Friday 19 January 2018

Detectives II

Isaac Asimov's and Larry Niven's future histories each incorporate a detective series. Poul Anderson's Technic History does not but could have. There are bound to be both private and police detectives in Chicago Integrate and Archopolis. In fact, Nicholas van Rijn applies Poirot-like deductive skills in order to understand new planetary environments and alien species whereas Dominic Flandry is an Intelligence agent, which is detective work on a larger scale.

In the Psychotechnic History, two early stories are about UN Intelligence men.

The Stars Are Also Fire incorporates a murder investigation.

In the Rustum timeline, a private investigator implies that he is descended from Holmes.

In the Maurai History, Intelligence men have to monitor technology.

In After Doomsday, detective work is necessary in order to discover who destroyed Earth.

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