The Exploits of Solar Pons
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| The Exploits of Solar Pons | |
 Dust-jacket from the first edition |
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| Author | Basil Copper |
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| Illustrator | Stefanie K. Hawks |
| Cover artist | Stefanie K. Hawks |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Solar Pons |
| Genre(s) | Detective short stories |
| Publisher | Fedogan & Bremer |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 239 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-878252-11-9 |
| Preceded by | The Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons |
| Followed by | The Recollections of Solar Pons |
The Exploits of Solar Pons is a collection of detective short stories by author Basil Copper. It was released in 1993 by Fedogan & Bremer in an edition of 2,000 copies of which 100 were numbered and signed by the author. The book collects stories about Solar Pons, a character originally created by August Derleth. Derleth's Pons stories are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.
[edit] Contents
- "The Adventure of the Verger’s Thumb"
- "The Adventure of the Phantom Face"
- "Death at the Metropole"
- "The Adventure of the Callous Colonel"
[edit] References
- Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento. The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998). Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 252-253.
