The Dragon Done It
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Editor: Eric FlintEditor: Mike Resnick
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-03-04
ISBN: 1416555285
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Baen
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Book Review: An enjoyable anthology of fantasy-detection
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a collection of 19 short stories and novelettes with the theme of fantasy detection. Many of them are humorous, but not all. Except for the first story by Resnick and the last one by Flint, which were written specifically for this book, they are all reprints, from as far back as 1910 for William Hope Hodgson's "The Whistling Room" (featuring Carnacki the Ghost Finder) and as recently as 2006 for Michael M. Jones's "Claus of Death." The only two I'm sure I'd read before are Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy novelette "A Case of Identity" and David Drake's "The Enchanted Bunny," but I can't say for sure about some others. Some I liked much more than others--Esther Friesner's "Gunsel and Gretel," a parody of The Maltese Falcon featuring the witch from "Hansel and Gretel" as the detective, was marvelous, whereas "Fox Tails," by Richard Parks, and the Hodgson were only so-so, but on the whole they did an excellent job of selecting, and I highly recommend this book.
Summary of The Dragon Done It
Pity the poor private eye (or official investigator, for that matter), who has to solve a case which may involve death by black magic, evidence that may have been altered or planted by an itinerant sorcerer, and supernatural entities ranging from ghosts to vampires to dragons. Even when the detective is a master of sorcery himself, the dragon may have an unbreakable alibi. Best-selling authors Eric Flint and Mike Resnick present a generous selection of stories from the intersection of mystery and magic by popular writers Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolf, David Drake, Harry Turtledove, Esther M. Friesner, and more, including Flint and Resnick themselves. The Dragon Done It is an exciting cross-genre volume that both mystery fans and fantasy fans will enjoy. And so will dragons.
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