J. U. Giesy (1877–1947)
Author of Palos of the Dog Star Pack
About the Author
Series
Works by J. U. Giesy
The Ledger of Life 3 copies
The Wistaria Scarf 2 copies
The Master Mind 2 copies
The Significance of the High 'D' 2 copies
The Occult Detector 2 copies
All for his country 2 copies
The Complete Cabalistic Cases of Semi Dual, the Occult Detector, Volume 2: 1912- (The Argosy Library) (2016) 2 copies
Wolf of Erlik 1 copy
Poor Little Pigeon 1 copy
The Wooly Dog 1 copy
The Gravity Experiment 1 copy
The Green Goddess 1 copy
The Seventh Glass 1 copy
Ebenezer's Casket 1 copy
The Black Butterfly 1 copy
Blind Man's Buff 1 copy
The Rose-Colored Rug 1 copy
Black and White 1 copy
The Stars Were Looking 1 copy
House of the Hundred Lights 1 copy
The Killer 1 copy
The House of the Ego 1 copy
The Ghost of a Name 1 copy
The Curse of Quetzal 1 copy
The Web of Destiny 1 copy
Snared 1 copy
Box 991 1 copy
The Web of Circumstance 1 copy
The Compass in the Sky 1 copy
The Ivory Pipe 1 copy
The Unknown Quantity 1 copy
Solomon's Decision 1 copy
The Moving Shadow 1 copy
The Trail in the Dust 1 copy
The Cosmic Debt 1 copy
Stars of Evil 1 copy
Associated Works
Under the Moons of Mars - A History and Anthology of The Scientific Romance in the Munsey Magazines 1912 - 1920 (1970) — Contributor — 68 copies
Famous Fantastic Mysteries Combined with Fantastic Novels Magazine, Vol. 03, No. 4, October 1941 (1941) — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Giesy, J. U.
- Legal name
- Giesy, John Ulrich
- Birthdate
- 1877-06-07
- Date of death
- 1947-09-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chillicothe, Ohio, USA
- Place of death
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Organizations
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Reviews
A seemingly very classic noir but with a twist. The two main P.I.'s help out their psychic/astrologer friend to solve the mystery. Fun despite me figuring out most of the plot in the first chapter :lol.
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Statistics
- Works
- 49
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 101
- Popularity
- #188,710
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 13
It makes a good start but after that descends into a fairly conventional sword-and-planet story. The main problem is the lack of suspense. The protagonists ability coupled with his access to earths technology, which is far beyond that of Palos, mean that there is never really any chance of him failing.
By the end he was using tanks against swordsmen it was just so one sided and hence boring.… (more)