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Il Delitto Non Paga Abbastanza

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Il delitto non paga abbastanza (Murders on the Half-Skull, 1970) - Oscar Mondadori n. 462 (1973)

Contiene:

- Notte di novembre (One November Night, #) di Jack Webb
- La già morta (The Already Dead, da “AHMM”, ottobre 1967) di C.B. Gilford
- N. 8 (No. 8, da “AHMM”, settembre 1978) di Jack Ritchie
- Il giorno dell’esecuzione (The Day of the Execution, da “AHMM”, giugno 1957) di Henry Slesar
- Chi si è seduto sulla mia seggiola? (Who Has Been Sitting in My Chair?, da “AHMM”, febbraio 1960) di Helen Nielsen
- L’indizio del vapore (The Vapor Clue, da “AHMM”, dicembre 1961) di James Holding jr.
- Clandestino (Wetback, da “AHMM”, dicembre 1956) di Murray Wolf
- Omicidio tra amiche (Murder Between Friends, da “AHMM”, settembre 1978) di Nedra Tyre
- Fa bene all’anima (Good for the Soul, #) di Lawrence Block
- L’asso nella manica (Ace in the Hole, #) di Elijah Ellis
- Cattivo laccio (Bad Noose, da “AHMM”, gennaio 1966) di Arthur Porges
- Occhi da poliziotto (The Eyes of a Cop, da “AHMM”, settembre 1967) di Edwin P. Hicks
- Alla salute! (Cheers, da “AHMM”, febbraio 1968) di Richard Deming (pseudonimo di Max Franklin)
- Il delitto non paga abbastanza (Crime Doesn’t Pay... Enough, da “AHMM”, agosto 1960) di Ed Lacy (pseudonimo di Leonard S. Zinberg)

230 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

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Arthur Porges

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was an American author of numerous short stories, most notably during the 1950s and 1960s, though he continued to write and publish stories until his death. He was a teacher of mathematics, brother of Irwin Porges; he began publishing sf with "Modeled in Clay" for Man to Man (August/September 1950), and subsequently published about 220 stories – a few as Peter Arthur, Abel Jacobi, Derek Page and Pat Rogers – without releasing any of them in book collections. Over half that output is mystery fiction and the balance fairly evenly divided between fantasy and sf. He was a strong and inventive writer, especially of fantasy; many of his ingenious mystery stories fall into the "impossible crime" category or are Sherlock Holmes parodies featuring Stately Homes. In the sf world, he is probably still best known for "The Fly" (September 1952 F&SF), not to be confused with George Langelaan's twice-filmed tale with the same title, and "The Ruum" (October 1953 F&SF) involving an implacable alien Robot programmed to collect specimens of certain Terran lifeforms, leading to a memorably long and gruelling chase of the protagonist. Most of Porges' best fiction appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and in Amazing Stories and Fantastic under the enlightened editorship of Cele Goldsmith. Porges was fascinated with puzzles resolved by invocation of basic scientific principles. This was the basis of his Ensign de Ruyter series, which began with "Urned Reprieve" (October 1964 Amazing); in "Wheeler Dealer" (March 1965 Amazing), for example, natives of a low-pressure world who devote most of their time to ritual prayer become a useful workforce when the protagonist adapts the Crookes radiometer principle to make their prayer-wheels turn unaided. The series was collected posthumously as Eight Problems in Space (coll of linked stories 2008) edited by Richard Simms.
Porges was content to write and sell stories and did not pursue book collection, so it has been left to others to compile volumes of his best material. Mike Ashley assembled a selection of his best supernatural fiction in The Mirror and Other Strange Reflections (coll 2002), but the majority of his collections have been compiled by Richard Simms, who maintains an Arthur Porges website [see links below]. These include a volume of previously unpublished early writings, The Calabash of Coral Island and Other Early Stories (coll 2008). The essential volume of Porges sf stories is The Ruum and Other Science Fiction Stories (coll 2010). A full list of other volumes is given below

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October 9, 2023
Un testo gradevole per spezzare magari tra un libro pesante ed un altro, ma nel complesso niente di che. Perdibile.
Alcuni dei racconti erano carini e avvincenti, altri sinceramente ho faticato a capirli e mi hanno lasciato la sensazione si essere stati chiusi troppo in fretta.
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122 reviews2 followers
September 15, 2021
Il delitto non paga... ma leggerne ripaga.

In questa raccolta il tema del "delitto" viene trattato da diversi punti di vista, sempre con stile scorrevole nonostante la varietà di firme (tra cui il sempre affilato e perfetto Jack Ritchie). Tra assassini per caso, per soldi, per vocazione, accenni hard boiled e spaventosissimi sdoppiamenti di personalità non c'è che l'imbarazzo della scelta.

Peccato per qualche refuso, non estraneo a Mondadori.
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14 reviews
October 18, 2023
voti per ogni racconto:
introduzione 5/10
notte di novembre 3/10
la già morta 6/10
n.8 5/10
il giorno dell'esecuzione 8/10
chi si è seduto sulla mia seggiola? 9/10
lindizio nel vapore 6/10
clandestino 7/10
omicidio tra amiche 7/10
fa vrbr all'anima 8/10
l'asso nella manica 5/10
cattivo laccio 7/10
occhi da poliziotto 5/10
alla salute! 4/10
il delitto non paga abbastanza 8/10
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