin Golding, Theresa Golding. 2002
Thirteen-year-old Carly lives at the New Jersey shore where she dodges her abusive father by sneaking out at night to…
roam the boardwalk. When a stranger seeks to question her about mysterious packages she delivers for her father, Carly's neighbors suspect him of criminal activities and rally around to help her. For grades 6-9. 2002The great legend
By Rex Stout. 1997
Ancient Troy. Young warrior Idaeus, his brother killed in battle, becomes a kesten (scribe) for the king. Palace life ensnares…
him in the daily doings of royalty, secret missions, and political intrigue--while he falls in love with a slave. First serialized in All-Story Weekly. 1916The man with the golden arm: 50th Anniversary Critical Edition
By Nelson Algren, Kurt Vonnegut, Art Shay, William J. Savage, Daniel Simon, Mike Royko, Studs Terkel. 1999
The underworld of Chicago's West Side in the late 1940s is portrayed through Frankie Machine--a poker dealer with a "golden…
arm" and morphine-addicted hustler with a bad conscience. Complete text followed by critical essays. Some strong language. National Book Award. 1949The red hot typewriter: the life and times of John D. MacDonald
By Hugh Merrill. 2000
Biography of prolific author John D. MacDonald (1916-1986), creator of the character Travis McGee. Following trends in the publishing industry,…
MacDonald's work first appeared in pulp magazines, then as original paperbacks, and finally as bestsellers. Traces his development as a writer as well as his private life. 2000The mountains have a secret (Scribner crime classics)
By Arthur William Upfield. 1988
In October two young girls set out for a walk in the Grampian Mountains of Australia. They are never seen…
again, and the policeman who is sent to investigate is murdered. Now it is March, and Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte attempts to solve the mystery. Some strong language and some violenceSchlock homes: the complete Bagel Street saga (Novels, Novelas, Short Stories Ser.)
By Robert L. Fish, Robert L Fish. 1990
Thirty-two short stories about the exploits of the inimitable Schlock Homes and his cohorts: brother Criscroft Homes, confidant Dr. Watney,…
Scotland Yard police inspector Balustrade, and the various villains they expose. The author, a civil engineer by profession, created the Bagel Street parodies one Sunday afternoon in 1959 and doing so began a second career as a mystery writer