Final Adventures of Solar Pons
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Critics regard Solar Pons and his assistant Dr. Lyndon Parker as the greatest successors to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H.Watson.
Inspired by a letter from Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, young Derleth went on to write more than 70 stories featuring his flattering creation. The Solar Pons novel and 6 stories recently discovered among the author's paper: by editor Peter Ruber, are a landmark in detective fiction.
The Pontine novel, Terror Over London, apparently written in 1930, when Derleth was 20, is an exciting tour-de-force in the tradition of Sax Rohmer, and easily one of the best Solar Pons stories ever written. Two of the short stories were collaborations with sci-fi writer Mack Reynolds.
Ruber provides some interesting historical background on these stories and the entire series. These absolutely "final" adventures of Solar Pons are must reading for all mystery buffs.
Inspired by a letter from Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, young Derleth went on to write more than 70 stories featuring his flattering creation. The Solar Pons novel and 6 stories recently discovered among the author's paper: by editor Peter Ruber, are a landmark in detective fiction.
The Pontine novel, Terror Over London, apparently written in 1930, when Derleth was 20, is an exciting tour-de-force in the tradition of Sax Rohmer, and easily one of the best Solar Pons stories ever written. Two of the short stories were collaborations with sci-fi writer Mack Reynolds.
Ruber provides some interesting historical background on these stories and the entire series. These absolutely "final" adventures of Solar Pons are must reading for all mystery buffs.
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