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