Barbara Paul (1) (1931–2022)

Author of The Three-Minute Universe

For other authors named Barbara Paul, see the disambiguation page.

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About the Author

Barbara Paul was born in Maysville, Kentucky in 1931. She attended Bowling Green State University and the University of Pittsburgh. She has written over 20 mystery and science fiction novels including the Marian Larch series. (Bowker Author Biography)

Series

Opera mysteries

Marian Larch

Works by Barbara Paul

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The Three-Minute Universe (1988) — Author — 561 copies, 4 reviews

The Apostrophe Thief (1993) 106 copies

Fare Play (1995) 66 copies

You Have the Right to Remain Silent (1992) 64 copies

The Fourth Wall (1979) 60 copies, 1 review

He Huffed and He Puffed (1989) 58 copies

A Cadenza for Caruso (1984) 53 copies, 1 review

The Renewable Virgin (1984) 50 copies

Bibblings (1979) 48 copies, 1 review

Full Frontal Murder (1997) 47 copies

Prima Donna at Large (1985) 47 copies, 1 review

In-Laws and Outlaws (1990) 41 copies

A Chorus of Detectives (1987) 40 copies, 4 reviews

But He Was Already Dead When I Got There (1986) 40 copies

Kill Fee (1985) 39 copies

Pillars of Salt (1979) 38 copies

Under the Canopy (1980) 31 copies

Your Eyelids Are Growing Heavy (1981) 30 copies, 2 reviews

Good King Sauerkraut (1989) 26 copies

Liars and Tyrants and People Who Turn Blue (1980) 22 copies, 1 review

First Gravedigger (1980) 20 copies

An Exercise for Madmen (1978) 17 copies

New York State Of Crime (Worldwide Library Mysteries) (1999) 14 copies

Jack Be Quick and Other Crime Stories (Five Star Standard Print Mystery Series) (1999) 5 copies, 1 review

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Corpse (1987) 5 copies

Answer "Affirmative" or "Negative" [Short story] (1972) 2 copies

Ukjent brudgom (1985) 2 copies

Ragazza del 2051 2 copies

Mördaren vill ha betalt 1 copy

Scat 1 copy

The Curse of Halewood 1 copy

Eleemosynary, My Dear Watson 1 copy

Shakespeare Minus One 1 copy

Murder to Go (3-in-1 Audiobook) (1995) 1 copy

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Associated Works

A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women (2000) — Contributor — 270 copies, 6 reviews

Holmes for the Holidays (1996) — Contributor — 201 copies, 6 reviews

Malice Domestic 1: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1992) — Contributor — 185 copies

Cat Crimes (1991) — Contributor — 162 copies, 2 reviews

More Holmes for the Holidays (1999) — Contributor — 153 copies, 1 review

Castle Fantastic (1996) — Contributor — 150 copies, 3 reviews

Crafty Cat Crimes: 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysteries (2000) — Contributor — 149 copies, 2 reviews

Crime Through Time: Original Tales of Historical Mystery (1997) — Contributor — 131 copies, 2 reviews

Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives (1998) — Contributor — 110 copies, 1 review

Sisters in Crime 4 (1991) — Contributor — 104 copies, 2 reviews

Vampire Detectives (1995) — Contributor — 91 copies

The Big Book of Female Detectives (2018) — Contributor — 85 copies, 1 review

Sisters in Crime 3 (1990) — Contributor — 78 copies, 1 review

Future Crimes (1999) — Contributor — 61 copies, 2 reviews

First Contact (1997) — Contributor — 59 copies, 1 review

Cat Crimes for the Holidays (1997) — Contributor — 53 copies, 1 review

Werewolves (1995) — Contributor — 49 copies, 1 review

The First Lady Murders (1999) — Contributor — 43 copies

Future Net (1996) — Contributor — 38 copies

Danger in D.C. (Anthology) (1993) — Contributor — 37 copies

Cat Crimes Takes a Vacation (1995) — Contributor — 35 copies

Urban Nightmares (1997) — Contributor — 34 copies

Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood (1994) — Contributor — 27 copies, 1 review

Women of Mystery - Book 3 (1998) 24 copies

The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (1998) — Contributor — 20 copies

Cassandra Rising (1978) — Contributor — 19 copies

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. LXXXIX, No. 2 (April 1972) (1972) — Contributor — 18 copies, 1 review

More Malice Domestic: An Anthology of Original Mystery Stories (1997) — Contributor — 16 copies

The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories: Fifth Annual Edition (1996) — Contributor — 7 copies

Murder to Go (1993) — Contributor — 5 copies

A Chorus of Detectives | A Flight From Paris | Pel and the Pirates (1987) 3 copies

Drink This | Your Eyelids are Growing Heavy | A Question of Inheritance (1981) — Contributor — 2 copies

Admit to Murder | In-Laws and Outlaws | The Serpent Amongst the Lilies 1 copy

In Her Garden | First Gravedigger | Outcasts (1981) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Paul, Barbara Jeanne
Birthdate: 1931-06-05
Date of death: 2022-06
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Maysville, Kentucky, USA
Places of residence: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: Bowling Green State University
University of Pittsburgh
Occupations: writer
mystery novelist
detective novelist
science fiction writer
Organizations: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Agent: Joshua Bilmes

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The Three-Minute Universe [Star Trek 41] by Barbara Paul

Started off slow, but really picked up - in a weird way it was as though there were two halves of the book: the half where the Sackers were "monsters" and the half where, you know, they were interesting beings. Uhura's fear of fire was not the most subtle storyline in the universe, but I liked it nevertheless, as well.

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everystartrek | 3 other reviews | Jan 7, 2023 |

The three minute universe by Barbara Paul

This was an outstanding adventure featuring all of the original cast, but focusing especially on Kirk, Scotty, Uluru, and Chekhov. The novel kicks right in with action as the Enterprise discovers a fiery, raging universe that threatens to devour every world in its ever-expanding path. Behind this campaign to crush all the known worlds under Federation control are a mysterious race of grotesque beings known as the Sackers. It's up to the aforementioned foursome to convince the Sackers to stop their plan to destroy our universe. But Kirk and his team find out much more about the Sackers then they bargained for once they are kidnapped and taken aboard the Sacker starship. Maybe these hideous beings aren't really who Kirk and crew think they are.
Fans of the series will enjoy this adventure and the true-to-character way that they are drawn.… (more)

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coachtim30 | 3 other reviews | Nov 20, 2021 |