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Bezig met laden... Jacques Futrelle's "The Thinking Machine": The Enigmatic Problems of Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S., M.D., M.D.S. (1907)door Jacques Futrelle
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Probably Futrelle's best-know work but all his stuff is worth reading. The stories are clever, the hero's likable but a bit overbearing at times (but not to the degree of Sherlock Holmes or Professor Challenger whom you'd like to throttle for being such arrogant a-holes). Futrelle's style is clear, plain, and straight-forward. Nothing fancy. Which I like immensely. ( ) An outstanding series of mystery-deduction stories. The hero is Professor S.F.X Van Deusen, aka "The Thinking Machine". I first read a book of some of those stories when I was young, and they made a pretty big impression on me. They're extremely clever and unique. Futrelle himself was an interesting character, not least in the manner of his death: he was on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. With him, when he died, were several manuscripts for Thinking Machine stories - now lost forever, of course. Jacques Futrelle's official site contains the full text of fifty Thinking Machine stories. I recommend starting with "The Problem of Cell 13". Yes, they're old, but they're really good. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
THE PROBLEM OF CELL 13 and Other Thinking Machine Stories comprises an edition of the best of a group of detective stories written by Jacques Futrelle, an early American mystery writer and the North American equivalent of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose promising career was cut short when he died on Titanic. Considered some of the best crime stories ever by Ellery Queen and Julian Symons among others, the Thinking Machine tales feature Professor Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, aka the "Thinking Machine," an eccentric scientist possessing a superior intellect who solves impossible crimes. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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