Murder In The Gunroom: A Magic Lamp Classic Mystery Paperback 1882629531 9781882629534 H. Beam Piper

from ScoLgo

Pretty good whodunit but... the lengthy expositions on guns and their features really slowed the pace at times. I suppose if I were a gun collector (I'm not) and had some clue about the various features of guns (I don't) then it might have been more interesting. Instead, I found myself skimming t...

from clews-reviews

The mystery is all right, the details of historical guns worked in with not too much enthusiasm, and there's probably a great roman a clef in the science-fiction-and-antiques couple. What stuck in my mind was the hero's secret semantic science. I haven't looked up if it actually existed, but it s...

from clews-reviews

The mystery is all right, the details of historical guns worked in with not too much enthusiasm, and there's probably a great roman a clef in the science-fiction-and-antiques couple. What stuck in my mind was the hero's secret semantic science. I haven't looked up if it actually existed, but it s...

from dodavehu

A sci-fi author tries his hand at mystery: This novel is H. Beam Piper's only known mystery work, a fact that readers will regret after reading this compelling crime drama. (Piper is better know for science-fiction novels like Little Fuzzy, Space Viking, and Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen.) In this nov...

from dodavehu

A sci-fi author tries his hand at mystery: This novel is H. Beam Piper's only known mystery work, a fact that readers will regret after reading this compelling crime drama. (Piper is better know for science-fiction novels like Little Fuzzy, Space Viking, and Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen.) In this nov...