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The Final Adventures Of Solar Pons

1552460126

Self Published

Derleth, August

$42.00

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Critics regard Solar Pons and his assistant Dr. Lyndon Parker as the greatest successors to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson.

August Derleth was that rare breed of writer who had the ability to create entertaining mystery and horror fiction as well as serious literary works. Although he branched out early in his career to write scores of books centered around life in the Midwest, as well as historical novels, biographies, histories and philosophical journals, Derleth continued to write new stories about Solar Pons throughout most of his life, thereby establishing a cult following second only to that of Sherlock Holmes.

Inspired by a letter from Holmes' creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, young Derleth went on to write more than 70 stories featuring his flattering creation. The Solar Pons novel and 6 stories recently discovered among the author's papers by editor Peter Ruber, are a landmark in detective fiction.

The Pontine novel, Terror Over London, apparently written in 1930, when Derleth was 20, is an exciting tour-de-force in the tradition of Sax Rohmer, and easily one of the best Solar Pons stories ever written. Two of the short stories were collaborations with sci-fi writer Mack Reynolds.

Ruber provides some interesting historical background on these stories and the entire series. These absolutely "final" adventures of Solar Pons are must reading for all mystery buffs.

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Solar Pons Omnibus Edition - Complete Set

Over the four decades that August Derleth wrote his detective stories featuring Solar Pons, he evolved not as one of the many imitators of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary Sherlock Holmes but an inspired creation in his own right.

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