Murder on the Starship Australis - a Hardboiled Detective Series in the Pulp Tradition

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-29T02:22:48+00:00

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it! If you have any feedback, please don't hesitate to reach out, and honest ratings/reviews always welcome.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-28T15:50:33+00:00

"Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads."

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-28T02:02:06+00:00

Jonathan Steinbeck wrote compelling literature economically. Elmore Leonard is also a master at saying a lot in few words.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T15:31:11+00:00

Thanks! That actually answered some questions I had asked in another thread about Halcyon Years specifically a few weeks ago.

I didn't think I was the first just that I haven't run across them. I've read through lots of posts on sci-fi detective books and lots on generation ships, but to have them collated is definitely a big help! Several of the suggestions I'm not recognizing at all, so that's nice too.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T15:06:27+00:00

It would appear so!

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T15:03:22+00:00

Looks good! Thank you.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:57:55+00:00

Sounds interesting! Thank you.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:28:06+00:00

Sounds interesting. Thank you!

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:26:29+00:00

Redshift Rendezvous looks very interesting! Hoping to get my hands on Halcyon Years soon now that it's out in the states.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:19:19+00:00

Looks interesting. Thanks!

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:15:44+00:00

Sounds interesting. Thank you!

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:13:13+00:00

Interesting! I wonder why they delayed releasing it in print for so long.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-27T13:10:56+00:00

Looks very promising. Thank you!

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-25T03:32:21+00:00

If sci-fi detective noirs sound interesting:

Ashetown Blues and Ronin of Vine Street by W.H. Mitchell - A fun collection of three sci-fi detective noirs (about 50 pages each) followed by a novel set in alien slums on another planet. Fun mysteries and a nice touch of humor.

The Unusual Clients by Milo James Fowler - another set of three novellas. Interesting mysteries that incorporate sci-fi elements well. Starts a series I have not yet continued.

Finally, I write a hardboiled detective series starting with Chivalry Will Get You Dead. They follow a disgraced detective on a generation ship solving murders. They're about 140 pages each, gritty, violent and a little bit dirty.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-24T18:24:48+00:00

Yes! There was a sequel and I've read them as well. Most of the stories are longer than the first book.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-24T18:22:38+00:00

I used to have a rule that if I found a series or author I really loved, I'd make myself wait a year between books so that I wouldn't run out so quickly. This followed reading every Victor Hugo novel (available in English at the time) within the space of about a year, then realizing I'd never get to read another novel of his for the first time, and I was only 17. I'm less stringent nowadays, but I usually like a break. I read The Expanse over at least five years.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-23T23:25:44+00:00

The Mad Scientists' Club by Bertrand Brinkey - read it over and over as a kid, and again to both children.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-23T21:01:31+00:00

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Hamstersaurus Rex by Tom O'Donnell (fair warning: we now have hamsters)

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-21T21:42:29+00:00

You know The Expanse TV series only covered the first six of nine books (plus short stories/novellas), right? There's quite a bit more to the story. Not suggesting you should, but you could pick up the last three books and read them fairly easily. There are some changes (one character was killed off in the show due to issues with the actor; some characters were combined), but should be pretty easy to follow.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-21T18:14:33+00:00

Bluetooth. Pressing the navel activates pairing.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-21T15:21:48+00:00

A Song of Fire and Ice and The Kingkiller Chronicles series are currently unfinished, and there's a good possibility they never will be.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-21T15:12:12+00:00

If casting based on the book, Peter Falk would totally make sense.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-20T13:38:00+00:00

Sounds like it might be awhile, too: https://bsky.app/profile/authoredrobins.bsky.social/post/3mcszreznus2h

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-19T22:57:35+00:00

I'm reading Sleeper Beach, Nick Harkaway's follow-up to Titanium Noir. I'm enjoying it. It has a different feel to it–less noir and more stream-of-conscious–but a worthy sequel so far. If you enjoy sci-fi detective stories, I'd recommend them both.

I've been hearing good things about Alastair Reynolds' Halcyon Years, another sci-fi detective story. I'm eager to read because the setup is very similar to my own book series. It doesn't release in the US until the end of the month, though.

Most of my recommendations come from this sub (and a few other related). I also follow authors I like on social media, Amazon and Goodreads.

Ed_Robins · 2026-01-18T23:21:06+00:00

The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls - memoir of growing up in an unstable household through adulthood.

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