Created by Kristine Kathryn Rusch Here's an outlier, for sure. In the 2023 short story "The Nameless Dead," crime and sci-fi writer Rusch introduces a NAMELESS detective who decides, at the ripe old age of twenty-five, that life on earth just isn't working for her, and pulls the plug. She signs up for a job … Continue reading Nameless (Rusch)
Tag: Space Travel
Sian Holt (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Created by Daniel José Older and David Wachter Well, it had to happen... The Star Wars universe has, as far as I can tell, finally unveiled its very first private investigator. SIAN HOLT is a high-priced space shamus who operates during the so-called High Republic Era, which takes place about two hundred years before the events … Continue reading Sian Holt (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Thompson Heller Detective Interstellar
Created by Milton Lawson and Dave Chisholm (art) Some people call him the Space Cowboy... A tumbler of Johnnie Walker Black in hand, a Davidoff gasper in his maw, and perennially in need of a shave, party dude, cosmic slacker and avowed atheist THOMPSON HELLER is an intergalactic gumshoe, ready to roll, especially if the cause--or the pay--is … Continue reading Thompson Heller Detective Interstellar
Sam Space
Created by William F. Nolan Pseudonyms include Frank Anmar, F. E. Edwards & Warren Kastel (1928-2021) Maybe Mars aint the place to raise the kids, after all... And it may not be the best place to run a detective agency either, as William Nolan's wonked-out sci-fi gumshoe is starting to discover. SAM SPACE is a … Continue reading Sam Space