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The Complete Adventures of Solar Pons Volume I (2017)

by Basil Copper
Edited by Stephen Jones

(a) PS Publishing, UK • hc (signed and slipcased edition, limited to 100 numbered two-volume sets) • £175.00
ISBN 978-1-786360-40-3
Darker Terrors (2015)

I am not writing new Solar Pons stories. My Solar Pons material was authorised and commissioned by Arkham House Publishers, Inc. back in the 1970s, and was written then but, owing to changes at Arkham House, they were never published by that imprint. The tales remained in limbo for something like twenty years before the originals began to be published by Fedogan & Bremer of Minneapolis. All date from the 1970s and early 1980s so perhaps original copyright lines should have been printed together with the new publication dates which would have obviated all misunderstandings. So, the present volume and all the Pons tales from my pen were commissioned and authorised by the then editorial and legal personnel at Arkham House (who, incidentally, were hoping that I would write the six volumes I had originally promised them) and by the estate of the late August Derleth, who was a great friend of mine and very enthusiastic about my work.
—Basil Copper

  • (b) as The Dossier of Solar Pons #1
    Drugstore Indian Press, UK • tpb (2017) • £9.99 ISBN 978-1-786361-72-1
    The Complete Adventures of Solar Pons Volume I (2017)
    [Note: This volume contains 'Editor's Note', 'Explanation by Dr. Lyndon Parker', 'The Adventure of the Perplexed Photographer', 'The Sealed Spiral Mystery', 'The Adventure of the Six Gold Doubloons', 'The Adventure of the Ipi Idol', 'The Adventure of Buffington Old Grange' and 'The Adventure of the Hammer of Hate'.]
  • (c) as The Further Adventures of Solar Pons#2
    Drugstore Indian Press, UK • tpb (2017) • £9.99 ISBN 978-1-786361-73-8
    The Complete Adventures of Solar Pons Volume I (2017)
    [Note: This volume contains 'Editor's Note', 'The Adventure of the Shaft of Death', 'The Adventure of the Baffled Baron', 'The Adventure of the Surrey Sadist' and 'The Adventure of the Missing Student'.]
  • (d) as The Secret Files of Solar Pons #3
    Drugstore Indian Press, UK • tpb (2017) • £9.99 ISBN 978-1-786361-74-5
    The Complete Adventures of Solar Pons Volume I (2017)
    [Note: This volume contains 'Editor's Note', 'The Adventure of the Crawling Horror', 'The Adventure of the Anguished Actor', 'The Adventure of the Ignored Idols' and 'The Adventure of the Horrified Heiress'.]
  • (e) as Some Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons #4
    Drugstore Indian Press, UK • tpb (2017) • £9.99 ISBN 978-1-786361-75-2
    The Complete Adventures of Solar Pons Volume I (2017)
    [Note: This volume contains 'Editor's Note', 'The Adventure of the Haunted Rectory', 'The Adventure of the Singular Sandwich', 'Murder at the Zoo' and 'The Adventure of the Frightened Governess'.]
  • (f) as The Solar Pons Companion #7
    Drugstore Indian Press, UK • tpb (2017) • £9.99 ISBN 978-1-786361-78-3
    The Complete Adventures of Solar Pons Volume I (2017)
EDITOR’S NOTE  
INTRODUCTION: ONCE A PONS A TIME . . . Stephen Jones
   
The Dossier of Solar Pons  
   
EXPLANATION BY DR. LYNDON PARKER  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE PERPLEXED PHOTOGRAPHER  
THE SEALED SPIRAL MYSTERY  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SIX GOLD DOUBLOONS  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE IPI IDOL  
THE ADVENTURE OF BUFFINGTON OLD GRANGE  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE HAMMER OF HATE  
   
The Further Adventures of Solar Pons  
   
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SHAFT OF DEATH  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BAFFLED BARON  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SURREY SADIST  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING STUDENT  
   
The Secret Files of Solar Pons  
   
THE ADVENTURE OF THE CRAWLING HORROR  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE ANGUISHED ACTOR  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE IGNORED IDOLS  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE HORRIFIED HEIRESS  
   
Some Uncollected Cases of Solar Pons  
   
THE ADVENTURE OF THE HAUNTED RECTORY  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE SINGULAR SANDWICH  
MURDER AT THE ZOO  
THE ADVENTURE OF THE FRIGHTENED GOVERNESS