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Great Detective Stories About Doctors
''Great Detective Stories About Doctors'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Groff Conklin and Noah D. Fabricant. It was first published in paperback by Collier Books in 1965 and was reprinted on a number of occasions. The two had previously collaborated on another anthology, '' Great Science Fiction About Doctors''. The book collects seventeen novelettes and short stories by various authors, together with an introduction by the editors. Contents *"Introduction" (Groff Conklin and Noah D. Fabricant, M.D.) *"Midnight in the Grand Babylon Hotel" (Arnold Bennett) *"Murder in a Motel" ( Lawrence G. Blochman) *"The Doctor Takes a Case" (George Harmon Coxe) *"The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier" (Arthur Conan Doyle) *"The Gifts of Oblivion" (Dorothy Canfield Fisher) *"The Testimony of Dr. Farnsworth" (Francis Leo Golden) *"Miracle of the Fifteen Murderers" (Ben Hecht) *"The Grave Grass Quivers" (MacKinlay Kantor) *"The Eye" (Gerald Kersh) *"The Seven Good Hunt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hecht
Ben Hecht (; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A successful journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. After graduating from high school in 1910, Hecht ran away to Chicago, where, in his own words, he "haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls, and bookshops." In the 1910s and 1920s, Hecht became a noted journalist, foreign correspondent, and literary figure. In the late 1920s, his co-authored, reporter-themed play, ''The Front Page'', became a Broadway hit. The ''Dictionary of Literary Biography – American Screenwriters'' calls him "one of the most successful screenwriters in the history of motion pictu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Fiction
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—whether professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth century and has remained extremely popular, particularly in novels. Some of the most famous heroes of detective fiction include C. Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, and Hercule Poirot. Juvenile stories featuring The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, and The Boxcar Children have also remained in print for several decades. History Ancient Some scholars, such as R. H. Pfeiffer, have suggested that certain ancient and religious texts bear similarities to what would later be called detective fiction. In the Old Testament story of Susanna and the Elders (the Protestant Bible locates this story within the apocrypha), the account told by two witnesses broke down when Daniel cross-examines th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1965 Anthologies
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Francis Brett Young
Francis Brett Young (29 June 1884 – 28 March 1954) was an English novelist, poet, playwright, composer, doctor and soldier. Life Francis Brett Young was born in Halesowen, Worcestershire. He received his early education at Iona, a private school in Sutton Coldfield. His father, Thomas Brett Young, was a doctor and his mother also came from a medical family, so it was natural that he go to the school for the sons of doctors, Epsom College. He was there when, at fourteen, he suffered the death of his beloved mother. He later went on to train at the University of Birmingham to become a qualified physician. He met his future wife, Jessie Hankinson, while he was lodging at Edgbaston in Birmingham and she was training at Anstey College of Physical Education, then housed in nearby The Leasowes (the former home of William Shenstone, the author he most admired). He started medical practice on the steamship SS ''Kintuck'', on a long voyage to the Far East. He returned with the money to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert McNair Wilson
Captain Robert McNair Wilson MB, ChB (22 May 1882 Maryhill, Glasgow – 29 November 1963 New Forest, Hampshire), was a British surgeon, writer and journalist and Liberal Party politician. Background Wilson was the son of William Wilson and Helen Turner. He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University. On 7 December 1905 in Alnwick, Northumberland he married Winifred Paynter. They had three sons. He then married Doris May Fischel. They had two sons. Professional career Wilson was House Surgeon Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was Medical Correspondent of the Times from 1914–1942. He also wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Anthony Wynne and a novel under the pseudonym Harry Colindale. Written as R McNair Wilson * ''The Hearts of Man'' (1918) * ''The Beloved Physician: Sir James Mackenzie, a Biography'' (1926) * ''Napoleon the Man'' (1927) * ''Josephine, the Portrait of a Woman'' (1930) * ''The History of Medicine'' (1930) * ''The King of Rome'' (1932) ''Mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Rinehart
Alan Gillespie Rinehart (1900–1982) was a writer, film producer, and playwright. Rinehart was a son of mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart and a brother of book publishers Stanley Rinehart Jr. and Frederick Roberts Rinehart. Early life and education Rinehart was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (which has since merged with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) in 1900. He graduated from the Morristown School in Morristown, New Jersey (now Morristown-Beard School) in 1919. During his time at the school, Rinehart wrote stories and poetry for ''The Morristonian'', the student newspaper. After studying at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Rinehart received his bachelor's degree from the School of Mining at the University of Pittsburgh. During the period between his studies at the two universities, Rinehart worked as a cowboy in the Western U.S. Career and military service Rinehart joined the Story Department at Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1931. He worked as an editor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan E
Alan may refer to: People *Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname *Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' *Alan (Chinese singer) (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in both China and Japan *Alan (Mexican singer) (born 1973), Mexican singer and actor * Alan (wrestler) (born 1975), a.k.a. Gato Eveready, who wrestles in Asistencia Asesoría y Administración *Alan (footballer, born 1979) (Alan Osório da Costa Silva), Brazilian footballer *Alan (footballer, born 1998) (Alan Cardoso de Andrade), Brazilian footballer *Alan I, King of Brittany (died 907), "the Great" *Alan II, Duke of Brittany (c. 900–952) * Alan III, Duke of Brittany(997–1040) *Alan IV, Duke of Brittany (c. 1063–1119), a.k.a. Alan Fergant ("the Younger" in Breton language) *Alan of Tewkesbury, 12th century abbott *Alan of Lynn (c. 1348–1423), 15th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whit Masterson
Whit Masterson was a pen name for a partnership of two American authors, Robert Allison Wade (June 8, 1920 – September 30, 2012) and H. Bill Miller (May 11, 1920 – August 21, 1961). The two also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Wade Miller and Will Daemer. Together they wrote more than thirty novels, of which several were adapted for film. Most famously, their novel '' Badge of Evil'' was adapted into the Orson Welles film ''Touch of Evil''. Other works filmed were ''Guilty Bystander'' (1950), '' A Cry in the Night'' (1956) based on ''All Through the Night'', ''The Yellow Canary'' (1963) based on ''Evil Come, Evil Go'', '' Kitten with a Whip'' (1964) based on the novel of the same name, ''Warning Shot'' based on ''711--Officer Needs Help'' and '' The Death of Me Yet'' (1971) based on the 1970 novel of the same name. Wade and Miller met at violin lessons when they were both 12. From an interview with Wade: "The Wade Miller collaboration worked successfully largel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen McCloy
Helen McCloy (June 6, 1904 New York – December 1, 1994 Woodstock, NY), pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American Mystery fiction, mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in ''Dance of Death (McCloy novel), Dance of Death'' (1938). Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in several of her short stories. McCloy often used the theme of doppelganger, but in the end of the story she showed a psychological or realistic explanation for the seemingly supernatural events. Biography Helen McCloy was born in New York City. Her mother was the writer Helen Worrell McCloy and father, William McCloy, was the longtime managing editor of the ''New York Evening Sun''. She was educated at the Brooklyn Friends School, run by Brooklyn's Quaker community. In 1923 she went to France and studied at the University of Paris, Sorbonne. After finishing her studies, she worke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Komroff
Manuel Komroff (September 7, 1890 – 10 December 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, editor and translator. He was born in New York where he began his working life as a journalist. He also spent some time in Russia during the Russian revolution. Marco Polo One of his most successful publications was his edited version of ''The Travels of Marco Polo'', first published in 1926. He not only added a chapter which was missing in the William Marsden translation, but also revised parts of the Henry Yule editions. Works Novels *''The Grace of Lambs'' (1925, Boni & Liveright) *''Juggler's Kiss'' (1927, Boni & Liveright) *''Coronet'' (1930, Coward-McCann) *''Two Thieves'' (1931, Coward-McCann) *''I, the Tiger'' (1933, Coward-McCann) *''The March of the Hundred'' (1939, Coward-McCann) * ''The Christmas Letter'' (1941 American Artists Group, N.Y.) *''In the Years of Our Lord'' (1942, Harper & Bros.) *''Echo of Evil'' (1948, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) *''Disra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus King (writer)
Rufus Frederick King (January 3, 1893, New York City – February 13, 1966, Hollywood, Florida) was an American author of whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance; the second one with his more famous character, Lieutenant Valcour; the third with Colin Starr, who appeared in four stories in the ''Strand Magazine'' during 1940–41; and the fourth with Chief Bill Dugan, who appeared in three stories in ''The Saint Mystery Magazine'' and ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine'' 1956–57. In 2014, Wildside Press Wildside Press is an independent publishing company in Cabin John, Maryland, United States. It was founded in 1989 by John Betancourt and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade ... purchased Rufus King's copyrights and began reissuing his work, starting with a collection of Chief Bill Dugan mys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
