A Voice in the Night
by Jack McDevitt
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"Jack McDevitt has been a Sherlock Holmes fan since he was a teenager, although he reports that Holmes-style mysteries, whodunits, are not his favorite style. Jack encountered Gilbert Chesterton's Father Brown tales a few years later and they ultimately became the prime influence in his science fiction. The issue with Father Brown was never a question of who committed the murder, but rather what in heaven's name is going on here?"--Publisher's description.Tags
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Voice in the Night
I like Jack’s novels but his short stories he seems to have a tough time ending the story. I felt several of these shorts ended way too abruptly or just suddenly stopped.
Many of these tales would probably make good novelettes. The better tales involved Priscilla Hutch and an early Alex Benedict story. Both were fun and I guess I was more familiar with these two, having read several novels involving them.
Overall not a bad collection.
I like Jack’s novels but his short stories he seems to have a tough time ending the story. I felt several of these shorts ended way too abruptly or just suddenly stopped.
Many of these tales would probably make good novelettes. The better tales involved Priscilla Hutch and an early Alex Benedict story. Both were fun and I guess I was more familiar with these two, having read several novels involving them.
Overall not a bad collection.
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Jack McDevitt (born 1935) is an American science fiction author whose novels frequently deal with attempts to make contact with alien races, and with archaeology or xenoarchaeology. He attended La Salle University, where a short story of his won the annual Freshman Short Story Contest and was published in the school's literary magazine, Four show more Quarters. He received a Master's degree in literature from Wesleyan University in 1971. Before becoming a full-time author, he was an English teacher, naval officer, Philadelphia taxi driver, customs officer and motivational trainer. His first published story was The Emerson Effect in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981. Two years later, he published his first novel, The Hercules Text, which won the Philip K. Dick Special Award. He won the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel for Seeker, the UPC International Prize for his novella Ships in the Night in 1991, and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best SF novel for Omega in 2003. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 2018
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