I’m a fan of Mystery Fiction. I enjoy reading classics of the genre as well as contemporary works. I’m particularly thrilled when I find a science fiction novel with a murder mystery plot. Here are some books I believe fit this description: The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester, 1952 The caves of Steel – Isaac Asimov, 1954 The Naked Sun – Isaac Asimov, 1957 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep – Philip K. Dick, 1968 The Robots of Dawn –…
Leave a CommentAstounding Science Fiction’s editor, John W. Campbell, once said that mystery and science fiction were incompatible genres. He stated that science fiction writers could invent convenient facts and technologies in an imaginary future to circumvent the deductive process. Hal Clement’s Needle (1950), Alfred Bester’s The Demolished Man (1952), and Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel (1953), among other early works, demonstrate that science and mystery fiction mash-ups are not only possible, they’re amazing. Bester’s futuristic police procedural won the very…
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