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Long Arm of G Hamilton (Known Space)
by
Larry Niven
ARMED FOR DEATH
Gil Hamilton was more than an operative for ARM - the elite global police force. He was an essential. His intuition was peerless; his psychic powers were devastating. And his raw courage took him into the depths of inner and outer space where others feared to tread! But Gil Hamilton had enemies. Many enemies. Some were organleggers - those murderous dealers...more
Gil Hamilton was more than an operative for ARM - the elite global police force. He was an essential. His intuition was peerless; his psychic powers were devastating. And his raw courage took him into the depths of inner and outer space where others feared to tread! But Gil Hamilton had enemies. Many enemies. Some were organleggers - those murderous dealers...more
Mass Market Paperback, 182 pages
Published
July 12th 1977
by Del Rey Books
(first published 1976)
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Three Detective SF novellas by Niven starring Gil Hamilton, a UN "ARM" agent working mostly on "organlegging" cases (and who, for no particular reason, also someone who possesses a psychokinetic "arm").
The detective tales are, as such, fairly labored and overconstructed, usually with an SF twist. The actual narrative is straightforward and pleasant reading.
More interesting -- as is usually the case with Niven -- the most interest is with the world-building. The series is set in Niven's Known Sp...more
The detective tales are, as such, fairly labored and overconstructed, usually with an SF twist. The actual narrative is straightforward and pleasant reading.
More interesting -- as is usually the case with Niven -- the most interest is with the world-building. The series is set in Niven's Known Sp...more
Mar 01, 2011
Victoria Pond
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
noir
This book collects three novellas in the classic detective noir genre with a futuristic twist. Though, some of the ideas may be more paleofuture. Three things make this work, even though there are moments of "but we don't use moving sidewalks in our major cities!"
1) Our hardboiled detective deals with one type of major crime: organlegging. Long before Repo! The Genetic Opera, there was Gil Hamilton, part of the UN task force that makes sure your spare body parts aren't cannibalized from your nei...more
1) Our hardboiled detective deals with one type of major crime: organlegging. Long before Repo! The Genetic Opera, there was Gil Hamilton, part of the UN task force that makes sure your spare body parts aren't cannibalized from your nei...more
This book collects three novellas in the classic detective noir genre with a futuristic twist. Though, some of the ideas may be more paleofuture. Three things make this work, even though there are moments of "but we don't use moving sidewalks in our major cities!"
1) Our hardboiled detective deals with one type of major crime: organlegging. Long before Repo! The Genetic Opera, there was Gil Hamilton, part of the UN task force that makes sure your spare body parts aren't cannibalized from your nei...more
1) Our hardboiled detective deals with one type of major crime: organlegging. Long before Repo! The Genetic Opera, there was Gil Hamilton, part of the UN task force that makes sure your spare body parts aren't cannibalized from your nei...more
Many years after first reading it in the mid 1980s, I still recalled it with great fondness though my copy had disappeared at some point. I re-bought it and read it again in the last couple of years. I still look upon it with fondness. It's perhaps the best future-sci-fi detective type fiction I can recall. Some of Niven's best.
This is a very pleasant read. The writing is imperfect but fairly entertaining, the murder mysteries are thoughtful, and the setting as a whole contains some new and interesting ideas. Burn through it in an afternoon, give it to a friend, and enjoy the discussions that will result.
Classic Niven. Three short stories revolving around the titular Gil H., a detective in the not-so-distant future. Plenty of interesting speculation about stasis fields, illegal organ suppliers, and multiplying universes. Well worth a read.
One of my favorites. Would like it in audio form so I could listen to it over and over.
One of my favorite of Niven's works. I pay homage to this book in my own series.
I read it in high school, so all I remember is that I enjoyed it a great deal.
Clever, fast paced scifi murder mysteries! Whats to hate
Jan 16, 2010
Chip
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
mystery-thriller
Short stories re Niven's futuristic detective.
Good entertaining read
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First read about Gil Hamilton in '13 crimes of science fiction'. Hamilton is an agent on a futuristic earth with a population surging over 13 billion. Lots of organ-leggers and mother hunts.
Detective SciFi is one of my favorites, thanks to Asimov.
Read this awhile back and many times before then. One of Niven's better efforts. This is one I like to re-read every once in awhile.
More great Known Space stories. I could easily put myself in the role of Gil "The Arm".
Science fiction detective short-stories. Mostly about the creative use of technology.
Sep 20, 2012
Barbara
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommended to Barbara by:
Don Ross
I liked it butsometimes had trouble following.
A fun but inessential part of Niven's oeuvre.
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Laurence van Cott Niven's best known work is Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) (1970), which received the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. The creation of thoroughly worked-out alien species, which are very different from humans both physically and mentally, is recognized as one of Niven's main strengths...more
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