Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe

This book is a homage to the greatest detective story writer of the 20th century, an Anglo-American who took Los Angeles, his adopted home, off the road maps and into the land of legend. For Raymond Chandler, who died in 1959, his literary descendants will do just about anything, and that includes contributing to an anthology honoring him. Thus, in here we find the likes of Sara Paretsky, Robert Crais, Loren D. Estleman, Jonathan Valin, Robert Campbell, Eric Van Lustbader, Simon Brett, Julie Smith, Jeremiah Healy, Roger L. Simon, James Grady, and numerous others creating stories in the style of Chandler and in the voice of Marlowe. But, as editor Byron Preiss remarks, "The contributors of this book are here to honor Chandler, not to steal from him."

Byron Preiss is the author of THE ULTIMATE DRAGON and THE WHITE HOUSE MOUSE. Michael Reeves is also a successful science fiction writer.

The late Byron Preiss had been active in the design and development of software since the early 1980s. In 1984 Preiss produced FEHRENHEIT 451 based on the novel by Ray Bradbury. His interactive adventure game, DRAGONWORLD, was voted Best Adventure Game of the Year (1985). He developed a line of interactive children’s classics for Spinnaker Software. Mr. Preiss had also been involved in audio and video software. His project, THE WORDS OF GANDHI, won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken World Recording. He was co-producer of the acclaimed Bank Street Ready-to-Read videos.