The Future Is Ours: The Collected Science Fiction of Edward D. Hoch
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (912 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1479407305 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Wodehouse in Learning Mode" according to Christopher Twelvetrees. UNEASY MONEY (1917) finds P. G. Wodehouse, growing toward his later thirties, still in learning mode. All the faults of early Wodehouse are here. Foremost among these is too much introspection. The greater Wodehouse characters are either too vapid for much introspection; or, like Bertie Wooster, they make ridiculous lists of pros and cons of their situations (this also helps in the later novels, as Wodehouse
From Publishers Weekly Billed as 29 tales of the fantastic, this eclectic collection will surprise readers who know Hoch (1930–2008) only from his hundreds of short mysteries. (Dec.)\n . Hoch holds the record of appearing in every issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for an astonishing span of 34 years. Not every story is a winner, but the percentage is high, and any fan or collector of Hoch material will find a treasure trove in this welcome compilation. The selections range in tone from the playful "Zoo" to the dark and suspenseful "Dracula 1944." The latter story examines the work of a vampire in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII. Steinbock, with the cooperation of Hoch's wid
Hoch, writer extraordinaire!. It could be argued that his first published story, "Village of the Dead" (which appeared in the December 1955 issue of the pulp magazine Famous Detective Stories), is as much horror as it is a mystery. Here, then, are 29 tales of the future, the fantastic, and the improbable by a master of the craft: Edward D. In that story, the mass suicide of an entire village is investigated by Simon Ark, a mysterious—possibly two-thousand year old—Coptic Priest. While a vast majority of Ed Hoch's stories were mysteries, he enjoyed ho