Critical Survey of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors, Volume 2Frank Northen Magill Salem Press, 1988 - 1748 pages Presents critical studies of more than 270 authors of detective and mystery fiction from around the world dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day. |
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... Solar Pons and Dr. Lyndon Parker as his main characters , clearly modeled on Holmes and Dr. Watson . The story appeared in The Dragnet magazine in February , 1929. With this success , Derleth quickly wrote new adven- tures , including ...
... Solar Pons and Dr. Lyndon Parker as his main characters , clearly modeled on Holmes and Dr. Watson . The story appeared in The Dragnet magazine in February , 1929. With this success , Derleth quickly wrote new adven- tures , including ...
Page 492
... Solar Pons is an investigator in the Holmes tradition set perhaps two decades later ; the character Pons was born circa 1880 in Prague and was involved in cases dating from 1919 through the 1930's . The parallels between Pons and Holmes ...
... Solar Pons is an investigator in the Holmes tradition set perhaps two decades later ; the character Pons was born circa 1880 in Prague and was involved in cases dating from 1919 through the 1930's . The parallels between Pons and Holmes ...
Page 494
... Solar Pons : " In Re : Sherlock Holmes " : The Adventures of Solar Pons , 1945 ( also as The Adventures of Solar Pons , 1975 ) ; The Memoirs of Solar Pons , 1951 ; Three Problems for Solar Pons , 1952 ; The Return of Solar Pons , 1958 ...
... Solar Pons : " In Re : Sherlock Holmes " : The Adventures of Solar Pons , 1945 ( also as The Adventures of Solar Pons , 1975 ) ; The Memoirs of Solar Pons , 1951 ; Three Problems for Solar Pons , 1952 ; The Return of Solar Pons , 1958 ...
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