This list consists of fictional detectives from science fiction and fantasy stories:
Detective | Creator | Debut |
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Basil Argyros | Harry Turtledove | Agent of Byzantium (1987) |
Marid Audran | George Alec Effinger | When Gravity Fails (1986) |
Elijah Baley | Isaac Asimov | The Caves of Steel (1954) |
Marty Burns | Jay Russell | Celestial Dogs (1996) |
Colonel Thomas Bushell | Harry Turtledove | The Two Georges (1995) |
Logan "Eyes Only" Cale | James Cameron Charles H. Eglee |
Dark Angel (2000) |
Dr. Phil D'Amato | Paul Levinson | The Silk Code (1999) |
Lord Darcy | Randall Garrett | Too Many Magicians (1966) |
H. Seaton Davenport | Isaac Asimov | "The Dust of Death" (1956) |
Rick Deckard | Philip K. Dick | Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) |
Hawk & Fisher | Simon Green | Hawk & Fisher (1982) |
Harry Dresden | Jim Butcher | Storm Front (2000) |
Miles Flint | Kristine Kathryn Rusch | The Disappeared'' (2011) |
Garrett P.I. | Glen Cook | Sweet Silver Blues (1987) |
Dirk Gently | Douglas Adams | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) |
Gil Hamilton | Larry Niven | "ARM" (1975) |
Adam Hart | Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff | Adam Harts opdagelser (1972) |
Bernard Jaffe | David O. Russell | I ♥ Huckabees (2004) |
Vivian Jaffe | David O. Russell | I ♥ Huckabees (2004) |
Natalie Lindstrom | Stephen Woodworth | Through Violet Eyes |
Donald Lydecker | James Cameron Charles H. Eglee |
Dark Angel (2000) |
Kline Maxwell | S. Andrew Swann | Dragons of the Cuyahoga (1995) |
Thursday Next | Jasper Fforde | The Eyre Affair (2001) |
R. Daneel Olivaw | Isaac Asimov | The Caves of Steel (1954) |
Nohar Rajasthan | S. Andrew Swann | Forests of the Night (1989) |
Magnus Ridolph | Jack Vance | The Complete Magnus Ridolph (1985) |
Sam Space | William F. Nolan | Space for Hire (1971) |
Jack Spratt | Jasper Fforde | The Big Over Easy (2005) |
Wendell Urth | Isaac Asimov | "The Singing Bell" (1954) |
Captain Samuel Vimes | Terry Pratchett | Guards! Guards! (1989) |
Dan Vogelsang | James Cameron Charles H. Eglee |
Dark Angel (2000) |
Yusuke Urameshi | Yoshihiro Togashi | Yu Yu Hakusho Volume 1 (1991) |
The PI With No Name | Graham Edwards | "The Wooden Baby" (April 2005 Realms of Fantasy magazine) |
John Taylor | Simon R. Green | Something from the Nightside (2003) |
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