Black Cat Weekly #141

Robert Silverberg, Lester del Rey, Hal Charles, Randall Garrett, Seabury Quinn, Gore Vidal, Frank Kane, Aeryn Rudel, Vinnie Hansen, Veronica Leigh

Sinossi

    If you like some of the series we’ve been publishing, you’re in for a treat this time. We have a new Smith Sisters story by Veronica Leigh, a Sexton Blake story by Hal Meredith, a Johnny Liddell novel by Frank Kane, and a Jules de Grandin story by Seabury Quinn.
 
   I don’t want to slight our non-series contents—it’s quite an all-star lineup, with tales such modern masters as Aeryn Rudell and Vinnie Hansen (courtesy of Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), plus classics by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett, Lester del Rey, and Gore Vidal. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles.
 
   Here’s the complete lineup—
 
Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“A Slice of Life,” by Veronica Leigh [short story, the Smith Sisters series]“Every Trick in the Book,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” by Vinnie Hansen [short story]“The Clue of the Ash,” by Hal Meredith [short story, Sexton Blake series]Green Light for Death, by Frank Kane [novel, Johnny Liddell series]
 
Science Fiction & Fantasy:“Time On My Hands,” by Aeryn Rudel [Michael Bracken Presents short story]“The Girl from Bodies, Inc.,” by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett [short story]“Whom the Gods Love,” by Lester del Rey [short story]“Body and Soul,” by Seabury Quinn [short story, Jules de Grandin series]Messiah, by Gore Vidal [novel]

Disponibile da: 11/05/2024.

Lunghezza di stampa: 707 pagine.

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