Alan E. Nourse

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1975
  • Latest Book:
    February 2016
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Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • The Bladerunner

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    Billy Gimp was a bladerunner . . . one of the shadowy procurers of illegal medical supplies for the rapidly expanding, nightmare world of the medical black market. Doc was a skilled surgeon at a government-operated hospital by day . . . and an underg...

  • The Fourth Horseman

    Wilderness Patrol fficer Pamela Tate, scouting in the mountains of Washington, sees and touches a ground squirrel in the dusty path, blood trickling from its mouth. Forty-eight hours later she lies dead at her campsite, covered in mysterious welts an...

  • Star Surgeon

    Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author.Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics....

  • Rocket to Limbo

    The crew of the starship Ganymede were afraid their chief was losing his mind.Commander Walter Fox had explored and opened up more colony-worlds than any other man alive - yet it was rumored that he still believed there were other intelligent beings ...

  • Trouble on Titan

    The tenacious Colonel Benedict and his son, Tuck, are sent to Titan, Saturn’s fifth moon, to investigate reports of smuggling. Soon they discover that the less-than-friendly colony is hiding much more than just a smuggler. Together they dig up a sc...

  • The Universe Between

    Bob Benedict is one of the few scientists able to make contact with the invisible, dangerous world of The Thresholders and return - sane! For years he has tried to transport - and receive - matter by transmitting it through the mysterious, parallel T...

  • Gold in the Sky

    When Greg and Tom Hunter learn of their father's accidental death during his exploration of the asteroid belt, they are certain that it was no accident. They know that Jupiter Equilateral, a mining corporation, was behind it, but they can't prove it....

  • 12 Worlds Of Alan E. Nourse

    This volume assembles 12 classic tales by Alan E. Nourse: "Bear Trap" originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, December 1957. "Circus," "The Dark Door," "Image of the Gods," "The Link," "Meeting of the Board," "My Friend Bobby," and "An Ounce of Cu...

  • The Link

    Alan Edward Nourse, an American science fiction author and physician, also writing under the names of Dr. X and Al Edwards, wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. Nourse helped pay for h...



  • Image of the Gods

    "Image of the Gods", a short science fiction story written by noted American sci fi author Alan E. Nourse, is about an Earth colony battles for freedom....

  • Alan E. Nourse Resurrected

    Alan E. Nourse was both a physician and a writer. He produced most of his work in that period known as the "Golden Age" of Science Fiction. Best known for his novel Star Surgeon, he was also a prolific author of short stories during the 50's. This co...

  • My Friend Bobby

    Short story written by American science fiction author and physician, Alan E. Nourse....

  • The Coffin Cure

    Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author.Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics....

  • Consignment

    In the jungle the vicious man-killer is king, but what chance would a tiger have in the Times Square traffic? Alan E. Nourse was a prolific golden age science fiction author....

  • Raiders From The Rings

    “We have watched your plants for millennia.”The creature that spoke was barely three feet tall, with wrinkled gray skin and monstrous eyes . . .“Yours is a war of children. Only children would slaughter each other out of ignorance and fear. Onl...

  • Scavengers in Space

    This fast-moving tale of the far future deals with the quest of the Hunter brothers for a mysterious bonanza located somewhere in the asteroid belt. The dangers and details of asteroid mining are carefully outline, and the bonanza itself proves to be...

  • The Dark Door

    "...he knew the game-playing was over. They wanted to kill him now. And he knew that ultimately they would kill him. There was no way for him to escape."...

  • Circus

    Alan Edward Nourse, an American science fiction author and physician, also writing under the names of Dr. X and Al Edwards, wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. Nourse helped pay for h...

  • Brightside Crossing

    Four men set out to prove their mettle by crossing the bright side of Mercury when it is closest to the sun. A feat which no one has ever done and survived. The odds are against them and they will need all of their expertise and courage if they are t...



  • A Man Obsessed

    Jeffrey Meyer had a killing on his mind. It meant nothing to him that his towering Twenty-first Century world was going mad. He shouldered aside the rising tide of narcotics-mania, the gambling fever, the insatiable lust for the irrational. Jeff had ...

  • Second Sight

    Alan Edward Nourse, an American science fiction author and physician, also writing under the names of Dr. X and Al Edwards, wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. Nourse helped pay for h...

  • Bear Trap

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    Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author.Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics....

  • Contamination Crew

    • / Science Fiction
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    Orders were orders! The creature had to be killed.But just how does one destroy the indestructible?...

  • Derelict

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    Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author.Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics....

  • Infinite Intruder

    • / Science Fiction
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    Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author.Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics....

  • Marley's Chain

    • / Science Fiction
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    Tam returns home to Earth after years of working in space. But Tam is a Sharkie, and on Earth Sharkies need not apply. Refused service in restaurants and other establishments, and unable to find employment, he takes the only desperate measure he can ...

  • Martyr

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    Rejuvenation for the millions -- or rejuvenation for the five hundred lucky ones, the select ones, that can be treated each year? Tough, independent Senator Dan Fowler fights a one-man battle against the clique that seeks perpetual power and perpetua...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Alan E. Nourse has published 27 books.

Alan E. Nourse does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Brightside Crossing, was published in February 2016.

The first book by Alan E. Nourse, The Bladerunner, was published in January 1975.

No. Alan E. Nourse does not write books in series.
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