Bøger af Don D'Ammassa

A survey of the works of Elizabeth Linington, who also wrote as Lesley Egan and Dell Shannon, plus those of Friedrich Durrenmatt and Mabel Seeley

Don D'Ammassa, author of over a hundred short stories and novels, noted reviewer and essayist, has long been a fixture in the world of science fiction literature. This collection offers up seventeen stories of the fantastic. Of space and beyond. Of adventure. And of mystery. Included are such acclaimed stories as "A Good Offense," Wormdance," and "The Man Who Walked to Procyon," and two brand new tales, "Scrimshaw" and "Remotely Possible."

What if Dashiell Hammett had been a fantasy writer. His classic detective story is retold and expanded in a world where magic works.

A young businessman finds himself drawn into a dangerous web of espionage and high adventure in an alternate North America divided among a half dozen nations, where magic and steam technology co-exist.

A collection of humorous science fiction and fantasy short stories including odd aliens, quirky mad scientists, inept demons, and others.

A survey of the Conan stories including all of the pastiches. Also contains coverage of three fantasy writers, A. Merritt, Thomas Burnett Swann, and Charles G. Finney

Seventeen stories of fantasy set in the past and present, our world and other where the very laws of nature may be different.

Paul Birch paid for his employees to spend a weekend on picturesque Black Island. He never expected that one of them would end up dead.

Nine horror stories set within the Chthulhu Mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.

A collection of 19 stories involving travel through space and time, encounters with aliens, and other science fiction themes

Essays on horror fiction including a look at all of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel tie-in novels, plus Randall Boyle, John Coyne, Grant Allen, Emma Frances Dawson, and others.

A collection of essays on horror fiction from Victorian times until the present

When one of the managers is found dead on the factory floor where she works, Vicki Sanders decides to look into the matter herself despite having been warned off by the police.

A collection of surveys of obscure lost world novels, stories about imaginary creatures, and the complete work of several relatively minor writers

What would happen if someone invented a machine that could reassemble raw materials into any item that was desired? And what if someone decided to try to duplicate a human being?

Sandor Dyle had a rare talent for perceiving patterns that were invisible to most people. That made him a valuable tool when a serial killer seems to offer no pattern at all and the authorities on the planet Tashista are determined to enlist his help even if he is supposed to be on vacation.

Kelly's last year of high school may be her last altogether as inanimate objects suddenly take a dislike to her.

Ted Croner buys a nondescript kaleidoscope at a yard sale, unaware of its magic properties. Whenever someone changes what it displays, they also alter the physical world, and only the user notices the differences. It might lead him to his perfect life, or his worst nightmare.

The small New England town of Crayport looks like a sleepy fishing village, but the town has secrets that threaten the entire world. A visitor stumbles into a conspiracy masterminded by creatures from another reality.

Paul Birch only went along to the weekend in New Hampshire visiting a famous fantasy writer to please his girlfriend. He never expected to find a dead body.

A survey of the James Bond novels by Ian Fleming and others, along with surveys of rival series including Matt Helm by Donald Hamilton, Commander Shaw by Philip McCutchan, Sam Durell by Edward S. Aarons, Joe Gall by Philip Atlee, and various agents of U.N.C.L.E.

Laura returned to her home town with reluctance after the death of her husband. Defying her mother, she moved into an old cabin, determined to make a new life for herself. But someone in town wants that life to be a short one.

A survey of the fiction of British writers John Brunner, who wrote primarily science fiction but also thrillers and contemporary novels.

This is an homage to the great lost world adventure stories which were immensely popular in the early 20th Century. A handful of people find themselves shipwrecked on an uncharted island where they find traces of an abandoned city and where unknown creatures stalk them in the darkness. No one is safe when even the plants have minds of their own.

A collection of seven stories inspired by themes from 1950s science fiction movies.

Paul Birch is a realistic private investigator who spends most of his work combing through paperwork, installing security cameras, and staring at computer screens. He has no intention of getting involved in a murder investigation, despite the urging of his girlfriend Dusty. But good intentions don't always work out.

Ten stories of Lovecraftian horror. These tales are inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos and range from pastiche to parody.

A survey of the works of Ruth Rendell, Joan Fleming, and Frank McAuliffe

Stories set on other world and in other times, dystopian futures and other more pleasant, parallel universes both recognizable and completely alien.

Weird and terrifying stories set in the Old West, in the middle of World War II, in Victorian London, as well as the present. Animated statues, organized earthworms, shapechanging waitresses, and serial victims all wait within.