The Final Adventures of Solar Pons

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The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
Dust-jacket illustration by Jean-Pierre Cagnat for The Final Adventures of Solar Pons
AuthorAugust Derleth
Cover artistJean-Pierre Cagnat
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSolar Pons
GenreDetective, Science fiction short stories
PublisherMycroft & Moran
Publication date
1998
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pagesxvi, 202 pp
ISBN1-55246-012-6
OCLC36693586
Preceded byThe Chronicles of Solar Pons 

The Final Adventures of Solar Pons is a collection of detective, science fiction short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1998 by Mycroft & Moran. It was a collection of Derleth's Solar Pons stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Contents

The Final Adventures of Solar Pons contains the following tales:

  1. "Introduction", by Peter Ruber
  2. "Reception in Elysium" (poem) by Mary F. Lindsley
  3. Terror Over London [novel]
  4. "The Adventures of Gresham Old Place"
  5. "The Adventure of the Burlstone Horror"
  6. "The Adventure of the Viennese Musician"
  7. "The Adventure of the Muttering Man"
  8. "The Adventure of the Two Collaborators", by Peter Ruber
  9. "The Adventure of the Nosferatu" (with Mack Reynolds)
  10. "The Adventure of the Extra-Terrestrial" (with Mack Reynolds)
  11. "More from Dr. Parker's Notebooks"

References

  • Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 846.
  • Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 186. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
  • Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 156. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.