rick@uwmacc.UUCP (the absurdist) (10/06/84)
[ "But the line-eater bug did nothing in the night, Holmes!" ]
Poul Anderson wrote several stories in the late 50s-early 60s
concerning one Trygve Yamamura, a half-Norwegian, half-Japanese
detective in Los Angeles. I believe the title of one was
"Death in Black Letter." The copy I read was stolen from my
hometown library years ago, so I've never been able to reread it.
What I mostly remember is a mix of the hard-boiled detective
genre with some of the delight in life (classical music, beer,
martial arts, counter-culture people) that is typical of characters
onto whom Anderson appears to be projecting himself. Yamamura was
an unusual character, but very enjoyable.
Does anyone know what the other stories were, and if these have
ever been reprinted elsewhere?
--
"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness,
starving hysterical naked...." -- Allen Ginsberg, "Howl"
Rick Keir -- MicroComputer Information Center, MACC
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