The Big Sleep The Big Sleep The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep" in the final pages of the book. In 1999, the book was voted 96th of "Le Monde"s "100 Books of the
The Book of the War other parallels with "Doctor Who" characters and concepts can be found, but these links are not explicit. No familiarity with "Doctor Who" is required to appreciate "The Book of the War". Characters and settings from "The Book of the War" appear in later "Faction Paradox" novels including "Of the City of the Saved...", "Warring States" and "Newtons Sleep", and the short story anthology "A Romance in Twelve Parts". The otherwise unrelated novel "Dictionary of the Khazars" is a rare example of similar use of a non-linear encyclopedic structure for a work of fiction. The Book of the War The Book