Isaac Asimov's Detectives

by Gardner Dozois (Editor), Sheila Williams (Editor), John Varley (Contributor)

Uncover a unique collection of mysterious science fiction that goes beyond the mean streets and hard-boiled hideouts of traditional tales of dead-eye dicks that are out of this world!

From the files of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine--stories from Greg Egan, Lisa Goldstein, Isaac Asimov, John Varley, Kate Wilhelm, and Nancy Kress.

Contents
1 • The Barbie Murders • [Anna-Louise Bach] • (1978) • novelette by John Varley
39 • Cocoon • (1994) • novelette by Greg Egan
79 • The Gorgon Field • [Constance and Charlie] • (1985) • novella by Kate Wilhelm
139 • Rites of Spring • (1994) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
163 • The Backward Look • [Black Widowers] • (1979) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
185 • Fault Lines • (1995) • novella by Nancy Kress

Genres: Short Stories, Science Fiction, Mystery, Anthologies

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1998

About the author

Gardner Raymond Dozois was an American science fiction author and editor. He was editor of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine from 1984 to 2004. He won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards, both as an editor and a writer of short fiction.
Wikipedia entry: Gardner Dozois

http://us.macmillan.com/author/gardne...

Reviews

[Teddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good stories, I have a feeling that I'll be returning to it again and again.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Six SF mysteries by established SF authors. All reasonably good, although I was disappointed with Asimov's "The Backward Look" which was not a story, but thoughts on eclipses seen from places other than the Earth. The best were 'The Barbie Murders" and "Rites of Spring", because these could only have happened in a Science Fiction setting.

[Eva Müller · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always with collections of short-stories: One was awesome, another great, one OK, one creepy and the rest...well.
But it deserves the four stars just for that one awesome story.