The Chronicles of Solar Pons
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 Dust-jacket illustration by Frank Utpatel for The Chronicles of Solar Pons |
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| Author | August Derleth |
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| Cover artist | Frank Utpatel |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Solar Pons |
| Genre(s) | Detective short stories |
| Publisher | Mycroft & Moran |
| Released | 1973 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | ix, 237 pp |
| ISBN | NA |
| Preceded by | Mr. Fairlie's Final Journey |
| Followed by | The Final Adventures of Solar Pons |
The Chronicles of Solar Pons is a collection of detective fiction short stories by author August Derleth. It was released in 1973 by Mycroft & Moran in an edition of 4,176 copies. It was a collection of Derleth's Solar Pons stories which are pastiches of the Sherlock Holmes tales of Arthur Conan Doyle.
[edit] Contents
The Chronicles of Solar Pons contains the following tales:
- "Introduction", by Allen J. Hubin
- "The Adventure of the Red Leech"
- "The Adventure of the Orient Express"
- "The Adventure of the Golden Bracelet"
- "The Adventure of the Shaplow Millions"
- "The Adventure of the Benin Bronze"
- "The Adventure of the Missing Tenants"
- "The Adventure of the Aluminum Crutch"
- "The Adventure of the Seven Sisters"
- "The Adventure of the Bishop's Companion"
- "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians"
[edit] Reprints
- Los Angeles: Pinnacle, 1974.
[edit] References
- Jaffery, Sheldon (1989). The Arkham House Companion. Mercer Island, WA: Starmont House, Inc., 105-106. ISBN 1-55742-005-X.
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd., 845.
- Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 183. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
- Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 154. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.
