29 OCTOBER 1977, page 23

October Crime

Patrick Cosgrave I had better start this with a warning to writers of crime fiction, and particularly to two of my favourite women. I am getting very fed up with the crime story......

Free Space Peter Ackroyd Michaelmas Algis Budrys...

Kay Dick (Men Lane £2.95; Penguin Books 70p) Science fiction, if it has any value, dedicates itself to the renovation of fictiop; those who read it desperately want to leave the......