Re: (tears) The Men and the Mirror by Ross Rocklynne

James Nicoll wrote:

The Men and the Mirror by Ross Rocklynne
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Determined space cop Colbie chases charmingly roguish pirate Deverel from
planet to planet, into physics-demonstrating trap after physics-demonstrating
trap.
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/so-alone

"The Final Problem" (Doyle, 1894), has Holmes chase mastermind Moriarty.
It's an earlier case of a criminologist consistently one step behind.

<https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_Sherlock_Holmes_1894_Burt/The_Final_Problem>


The TV show _White Collar_ has a criminal informant who stays one step
ahead of his official FBI handler. This format enables the likeable
mastermind to share his thought process with the audience.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Collar_(TV_series)>


Der Planet Horror in Perry Rhodan consists of a colossal core cavity
covered in a trio of thin surfaces, layered like onion skins. It's a
planet within a planet within a planet, the first of many traps in the
Zyklus.


<https://www.perrypedia.de/wiki/Horror>


_Cryptonomicon_ (Stephenson), along with Schantz's /Hidden Truth/
series, use plausible physics to advance the plot.

Danke,

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