#1343: Little Fictions – ‘A Case of Identity’ (1964) by Randall Garrett | The Invisible Event
Another Tuesday, another Lord Darcy story, in which Randall Garrett mixes magic and detection in an alternate-history Europe.| The Invisible Event
Randall Garrett’s Lord Darcy stories, where murder and magic mingle in an alternate-history Europe, being a closed set, I had never really thought to consider the gaps between them before now. So here’s the last story on this blog before we take a little break and return to finish the canon next year, it’s… ‘A … Continue reading #1352: Little Fictions – ‘A Matter of Gravity’ (1974) by Randall Garrett| The Invisible Event
A gap of six years followed Randall Garrett’s sole Lord Darcy novel Too Many Magicians (1967) before he returned to the universe. Was that time well-spent in creating another strong fusion of mystery, magic, and murder? Let’s find out with… ‘A Stretch of the Imagination’ (1973) When Lord Arlen, “owner and head of one of … Continue reading #1349: Little Fictions – ‘A Stretch of the Imagination’ (1973) by Randall Garrett| The Invisible Event
More magic, mummery, and misdirection from Randall Garrett’s alternate history Europe, and this time a bit of an impossible crime thrown in to boot. Not that he makes much of that element. Buckle your swashes(?), it’s… ‘The Muddle of the Woad’ (1965) The discovery of a body in a coffin wouldn’t ordinarily be that much … Continue reading #1346: Little Fictions – ‘The Muddle of the Woad’ (1965) by Randall Garrett| The Invisible Event
Mary Virginia Carey was not, it seems, scared of a little velitation in her stewardship of The Three Investigators. Having written arguably the strongest post-Robert Arthur title in The Mystery of the Singing Serpent (1972), Carey structured The Mystery of Monster Mountain (1973) like a classical whodunnit, pulling out some strong clewing on the way … Continue reading #1312: Curious Incidents in the Night-Time in The Mystery of the Invisible Dog (1975) by M.V. Carey| The Invisible Event
Another Tuesday, another Lord Darcy story, in which Randall Garrett mixes magic and detection in an alternate-history Europe.| The Invisible Event
Perhaps two decades a go, I read some, but not all, of the Lord Darcy series of stories by Randall Garrett, in which detection is augmented with magic. And I’ve been telling people they’…| The Invisible Event
Let’s take a moment to reflect on what Tony Medawar has done in recent years for GAD fans, with Wicked Spirits (2024) being the eighth collection of lost, forgotten, and so-rare-they-doubt-th…| The Invisible Event
